Takamine Guitars News (September 2022)

Available Now: New Additions to the Value-Packed G11 Series

If you’re looking for extraordinary value in a great-sounding, super playable acoustic-electric guitar, check out our latest additions to the G11 Series! Available in both dreadnought and NEX shapes, the GLD11E and GLN11E feature a gorgeous okuome top, back, and sides, while the GLD12E and GLN12E offer the same features with a spruce top. All four models feature a comfortable shorter 630mm scale, as well as Takamine's TP-3G electronics with 3-band EQ and chromatic tuner, so dialing in the right tone and taking your music to the live stage is easy!

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Takamine Community Members: Get Free Music Training from Musicians Institute Online!

Takamine USA is proud to have partnered with the world-renowned leader in contemporary music education, Musicians Institute, on a special offer for members of the Takamine USA Community. As of immediately, all members get a full month of access to a wide selection of MI Online’s courses in Guitar, Bass, Vocal, Drum, Visual Media, Keyboard, and Musicianship. You’ll have one month from the date of sign-up to go through as many sample course as you want. ALSO: for people who purchase a new Takamine guitar after August 1, 2022, you will be eligible to receive a free expanded three-month course program. If you’re ready to become a better musician right now, get started on your Musicians Institute Online courses today… a free service brought to Takamine USA Community members by Musicians Institute and Takamine!

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Guitar of the Month: G Series GN77KCE

Equally at home with fingerstyle or bold strumming, the GN77KCE with its Hawaiian koa top, back, and sides sounds as great as it looks. This guitar features a comfortable mini-jumbo NEX cutaway body, and getting on stage is effortless using Takamine’s TP-4TD electronics, complete with an equalizer and chromatic tuner.

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Takamine Interview: Alt-Folk Singer-Songwriter Sean Rowe

If Sean Rowe looks like the kind of guy who knows how to forage around forests to create delicious and nutritious foods straight from nature, that’s because he can. But this Troy, NY-based alternative folk singer-songwriter has also released a series of critically-acclaimed albums, and plays what might be the most distinctive-looking (and sounding) Takamine guitar in the world. Get to know more about this fascinating musician!

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Takamine Dealer Spotlight: Sam Ash

You’ll find no more legendary musical instrument retailer than Sam Ash. Moving to the United States in 1907 at the age of 10, Sam Ash opened a music store in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. Since then, the business has expanded to 45 Sam Ash Musical Instrument Megastores located across the USA. Takamine players can turn to Sam Ash and their knowledgeable, friendly staff to help choose their next guitar, from Pro Series to Legacy Series, Thinline Series, G Series, and more.

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VIDEO: John Jorgenson Signature Series JJ325SRC & JJ325SRC-12 Demo by Jake Allen

Guitarist Jake Allen takes us through two different runs of the same tune using Takamine's two John Jorgenson Signature Series guitars, the JJ325SRC and the 12-string JJ325SRC-12. These dreadnought cutaway guitars are designed in collaboration with guitarist extraordinaire John Jorgenson. Features include a solid spruce top, ovangkol back and sides (all in a sumptuous gloss red finish), a "JJ" inlay at the 12th fret, and Takamine's CT4B II preamp system with three-band EQ, volume control and built-in tuner.

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Try the Takamine Guitar Finder!

Here’s how it works: select your price range, your preferred body shape, woods, number of strings, types of electronics, and just about any other criteria (including right- or left-handedness), and let the Takamine Guitar Finder do the work for you! You might find the perfect guitar that you hadn’t even heard of before, and maybe for less money than you thought!

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Spotlight: Thinline Series

Can a single guitar offer the magical combination of outstanding build quality, uncompromised sound for both acoustic and plugged-in performance, and incredible playing comfort? It can if it’s part of the Takamine Thinline Series, handcrafted in Japan and offering a streamlined body in multiple 6- and 12-string versions designed for excellence on stage and in the studio for all performance styles and music genres.

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YouTube Review: Jonathan Koh on Takamine's Limited Edition LTD 2022

We were browsing around YouTube one day and stumbled across this really cool review of the Limited Edition Series LTD2022 by Singapore-based musician Jonathan Koh. Check out his video where he uses the 60th Anniversary LTD2022 with a number of different playing styles, both plugged in and miked up!

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Takamine Guitars, Cases, 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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