Again, thanks all for the good advice. In the meantime things have evolved. I was able to play an absolutely wonderful Taylor 12 string: the 856ce (revoiced 2015 model) that blew me away (and I have heard Guild and Martin 12 strings). I came away with it and enjoy it tremendously. Actually I think I play that 12 string quite a bit more on average that most people play their 12 strings, it is that great to listen to (and play, like butter). On the OM model: I never got to play a model 12 from Taylor, 14 yes 16 yes but no 12, nowhere to be found. Since I did not want to buy blind I did not go for a Taylor there. I did get to play a Martin OM21 which I liked and I came away with that. Whereas this is a very nice and sweet sounding guitar, I will keep looking at other models to compare and maybe upgrade, so if a model 812, 912, 522 or any other of the suggestions would be available somewhere someday I'll certainly drag my OM21 to that shop and compare.
Thanks all, cheers, Bob.
