Takamine Guitars are crafted from the finest handpicked tonewoods, hand-crafted by expert luthiers, all providing players with an unmatched excellence and surprising affordability.
The new Tradesman Series range of “purpose built” professional acoustic-electric guitars was conceived to provide the player with instruments that embody carefully considered elements that allow them to excel in specific musical environments. Built with luthier selected solid tone woods these instruments reflect the highest level of commitment to the art and craft of guitar making. The T stands for TONE, TRADITION and TAKAMINE.
The TF430SS “Singer Songwriter” is built to react accurately to the players touch in a variety of musical styles. The tonality is warm and lush with a broad dynamic range. These guitars provide an excellent “sonic bed” to support a solo vocalist. The look is sweet vintage and the playing experience is pure inspiration.
Inspiration can be found on and in this T series guitar. Conceived from the start to be an elegant writing platform with a classic, vintage vibe and a sweet voice that responds superbly to a variety of playing styles.
Takamine players will find a useful array of features in the CTP-1 to enhance their recording or live performance applications, including a chromatic tuner, shelving, graphic EQ, semiparametric midrange EQ, and a rotary Cool Tube control that selects the effect the tube places on the signal coming from the proven Palathetic pickup. There is also an auxiliary input jack and volume knob for control of an additional pickup. The AUX control knob is used to blend the add-on signal with the Takamine pickup, and a small switch in the back of the preamp can be used to match the varying outputs of different pickups with the preamp. The CTP-1 is powered by 4 AA batteries, which will deliver approximately 24 hours of playing time.
The "Cool Tube" preamp introduced at the January 2004 NAMM show in Anaheim, California is the most significant development in "on-board" acoustic signal processing since Takamine presented the Acoustic DSP, the industry's first on-board "digital" acoustic guitar preamplifier in 1998. The Takamine "Cool Tube" preamp is an on-board acoustic- electric preamp that utilizes a 12AU7 dual triode vacuum tube. The "Cool Tube" packs a huge amount of features and amazing tone into a compact package that fits neatly into Takamine's "SoundChoice" docking port. This new "Cool Tube" preamp joins a range of five distinctly different preamps that are all interchangeable, giving the Takamine player several great options to fit their personal style and taste.
The "Cool Tube" preamp gets its name from Takamine's unique and new technology that runs the Tube at very low voltages, therefore the tube does not glow or produce high levels of heat. The tube actually runs at only two or three degrees above ambient, so there is no concern over the delicate tone woods being affected by radiant heat. With the Takamine "Cool Tube" preamp, the playing will be hot, the tone will be warm, and the tube always remains cool.
