RB-612CS Classic Series : The Great Fantastic, or is it just a solid tribute?

If guitars had fun names like wrestlers, this one would be named "the Great Fantastic". The playability, fun factor, ease of use, craftsmanship and tone will make any player say "oh man, this is GREAT! this is FANTASTIC!"

Item arrived a whopping week before i was expecting it to be delivered. I ripped it out of the box, stretched the strings, spent some time tuning.. because.. 12 strings.. it takes twice as long..

It wasnt until midway through picking away at "When You Walk Into the Room" that i realized i wasnt playing a borrowed RichardN.Backer 12 because i was staring at the body and thinking "wait, this body doesnt swallow me up!"

the tones were near identical in shootouts i watched online and i did one for myself to amuse my friend who possesses a 1960s 12. we both liked playing the Harley Benton more. the 6x6 tuner setup makes tuning take far less time than the famousnamebrand.

my only problem with this guitar is that it didnt exist 20 years ago.