D-200CE-12BK : Unbeatable value for money

Pros:

The guitar came safely packaged in perfect aesthetic condition.

Out of the box the guitar is decently playable with no buzzing across any of the frets.

The tuners hold tune well and the strings sound good.

The pickup system works as it should, they even give you a free 9v battery.

Cons:

I have the guitar tuned to D standard and the intonation is a bit off. I would need to reshape the guitar saddle and compensate each of the strings individually to get perfect intonation. For the amount of money I paid I can't complain as even much more expensive 12 strings have intonation problems.

To get ideal action I will have to deepen the string slots at the nut by a small amount, after that the guitar will be even more playable.

Another con is that the frets need to be polished, but they are well seated, leveled and the edges are smooth. You won't really bend strings on a 12 string so it's not a big deal that the frets aren't polished.

Overall:

I don't think there's a better budget 12 string guitar out there to be found. All of the cons are minor things and easily fixable.

All I need to do now is practice, fingerpicking a 12 string is much harder than a 6 string. I basically have to relearn my picking technique to get the strings to ring properly.