I have a CH-WS and a CH-PA and I think RainSong really has a flat out great sounding guitar in these 12 fret instruments. With the cut-away, the 12 fret neck works fine for me. I think they backed off the depth of the neck when they redesigned for 12 fret short scale and it really feels right to me. The unidirectional top layer (if you look carefully in the right light, it must have a thin layer of that classic RS 3x3 twill underneath -- likely necessary to get some side to side strength) looks more like a natural material in gloss and the satin tones down the look of 3x3 twill back/sides while feeling exactly right on the neck. Lately I've been finding uncoated phosphor bronze sounds best to me on them.
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