Takamine Tech Corner

Understanding Scale Length on Takamine Guitars

September 21, 2022 18:53

Join Takamine USA's director of product development Tom Watters as he explains what scale length is and how it can affect your tone and the guitar's playability. Then, hear the difference for yourself when expert player Jake...

How to Restring Your Steel-String Acoustic Guitar

Jeff K.

July 13, 2021 23:54

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It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or have played acoustic guitar for years and years... there's a right way to most effectively restring your steel-string guitar. Takamine's Tom Watters is here to give you a definitive...

CT4-DX Preamplifier Demo by Jake Allen

Jeff K.

November 08, 2018 16:50

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The CT4-DX is one of the best sounding and most flexible preamplifiers ever made for acoustic guitar. In this video, acclaimed Takamine player Jake Allen takes you through its features and lets you hear the results. The...

CT4B II Preamplifier

Jeff K.

December 02, 2016 21:56

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Takamine's Tom Watters takes you through a short and sweet demo of the CT4B II preamplifier that's standard equipment with many fine Takamine guitars, such as the P2DC, the EF341SC, the JJ325SRC, and many more. The CT4B II is...

CTP-3 CoolTube™ Preamplifier

Jeff K.

November 28, 2016 17:59

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Tom Watters gives you a detailed explanation of the versatile, great-sounding CTP-3 CoolTube™ preamplifier that's featured in many of Takamine's higher-end guitars. The CTP-3 is the only preamp for acoustic guitar that has an...

Tech Corner: Changing a Preamp

Jeff K.

August 26, 2016 14:29

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Takamine guitar technician Joe is here to show you how to change out a preamplifier in your Takamine guitar. This is very helpful knowledge to undertake a task like upgrading your Takamine to a CTP-3 Cool Tube preamp, as Joe...