Takamine Guitars News (October 2020)

Find Your Perfect Guitar on the All-New Takamine Website!

We’ve just finished a complete overhaul of the Takamine USA web site, and perhaps the biggest new benefit to you is the “Find Your Guitar” feature. You can sort by price, top and body woods, scale, electronics, and more, helping you narrow down the choices and select the perfect new takamine that will be your next guitar!

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Reba Meyers (Code Orange) Takes an Acoustic Path

When a band that’s known for very heavy sounds does a special acoustic livestream show, what guitar should they use that will give them the dynamics, expressiveness, and playing feel that best translates to their music? For Reba Meyers of Grammy-nominated Code Orange, that guitar is a Takamine EF341SC

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Guitar of the Month: Limited Edition LTD2020 Peace

2020 has been quite the year so far… one that no one will ever forget. If there’s one thing that we all need in these tumultuous times, it’s some peace, and this year’s limited-edition LTD2020 Peace is a stunning concert-sized acoustic with a lovely Tea Green finish and hand-laid inlays of a peace motif. The LTD2020 Peace won’t be available forever, so get yours now!

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Meet Your Guitar Tech: Joe Medrano

Some guitar companies employ a highly skilled person whose job is to set up guitars for their most famous customers, but at Takamine, our most important customer is you! That’s why guitar tech Joe Medrano, who has spent 19 years being one the world’s best at his job, has prepared thousands and thousands of Takamine guitars that go straight from his talented hands to yours.

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Sona Jobarteh and The Gambia Academy

West African singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Sona Jobarteh makes a kind of music that many of you have never experienced before, but you’ll find inspiration from both both her musicianship and her role as a humanitarian activist for her native The Gambia.

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Video: Jake Allen - “Rising Tide"

Check out this music video for Takamine artist Jake Allen’s song "Rising Tide", where you can see him using his Takamine EF360SC TT, part of our Thermal Top series. Jake is donating a percentage of sales of his new album Affirmation Day to the Live Blue Foundation, a group that promotes the benefits of water on emotional wellness.

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Check Out this Black Suede Takamine Strap!

Here’s a question: can a guitar strap make you cool? It can if it’s this amazing-looking strap in extra-wide 2-3/4” black leather, with premium soft, flexible suede that’s highlighted by an embroidered grassflower design and a bold embroidered Takamine logo.

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Takamine Guitars, Apparel, and Accessories at ShopESP

Takamine is distributed in the USA by ESP Guitars. While we encourage you to get your next guitar from an authorized Takamine dealer, if you’ve looked for a specific Takamine online or your local music store and haven’t found the model you want, we offer a “BUY NOW” button on many of the product detail pages at esptakamine.com, allowing you to get your next guitar, case, or some cool Takamine merchandise that will be shipped to you straight from us.

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