This is a fantastic gift for someone who loves to build things with their hands, aka “tinker”, and is left handed. Absolutely beautiful construction of this guitar. The ONLY thing we can honestly say that was a bummer, was, the strings that are included…. None of them are labeled or marked. So if you’ve never strung a 12 string before, this proved to be difficult. We only could figure out two of the strings but the rest were all so close in gauge, it was impossible to know what string went where. And…there is no instructions in the manual I had to print out (as stated in the description, it doesn’t come with a manual. You have to print one out) So unfortunately we had to order new ones that are labeled and marked for proper installation. But that’s it! Beyond that…this was a HUGE win for Christmas this year! It really is beautiful craftsmanship!