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ProfessorGAC

(72,498 posts)
11. I Second Takamine
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 08:49 PM
Mar 2023

I have one & played several.
Their design creates a loud clear sound. It lacks the warmth of Martin (which I have, both 6 & 12 string) or Taylor, but those are 5 to 10 times the cost.
Now, I've only got a steel string, not a nylon string but I've got no reason the believe their classical models don't measure up.
I use mine for fingerstyle too, but I never have it tuned like a standard guitar.
Right now I've got it tuned to a C6 chord because I'm messing with Zeppelin's Bron-Yr-Aur.
If I hadn't gotten the super deal I got on my 12 string Martin, I almost certainly would have bought the Takamine.
(BTW: The company is named after a mountain in Japan. )

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Cordoba and Yamaha have consistent quality IMO Beakybird Mar 2023 #1
Thanks Auggie Mar 2023 #6
Yamaha Casady1 Mar 2023 #2
Thanks Auggie Mar 2023 #7
Yamaha jmbar2 Mar 2023 #3
Takamine CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #4
Thanks for the link Auggie Mar 2023 #8
I Second Takamine ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #11
Thanks for the info Auggie Mar 2023 #12
You are welcome CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #13
Yamaha. louis-t Mar 2023 #5
As Beakybird said Cordoba and Yamaha. Eko Mar 2023 #9
Thanks. I'm seeing both names a lot. Here and online. Auggie Mar 2023 #10
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