Takamine Test Site

Here's Mark Blasquez with a terrific demo of the Limited Edition Series LTD2024, an NEX-shaped cutaway guitar that artfully depicts our solar system. The body is made with a solid spruce top, solid rosewood back, and rosewood...

While the "New Yorker" parlor-style acoustic is the smallest body type Takamine offers, the Pro Series P3NY's clear, full-bodied voice resounds with an irresistible airy sweetness and character. Here's a terrific demo of this...

Here's Mark Blasquez strumming away on the Takamine G Series GN75CE in an amazing Wine Red finish. This guitar features a comfortable NEX "mini jumbo" body shape, with a solid spruce top and beautiful quilt-maple back and...

Guitarist Mark Blasquez is here for this great demo of the Takamine G Series GD37CE-12. 12-string guitars benefit greatly from the quick, punchy, reflective nature of maple back and sides. This is showcased nicely in the...

Here's guitarist Mark Blasquez giving you a good look and listen to the Limited Edition Series FN15 AR. Based on the design of Takamine's revered Natural Series, the FN15 AR combines a solid cedar top and spectacular Amazon...

Guitarist Linda Taylor, a respected player known from her time as a musical accompanist on Drew Carey's long-running improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, tries out the Takamine EF400SC TT, a 12-string guitar that...

Guitarist Mark Blasquez demos this new addition to Takamine's Limited Edition Series, the FT340 BS. This dreadnought, with production capped at 300 pieces worldwide, features a solid spruce top paired with rare and beautiful...

Guitarist Jake Allen takes us through two different runs of the same tune using Takamine's two John Jorgenson Signature Series guitars, the JJ325SRC and the 12-string JJ325SRC-12. These dreadnought cutaway guitars are...

Extraordinary guitarist Jake Allen is back again, this time with a demo of the Pro Series P5NC, part of Takamine's acclaimed handcrafted Pro Series 5. With Takamine's distinctive NEX body style, the handcrafted P5NC is a...

Guitarist Mark Blasquez expertly performs on the Takamine G Series GY93E in this demo video. The GY93E features Takamine's parlor-style New Yorker body shape for comfort and articulate tone, along with a solid spruce top,...

The EF341SC is one of Takamine's most well-known and beloved guitars of all time, with its gloss black finish and solid cedar top with maple back and sides. Part of our Legacy Series and played by artists ranging from Bruce...

Respected bass player Mike Leon (Soulfly) does this soulful demo of the Takamine GB30CE bass. The GB30CE is a stage-worthy acoustic/electric bass guitar that features solid-top construction, a soft Venetian-style cutaway and...

Here's Mark Blasquez with a demo of the GD51, a classy dreadnought-style guitar that features deluxe cosmetic appointments, solid-top construction and a warm, resonant sound that will bring out the best in your music....

Here's Mark Blasquez with a demo of the all-acoustic GN93. With its sleek and curvaceous NEX-style body, solid spruce top, and distinctive three-piece black walnut/quilt maple back construction, the GN93 is a beautiful...

Phenomenal guitar player Jake Allen is here to demo the Takamine Thermal Top Series EF740FS TT. Takamine's Japan-crafted Thermal Top guitars are made by treating the spruce top with high heat in a controlled environment,...

Guitarist Jake Allen demonstrates the Takamine Legacy Series EF341DX and EF381DX. These guitars take two of Takamine's most iconic models and add beautiful "Deluxe" appointments such as strikingly colorful abalone purfling,...

Outstanding guitar player Jake Allen gives us a demo of the Takamine GB7C, the official signature guitar of country/pop legend Garth Brooks. The GB7C matches a solid cedar top, finished in a silky smooth natural satin finish,...

Extraordinary guitar player Jake Allen does a demo of the Takamine GN51CE, part of our value-packed G Series. With deluxe appointments, solid-top construction and great performance features including a NEX cutaway and...

Guitarist Mark Blasquez takes you through a demo with two value-packed G Series guitars... the GLD11E dreadnought and GLN11E NEX. These guitars have the benefit of a shorter scale length, providing a softer, warmer sound due...

Expert guitarist Mark Blasquez does this demo of the Takamine G Series G6CE in Gloss Black finish. This classical guitar delivers a traditional sound paired to a more modern look with its solid spruce top and black walnut...

Singer-songwriter and acclaimed guitarist Jake Allen walks you through the features of the Takamine P6JC, a jumbo cutaway in Brown Sunburst Gloss finish that's part of our famous Japan-built Pro Series. This outstanding...

Perhaps the most iconic 12-string guitar in the world, the Takamine Legacy Series EF381SC is immediately recognizable for both its Gloss Black finish and its articulate tone. Enjoy this demo by expert guitarist Mark Blasquez,...

LA-based guitarist Matt Haze tries out the Takamine CRN-TS1, part of our Thermal Top series featuring solid spruce tops that are baked in a vacuum environment, giving the guitar a more desirable played-in sound. The CRN-TS1...

Here's Mark Blasquez with a great demo of a great guitar: the G Series GD34CE. It's a classic-looking cutaway dreadnought that is inspired by Takamine's Legacy Series EF341SC. Carrying much of the EF341SC's look and...