i love 12 and 14 fret builds. i do highly prefer having a cutaway after having a few awesome 12 fret guitars that didn't. once i played a 12 fret that had a cutaway i promised myself to never buy another without it-thats just me-as others mentioned, if you don't go that direction up the neck don't even think about it.
the santa cruz are very cool, been looking at those for 2 years easy-the one thing that hinders me is the pretty sharp V neck on the 29 series-just talked to a buddy tonite who owns one and helped ease my thoughts-just wish they had the OMPW neck on them-and put a cutaway on the 00, i'd buy it in a second.
12 fret builds kinda bring a aura to the sound-you just got to hear and play one-you'll either love it or simply won't get it.
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