Takamine Guitars News (August 2025)

Ending Soon: Taka-Mini Summer Sweepstakes!

Summertime may be a mellow part of the year, but as the old saying goes: you snooze, you lose. So don’t put it off: enter for a chance to win your choice of the fantastic Taka-Mini guitars! The winner will pick between the all-mahogany, non-cutaway GX11ME, or the cutaway GX18CE with a solid spruce top and sapele back and sides. Both models include a Takamine TP4T preamp with 3-band EQ, gain control, and a built-in tuner, as well as a handy gig bag. Plus, you’ll get an extra three packs of D’Addario strings to keep your Taka-Mini sounding great for a long while to come! No purchase necessary. This offer is open to residents of the USA and Mexico only. Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Enter by August 31, 2025 for a chance to win, see complete rules and regulations, and good luck from your friends at Takamine USA/MX!

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G Series GD30CE-12 Demo by Leo Gama

Enjoy this demo by guitarist Leo Gama using the Takamine G Series GD30CE-12, a stage-worthy acoustic-electric dreadnought 12-string guitar that features solid-top construction, a soft Venetian-style cutaway and a superior-sounding Takamine electronics system. Features: solid spruce top, okoume back and sides, slim mahogany neck, ovangkol fingerboard, Takamine TP-4TD preamp system with built-in tuner, three-band EQ, and gain controls.

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Calista Garcia’s Animal Magnifique

Calista Garcia got her first Takamine for Christmas at age 13, and immediately began to write songs — lots of them. Her current acoustic of choice is an EF341SC from Takamine’s timeless Legacy Series, and that iconic dreadnought cutaway is featured on her recently released new album Animal Magnifique.

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Takamine Wood Shop: Okoume

Takamine currently offers two dozen guitars in our G Series that make use of okoume back and sides, and even a couple with okoume tops. While this beautiful African wood may resemble mahogany, it actually has a sonic character all its own, providing a rich and resonant response.

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Get It While You Still Can: LTD2025

Every year, Takamine creates a top-tier special Limited Edition guitar that represents the very best we offer in handcrafted quality and beauty. Limited to just 300 guitars for the world, the LTD2025 is an OM cutaway guitar with back and sides made of gorgeous Hawaiian koa. Its top is made of Engelmann spruce, finished in distinctive and beautiful Antique Evergreen finish. The sound of this beauty is marked by midrange clarity, sweet soft low tones, and sparkling top end. Add in the retro-inspired CTF-2N preamp, and the LTD2025 becomes an all-time classic… but once it’s gone, it’s gone for good.

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G Series GB72CE Bass Demo by Mark Diaz

Expert bass player Mark Diaz delivers this exciting demo of the Takamine G Series GB72CE Bass. The GB72CE combines a mighty jumbo body style, solid-top construction, stunning cosmetic features, and premium electronics. Features: solid spruce top, flame maple back and sides, slim mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard. TK-40B preamp system with built-in tuner, three-band EQ, gain control, mid-shift control, bass-boost switch, and EQ bypass switch for the ultimate in versatility and sound quality. Also available in a Brown Sunburst version.

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Spotlight: G20 Series

We’re going to let you in on a little secret: Takamine’s G20 Series includes some of the very best values for terrific acoustic guitars available anywhere from any manufacturer. With traditional Natural Gloss or contemporary Satin Molasses finishes, these value-packed guitars are available in a variety of body shapes and sizes, and many of them let you easily get onstage and plug in with Takamine’s legendary built-in electronics.

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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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