I just recently bought a 12 String guitar manufactured in China. It is one of the most beautiful instruments I have ever owned !!! Solid Rosewood sides and 2 piece back, solid Engelmann spruce top, 5 piece mahogany/rosewood neck with a smooth-playing ebony fretboard, and a slim neck shape and an enhanced fingerboard edge. also a passive SRT Zero Impact pickup. It's a Yamaha, and it sounds amazing !!! It came with a hard soft case, but I spent a little more and bought a Gator case for it, and I changed out the nut, bridge saddle, and bridge pins from the Urea that Yamaha uses to Graphtec TusQ, and the sound is exquisite, it just rings !!! I saved a great deal of cash on it and it is easily worth twice what they are being sold for !!! It's an LL1612-RW Yamaha , check one out !!! You will love it