Takamine Guitars News (March 2019)

New: Takamine Thinline Series

It’s not often that Takamine comes out with an entire new series of instruments, but the Thinline Series has a bunch of unique advantages that put them in a class by themselves! Learn more about the six new guitar models that combine incredible playing comfort and excellent tone, both acoustically and plugged in!

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EF360SC TT Sweeps: Enter by March 31

If you’ve been procrastinating on this, here’s your alert that time is running out! One lucky member of the Takamine Community is going to win the EF360SC TT — a guitar with a $1,799.99 value. The EF360TT is an outstanding cutaway dreadnought guitar that’s made in our legendary Japan facility, and incorporates Takamine's "Thermal Top" technology. This offer is open to residents of the USA only. No purchase necessary. See the entry form for complete rules, and good luck from all of us at Takamine!

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Understanding Takamine’s Split-Saddle Design

A design hallmark found in many Takamine guitars, the split saddle helps solve intonation challenges and allows better coupling with the Palathetic pickup below the saddles. Get some details on this seemingly small feature that provides better tuning up and down the neck and better tone when plugged in, allowing Takamine guitars to be a staple of professional studio and stage work for decades.

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Explore the affordable and great-sounding G Series Classical Guitars

While professional-caliber classical guitarists will want to look into Takamine’s hand-crafted Classical and Hirade models, we also offer classical guitars in our affordable G Series. Perfect for serious students and other musicians looking to add a well-made nylon string classical guitar to their arsenal, there are several fully-acoustic and acoustic-electric versions to choose from that offer an incredible value for all performers.

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EF360SC TT Review in Premier Guitar

“If this guitar is any indication, the Japanese builder is making some of its best guitars to date.” Check out the review along with sound samples of this all-around excellent guitar!

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Takamine Clothing and Accessories - now 10% for Takamine Community members!

If you’ve registered as a member of the Takamine Community, here’s a sweet offer: sign into your account before you shop, and you’ll get an extra 10% off anything in our Takamine merchandise collection, including deluxe leather straps, hoodies, caps, t-shirts, mugs and more. Go get something for the Takamine fan in your life (even if it’s yourself).

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