What's New at Takamine
What's New at Takamine
build on the features of the Pro Series 1 models with solid spruce tops. These soundboards are slightly lighter in appearance and impart a more resonant quality, with a loud, clear tone and great sustain.
have western cedar tops with hand-scalloped X bracing, stylish ivory body binding complemented by handsome dark purfling, and beautiful concentric-ring rosettes with meticulous wood marquetry. Other features include gold tuners with amber buttons, distinctive wood “dot-in-dot” fingerboard inlays, a natural satin finish and Takamine’s acclaimed CT4B II preamp system for outstanding amplified sound and performance.
This darkly splendid dreadnought cutaway has all the beauty, power and projection you’d expect from a guitar of its substantial size and limited edition Takamine design excellence. Its beautiful spreading-vine motif complements premium features including a high-grade spruce top with scalloped X bracing, solid rosewood back, rosewood sides and bridge, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, gold rosette and headstock logo, gold hardware, and onboard Palathetic™ pickup and CTP-2 CoolTube® preamp for powerful onstage presence and performance.
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A richly resonant and darkly beautiful cutaway classical guitar — the very first limited edition nylon-string model in Takamine history, in fact. Features include a distinctive oval soundhole surrounded by an elegant gold rosette, beautiful spreading-vine design motif, high-grade solid spruce top and solid rosewood back for brilliant tone and impressive projection, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, gold machine heads, and onboard Palathetic™ pickup and CTP-2 CoolTube® preamp for exemplary presence and performance.
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The TF77PT OM is handcrafted in our pro series facility that has been building precision quality instruments over five decades. This model matches a solid cedar top to solid Hawaiian Koa back and sides to create a harmonic richness and dynamic playing experience. The finish is a gloss sunset burst and the 12th fret is adorned with a sun setting behind a palm tree on a deserted island. Features a fully bound body and fretboard. The mahogany neck is joined to the body with a traditional, ultra strong dovetail joint. Includes Takamine’s Palathetic™ pickup, known in the industry as one of the most accurate and natural sounding acoustic/electric pickups. The electronic performance package is beyond state of the art with the Cool Tube® Preamp – the first and only tube preamp in an acoustic guitar.
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