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......Read more

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......Read more

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......Read more

Longtime Takamine player turned country music superstar, Kenny Chesney, is now a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Recently announced from the Hall of Fame rotunda in Nashville, the Knoxville native known for his......Read more

Imagine that you are the stunningly-gifted guitarist you always wanted to be, and that by the grace of the guitar gods, your significant other is just as good or better. On a typical morning, you might wake up, open the......Read more

Self-described “oldest-daughter-turned-high-school-dropout-turned-songwriter-with-a-metallic-sharpie,” a 14-year-old Kacie Grenon was performing original material everywhere from big stages as an opener for national touring......Read more