It has active pickups and a variety of sound opitons. The neck is wide so you have plenty of room as opposed to the Rickenbacker 12 which I cannot play at all, since the neck is too narrow and strings too close together. The Ovation is probably the best 12 string electric I have ever played.
Of course they arent made anymore, so you will have to look around, but they arent too expensive. Did I mention that the fingerboard is ebony?
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