Takamine Test Site

News flash: guitars in the modern era are made of many different kinds of wood, and the choice of wood — especially in and acoustic or acoustic-electric guitars — has a huge impact on the tone and responsiveness of the...

It doesn’t seem like two years since we visited Andrew Hozier-Byrne at rehearsals for his then-upcoming Unreal Unearth tour. With dates booked, a new band onboard, and scores of new material to share, Hozier and Co were going...

Thousands of diehard Takamine fans across the USA and Mexico entered our recent "Legacy Sweepstakes," hoping to be the lucky winner of perhaps the most iconic Takamine guitar in history: the handcrafted, glossy black Legacy...