Thursday, 10 April 2008
Takamine began life over forty years ago in Japan in Sakashita with the name taken from the Takamine Mountain at whose base the company factory was situated. From here a small family business would dedicate their time to creating top quality guitars that were destined for world wide fame. At this time Japan was taking more interest in guitar playing as a first instrument and so the house of Takamine had to expand both distribution and quality. The company had to get new models out on to the market, as they players in Japan got better so to had Takamine to be.
In nineteen sixty eight a chap called Mass Hirade joined the Takamine design family and set about making superb changes and improvements to the guitars and with it the business began to gather steam. The result was the Classic model that put Takamine guitars on the world stage as a main player in the industry and so Mr.Hirade decided to take a team over to the United States of America and begin trading. Nineteen seventy five was the year that some of the world most famous guitarist's got their hands on a Takamine, and the rest as they say is history.
With the new market Takamine had to expand the range further, in nineteen seventy eight the acoustic, electric with a flat back burst on to the scene and took it by force. The technology made great headway with the takamine palethetic pick up that consists of six individual piezo transducers which are embedded into the bridge plate where they sense both string and soundboard vibration setting the standard for the industry. Takamine also pioneered the first ever interchangeable sound choice pre amp that can be changed in a couple of minutes so you can choose your favourite model and the sound it makes.
If you are interested in learning more about Takamine guitars or wish to enquire about purchasing a particular model then contact us by telephone or email and one of our helpful and friendly staff will be happy to assist you with options available to you.
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