Takamine Acoustic Guitars

Professional players know that few guitars offer the same features, tone, and pickup quality (for acou/elec models) that Takamine do. But there's a Takamine out there for every budget - yes, even for beginners and hobbyists! Check out the models below for just a sample of what this iconic brand offers you, then call us because we want to find Takamine for you!
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Takamine D Series

One of the best entry level ranges in years and easily our biggest sellers in this price range. Even professionals will find the quality and value of these instruments astounding, for their students or for their own "vacation guitar". Available in a variety of colours, the D Series by Takamine represent fine guitars at "beginner" prices. Acoustic and Acoustic/Electric models available.

If you can find a guitar that plays as well, and sounds as great as these, for the same price - buy it!

Acoustics start from just $269. Electrics start from just $399.

Takamine G Series

The G Series offers more sizes, colours, woods than in any other family of models that we offer. Made to our strict specifications, G Series instruments represent exceptionally good value.

Over a dozen distinct dreadnought models are included in the G Series, many with solid spruce tops. There are cutaway and non-cutaway models, 12-strings, straight acoustics and acoustic/electrics, plus a wide choice of colours. There are also a selection of models with our smaller NEX and FXC body shapes, ideal instruments for vocal accompaniment. The G Series also includes several classic guitars that offer impressive performance at a very affordable price.

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Available with spruce or cedar soundboards.

The TK4N preamp gives you a tunable notch filter and switchable midrange contour.

The warm-sounding N4B preamp is featured on selected G-Series models.

Keystone Series

The guitars of the Keystone Series are the working musician's best friend. The Dreadnought is the keystone of the acoustic guitar world - metaphorically speaking. That's why we've named our family of traditional (and not-so-traditional) Dreadnoughts the Keystone Series

Every one of these Dreadnoughts starts with a hand selected solid spruce soundboard, voiced to classic Dreadnought perfection. Add your choice of back and side woods and you've got an instrument that's ready for any stage or studio.
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Highly figured maple back and sides in sunburst finish on EF350SMCSB.

Mahogany, rosewood or maple backs and sides in natural, sunburst, red stain or black finishes.

Noveau and Santa Fe

With their balanced tone, warm sound and comfortable size the Noveau and Santa Fe are a consistent favorite of players who also sing.

Our Santa Fe Series is inspired by the designs and sounds of the desert Southwest. Its intricate inlays are perfectly executed and the tone is as wide as the horizon.
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Stunning inlay work is a Santa Fe trademark.

Turquoise 12th fret inlay on ESF40C.

Smooth-action enclosed tuners.

Cool tube preamp - available on selected models

INTRODUCING THE "COOL TUBE"

After over two years of research and design time, Takamine has once again demonstrated their leadership in acoustic-electric guitar amplification technology.

The CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp introduced at the January 2004 NAMM show in Anaheim, California is the most significant development in "on-board" acoustic signal processing since Takamine presented the Acoustic DSP, the industry's first on-board "digital" acoustic guitar preamplifier in 1998. The Takamine CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp is an on-board acoustic- electric preamp that utilizes a 12AU7 dual triode vacuum tube. The CTP-1 packs a huge amount of features and amazing tone into a compact package that fits neatly into Takamine's "SoundChoice" docking port. This new "Cool Tube" preamp joins a range of five distinctly different preamps that are all interchangeable, giving the Takamine player several great options to fit their personal style and taste.

The CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp gets its name from Takamine's unique and new technology that runs the Tube at very low voltages, therefore the tube does not glow or produce high levels of heat. The tube actually runs at only two or three degrees above ambient, so there is no concern over the delicate tone woods being affected by radiant heat. With the Takamine CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp, the playing will be hot, the tone will be warm, and the tube always remains cool.

Cool Tube Features
Takamine players will find a most useful array of features to enhance their recording or live performance applications:

A chromatic tuner available at your fingertips keeps the guitar in tune. The tuner is capable of being calibrated from A438, to A445. An LED display reveals the note being played and directs the player with illuminated arrows that show sharp and flat.
The EQ section utilizes a shelving, graphic EQ, which can cut or boost bass and treble frequencies. The mid range is shaped using a semi-parametric EQ section comprised of a rotary knob used to choose the mid point of the midrange frequency. The midrange frequency can be cut or boosted with the mid slider. The range of frequency covered by the rotary knob is 200hz to 8.5Khz.
The tonality of the preamp is further enhanced by the use of the rotary knob labelled "Cool Tube" With this control, the player chooses the depth of effect the tube places on the signal generated by the proven Takamine "Palathetic" pickup. With this knob the player can choose from a high degree of "CUT" for aggressive strumming; expanded "sweetness" and harmonic density with fatter lows and rounder highs; or levels of rewarding richness for finger style players.
An auxiliary input jack and volume knob, which can control an additional add-on pickup of your choice. This facility can accept a magnetic sound hole pickup, or a soundboard transducer. The AUX control knob is used to blend the add-on signal with the Takamine pickup. A small switch in the back of the preamp can be used to match the varying outputs of different pickups with the preamp. The output volume slider can then control the blended signal. The CTP-1 is powered by 4 AA batteries, which will deliver approximately 24 hours of playing time.