@Jempphan said:

Picked up a used 12-string acoustic today off Marketplace. Yamaha FG820-12- really nice, love it. Beautiful aged-looking finish. Yammy acoustics are so underrated- just extremely well-built, consistent, good playing and sounding guitars- can't really go wrong with them and I don't know that I've played a particularly bad one ever. I posted upthread a few months ago that I was checking out some guitars for someone for an xmas present for their son and out of the entire wall of guitars up to about $1,000, a $250 Yamaha was by far the best sounding and playing. I almost bought it but couldn't justify another dread.

I haven't owned a 12-string in almost 25 years, when I sold off almost everything when I moved out of the country. Nice to have one back in the stable!

Congrats, man. I think I've decided that my fingers are too fat to play twelve strings, so I've never owned one. I do like the way they sound, though. You're right, enough can't be said about the value/quality of most Yamaha guitars.