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Takamine is a japanese guitar maker that has been in business for over 50 years now. Not only does this guitar play fantastic it sounds great. Model model name 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991. Ok, a few are made of alternate materials, but there are still lots of variables in construction. If you need a durable budget acoustic, you might want to track one down. Find the current blue book value and worth of your new and used guitars, both acoustic, electric and amplifier.
The takamine guitar company came into existence in 1962 and in 1978 became one of the first companies to produce acousticelectric guitars. Takamine guitars pete townshends guitar gear whotabs. The early logo of takamine looked exactly like the martin logo. From what i understand,there was a lawsuit brought on by martin,and i can see why. Takamine guitars offered by adirondack guitar, a music store in hudson falls, n. The last known stage use of a takamine was the 29 june, 1996, quadrophenia performance at hyde park, london the primary model pete used on stage was the fp360sc.
In my opinion, one of the biggest valueadds with the takamine eg124c is the addition of electronics so you can plug in your guitar into a sound system the onboard electronics includes a 3band eq which allows you to adjust the highs, mids and bass levels on the output signal, a volume control and an onboard tuner. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Takamine ef349c, ef341c or takamine eg523sc the gear. Takamine ef349c, ef341c or takamine eg523sc discussion in acoustic instruments started by papersoul, aug 12, 2010.
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