Guitars > Takamine Guitars

What a price for a great quality

Advantages: Preamp with intergrated tuner, well constructed, rich, warm tone
Disadvantages: Quite heavy to carry on stage

...gift I've ever had. This Takamine guitar has a Rosewood fretboard and a cutaway shape, which allows playing at the higher frets with ease. The first time I played it, the guitar produced a clear and warm tone that just took me right away. It even sound better when plugged into the amp. The pre-amp of this guitar has a built-in tunner, which is great for beginners who dont know how to tune the strings. Even for me, when playing gigs, this tuner is ...
...cam play all styles of music with this guitar, but I love to play Jack Johnson's with it. \the strumming sounds great with warm and full tone. Just really love it. And the best thing about this guitar, is the price! Whe my friend gave it to me, I thought it would cost at least $1000, but was surprised later when saw its real price online. So if you are a beginner this is a great guitar that will be together with you from the day you start to the ...

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Review of Takamine EG341SC

Great mid-price electro acoustic

Advantages: A nice, affordable guitar - and available left handed!
Disadvantages: The Graphic eq is not that effective.

I bought my Takamine G series (EG54 left handed) about 2 years ago, and simply love playing it. I admit I'm not a huge fan of acoustic music, but this guitar certainly helped. Its a pleasure to play, with an amp or without - the neck is nice and fast for an acoustic and just feels good to play. The guitar has some weight to it as well, which i like, as it feels like your are actually playing a crafted instrument rather than some plastic cheap toy. ...
...a really pleasing instrument. The simple to use controls like gain, eq bypass and the 3 band Eq make dialling in a fairly great tone easy, and although i don't really need the tuner, its handy as a quick reference to make sure your really in tune. However, I've found that the 3 band tuner mentioned above doesn't really have a huge effect to my ears, but that might be more to do with my amp than the Eq itself (admittantly, I don't really use it as ...

GBYBrick 12.11.2006 · Read Full Review
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Review of Takamine G-Series

Epiphone Les Paul Custom

Advantages: Sturdy, looks great, sounds amazing
Disadvantages: stigma of being epiphone and not gibson

...to the highest quality of epiphone standards being its top of the range. Having played the cheapest gibson les paul and most expensive epiphone les paul custom i would settle for the epiphone every time, which is why i own one of those over the cheapest gibson les paul. The quality of build, i feel, is very superior to the quality of all other epiphone electric guitars and the binding and inlay is just beautiful. The sound of this guitar is fantastic, ...

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Review of Epiphone Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

Very decent Sounding Guitar

Advantages: Vibrant sound. Parts are easy to find
Disadvantages: Heavy, bulky

...first started learning on a Squier Affinity Strat. I found at first that mine seemed heavy and sounded dull. After a good clean and plugging into a decent amp it took me a while to put it back down. The affinity gives off a nice vibrant sound when played on an amp with gain. As i am a fan of the strat stylei like the look of the Afinity Strat. Strings, Pick-ups, Tremelo's and all the accessories you may want are relativly easy to get hold of in most ...
...the Affinity; *decent fretboard * Clean sound on the pick-ups * Easy to maintain and change parts/strings. * Great sound when played on amps with gain. Things i dont like about the Affinity; * Heavy and bulky when you start learning with one. * Can have a problem with amp connections. ...

azeroth 22.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Squier Affinity Strat RW

Fender A great way to start learning

Advantages: easy to get parts and strings,etc. Good clean sound.
Disadvantages: Lots of replica's about. if buying online i would suggest going direct to fender

...sound quality right away. The fender Strat gives off a much clearer sound than the Squier Strat. Points about the Fender I like; * easy to maintain and clean * Strings and accessories are easy to get hold of Things to Watch out for; * be careul with tremelo (i have sheared the screws on mine once already by getting to carried away when playing.) * Amp connection can sometimes be faulty, usually a loose wire. ...

azeroth 22.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Fender Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar