Eko guitars are in the past of so many young italian guitar player (No exception here) True all the things about the absurd weight of the Ranger XII strings. Plus your left hand needed to be a iron clamp to do a chord. But in recent times Eko built really good acoustic guitars: Parlor, Auditorium, Dreadnought, Small Jumbo, Classical and even Electric with technical help by Massimo Varini (Mia line).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxIVUtk8oqY
Here' a supporter, testimonial of top of the line XII string: Riccardo Zappa with its Signature model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEb1ead_siE
Greetings from Rome