Takamine Guitars News (May 2020)

Get a Takamine Swag Pack ($95 value) with Any Purchase of $399 or More from the Takamine Website!

US-based Takamine friends: for a limited time, we're giving you the Takamine Swag Pack with any purchase of $399 or higher from our US web site. It includes a high-quality leather Takamine strap, a Takamine trucker's cap, and a Takamine campfire mug (a $95 value). If you'd been considering a new guitar, now's a great time to grab one! Available while supplies last.

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Three Levels of Livestreaming from Home

What do musicians want most of all? To be heard! However, in this strange time of pandemic and quarantine, the options for playing live have been severely limited, and there’s no telling when the world will open up once again for live in-person music experiences. But if you want to make some musical lemonade out of this giant lemon, it might be the perfect time to learn how to do a live broadcast from your own home. In this article, we give you three different levels of advice for live streaming, and one of them will be perfect for you and your music.

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Guitar of the Month: Pro Series 1

Built in our famous Takamine facility in Japan, Pro Series 1 guitars have resonant X-braced solid cedar tops and sapele backs and sides, mahogany necks with rosewood fingerboards and pearl dot inlays, and split-saddle bone bridges for faultless intonation. You also get Takamine’s acclaimed CT4B II preamp system for outstanding amplified sound and performance.

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VIDEO: A Deep Dive into Jake Allen’s “Prague 6"

Combining an outstanding composition with phenomenal performance techniques of tapping, percussive playing, and looping, Jake Allen’s “Prague 6” is an outstanding example of what can be done with a Takamine guitar… in this case, the thermal-top CP7MO TT. Check out the video and read the interview where Jake explains for of the details behind the creation of the song.

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MUSIC VIDEO: Takamine P6JC and P7DC on Breaking Benjamin’s “Dear Agony"

Breaking Benjamin is a multi-platinum rock band out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but when they recorded their album Aurora, which reimagined acoustic versions of some of their best previously released songs, guitarists Keith Wallen and Jasen Rauch turned to their Takamine guitars… namely the P6JC BSB and P7DC. Check out this lovely ballad!

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Great Performances by Takamine Artist Glen Hansard in Paris

We take a look at two live performances in Paris by the outstanding Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, spread apart by five years, but performed on the same well-worn Takamine guitar.

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New Artist Spotlight: Jacob Johnson

Isn’t it a great feeling to discover an impressive guitar player you had yet to hear previously? That’s how we felt the first time we pressed “play” and heard the music of Jacob Johnson, who uses a Takamine P3DC to weave wonderful acoustic textures into masterfully-written songs.

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Weather’s Getting Warmer… Get a Takamine T-Shirt!

Pretty soon here, the mercury is going to be rising, and you’re going to find yourself putting those jackets and flannels away in storage and wanting something to wear for this period of late spring and summer. Why not show your Takamine pride with one of our great-looking t-shirts? Available for both men and women, you’re going to get smiles from other guitarists when you wear one of these while out and about.

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