I love Takamine so my opinion will be a bit subjective but the quality is really there. The neck is super comfortable. The original strings are D'Addario and feel very nice to the touch. The 12 strings sound really much better. It makes you want to play and play again! The preamp is also very well made. Unfortunately, it's not the tube model, which would have increased the price... it can be installed later by a simple unclipping, so without modifying the guitar. I would definitely make this choice again!!