Takamine Guitars News (June 2024)

Enter the Takamine Summer Jam Contest for a Chance to Win a G Series GN77KCE & More!

With summertime just around the corner, it’s time to get jamming, and one lucky person who submits a video of themselves playing their Takamine will be in the running to win big! Just make a video of yourself playing literally anything on your Takamine guitar, and submit it at the link below. We’re going to watch and listen to every video that gets entered, and then we’ll choose a winner and ten runners-up. All the top choices get featured in a special spotlight on the Takamine USA site, but the grand prize winner also gets an all-koa G Series GN77KCE, a premier-quality Takamine guitar cable, and a gig bag… a total value of $1,039.97! No purchase necessary, open to US residents only. More info and complete rules below. We look forward to seeing and hearing you play… best of luck from your friends at Takamine USA!

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G Series GN71CE Demo by Jake Allen

Extraordinary guitarist Jake Allen is here for a demo of the G Series GN71CE in Gloss Brown Sunburst finish. Featuring Takamine's compact but big-sounding NEX body style, solid-top construction, elegant appointments, and an upgraded electronics system, the GN71CE is a sleek and stylish acoustic/electric guitar that is all about great looks and premium sound quality.

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Toby Keith Honored at ACM Awards; OK Kids Korral Carries On

At the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, Takamine artist Blake Shelton paid heartfelt tribute to the late country superstar (and Takamine Signature artist) Toby Keith, moving fans with his touching words and reminiscences. But Toby considered his greatest achievement to be something that eclipsed his entire musical legacy: the Toby Keith Foundation and especially the OK Kids Korral, serving families affected by pediatric cancer.

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Guitar of the Month: G Series GD11MCE

Sapele îs a fantastic (and sustainable) tonewood for guitar building, giving the benefits of traditional mahogany warmth and midrange with a bit of additional snap in the high registers due to its denser makeup. The GD11MCE is a cool all-sapele dreadnought cutaway Takamine that's great for acoustic blues, bold strumming, roots music, and much more. The low gloss natural satin finish adds a great old-school vibe to the instrument. Getting onstage or doing high-quality recording is effortless with this guitar’s built-in TP-4T electronics, complete with an equalizer and chromatic tuner.

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Available and In Stock Now: Limited Edition Series LTD2024

To truly appreciate this year’s special Limited Edition Takamine LTD2024, you have to go back in time a little ways… like 4.6 billion years, roughly. That’s when our Sun flared into existence and the planets began to form around it. It’s where the “Solar System” theme of the LTD2024 came from, and this guitar is every bit as beautiful and majestic as our home in the galaxy. It’s available today from your Takamine dealer in extremely limited quantities, so get it before it’s gone.

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Is Your Next Guitar a Takamine NEX?

You’ve probably played a bunch of different acoustic guitar shapes, from massive dreadnoughts to tiny parlor-style models. But Takamine’s NEX shape is something different; it’s as if you took a jumbo guitar and made it slightly smaller and more comfortable to play without sacrificing any of its big, bold tone. Takamine offers over 20 different NEX and NEX Cutaway guitars in our current lineup; here’s a look at a few of the coolest ones.

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Tech Corner: How to Restring Your Steel-String Acoustic Guitar

Every so often, we hear from a person who’s an otherwise experienced guitar player, but never mastered the task of changing their strings (or never learned how at all, and rely on a friend or some person at a music store to do it for them). Nothing will make your guitar come to life more effectively than a fresh set of strings, so here’s Tom Watters to show you that changing them is a lot easier than you probably think.

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Get More Free Music Training from Musicians Institute Online!

If you’ve just bought any Takamine guitar (or are planning to soon), you just got a lot more than you realized. Takamine USA is proud to have partnered with the world-renowned leader in contemporary music education, Musicians Institute, on a special offer for people who purchase our instruments: three free months of access to a wide selection of MI Online’s courses.

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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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