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Location: Phoenix AZ | Just a first stab at it, but check out:
http://www.takaminegallery.com
This work in progress will be a tribute site to the wonderful Takamine EF75 guitar that has been raved about on this board.
If you've got something to contribute just let me know.
Dave
PS: Look for Collings and Martin sites coming soon. Rather than pollute the Ovation Gallery with these crapppy wooden boxes I figgered they needed a home of their own. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | SWEEEET!!!!! Way to go, Dave! |
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Location: France | Very nice Dave! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Very nice indeed. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Tupp, your pics really look excellent. Nice home page. It will be interesting to see how many non-OFC owners jump in on this. |
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Location: GA USA | Are you just looking to register any available guitarname+gallery domain? :)
Looking forward to seeing your work. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
Are you just looking to register any available guitarname+gallery domain? Since I'm not collecting roundbacks anymore I needed something else to do with my time ...
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | We all knew it was coming. |
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Location: France | So you're collecting ALL non-roundback guitars now... ;) nice challenge...
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Location: France | I'am the owner of the takamine collector 2000 (with stars and constellation of Orion), a real beauty, do you want any photos, Dave ? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | That's a beautiful tak. I look forward to seeing your other gear. Martins are definitely the big kahuna of guitar collecting, there'll be lots of competition (and fun) there. As far as I know, for taks and collings, people generally buy them for playing, so the time may be right to start collecting them. Good luck. |
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Location: Paris/France | Great idea Dave.
Please, let me know when Takamine will make some plastic rounbacks, I could be interested... :D
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Location: 6 String Ranch | As I understood it it is just the FE75J model. Or is there a selection committee Dave? |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | i'll probably own takamine in a short time. i want to sell yamaha and buy G220 |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by cwk2:
As I understood it it is just the FE75J model. Or is there a selection committee Dave? The bottom of the page shows the site is dedicated to the EF75J. |
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Location: NJ | How "GuitarHomo" can you GET . . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
How "GuitarHomo" can you GET . . . . THIS from a guy who's half of "Two Man Group."
I rest my case ...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cwk2:
is there a selection committee Dave? Yes. They hold clandestine meetings in far away places.
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Originally posted by cwk2:
is there a selection committee Dave? Yes. They hold clandestine meetings in far away places.
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Location: NJ | ". . I rest my case . ."
As much as you REST the pre-amps in all of those guitars of yours?? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Cliff, cliff, cliff ... That is WAY below your usual standard of witiness. But if you MUST know, the majority of my guitars don't even HAVE pre-amps. Dave
PS - since this thread is about Tak's, I must add that the palanthanic pickup and direct out pre-amp they put on the EF75 is VERY, VERY nice. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | These Taks with the pathetic pickups and preamps sound great! |
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Location: SoCal | Boy, this is a long thread for just a couple of pictures..... |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | I see you have been busy, Dave! Lookin' good!!! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Tupp, will you be adding a place for owner reviews, or will such comments be included in one of the other menu boxes? I've been using mine almost exclusively for the past three weeks. Most of the comments on these forums have been about the EF75J's great sound, but what amazes me is the comfort and ease of playing. One of the songs we're doing this week requires a lot of strumming with seconds and suspended chords, but the last eight measures are all adagio picking, which is more my style. Folks are coming up to me, complimenting me about the sound, and asking questions about the guitar. They rarely ask about the Viper or the 1581 (except to comment that they thought the latter was covered in leather!). The Tak EF75 really allows players to elevate their playing quality a notch or two. I am really pleased with it. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yup, Reviews will be on the same page as the owners registration list. I've got quite a lot of stuff almost ready that's not posted yet. Hopefully before the weekend. Bill hooked me up with the Tak product manager who was instrumental in the design of the 75 and he has been a HUGE help with details. The spec list will be like NOTHING you have ever seen on a kaman guitar site. I think I even have the thread pitch on the strap button screws!
I can dispell a couple of questions: you have seen these listed as EF75J and EF75S. It's the same guitar. Tak calls it an S and kaman calls it a J, or vice versa. It's the same. Neck width, you've seen it posted as 1-3/4 and 1-7/8. It's really 1-3/4 by design, but it's a little on the "fat" side. Probably 1-13/16. Some of the brazzy is lighter color. The original batch was the darker color. That's the older stuff. The guitar started getting popular (ie more than 50 orders), so they went back for more, and the second batch of rosewood is lighter color. The inlaid Tak logo on the headstock is actually Koa. According to another source, Tak has one of the largest stashes of high quality Koa in the business.
Just SOME of the tidbits you'll find on the site once it's all released.
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Location: Alberta, Canada | This awesome! I'm really looking forward to the spec's. Once again, many thanks for taking this on. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | You've been a busy guy, Dave. That spec sheet is awesome, as is the rest. Wish I could read French.
Keep it comin'! |
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Location: Paris/France | They says that Dave was right to get one because this guitar is purely magical!!
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | J,
Shouldn't you be one of the few overseas owners to have one of these beauties? ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Actually, according to a source at TAK they originally planned fewer of these but demand from Europe was stronger than expected so that bumped the total up to around 80. Jerome, you need to start looking for a bigger apartment!
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Location: Paris/France | I really love the sound of Takamine but the neck is hard to play for me.
That's why I don't have anything else than O's.
I'm not thinking to change to another apartment but I'm in vacation since few days and I decided to clean up my "Music Room".
It's amazing how many sh%@ts I had in this room... :eek:
Broken things, old papers and so many stuffs more like that.
I will put some paint on the walls and put my guitars in this place.
They deserves a good place and my living room is full... :D
And a sofa!!!
By this way, I will be able to have guest without sleeping on the floor.
If one of you is near Paris, just send me a call... ;)
Don't come with your guitars, there's enough at home!!!
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Jerome, you owe it to yourself to locate and try one of these. You may be very surprised by the feel of the neck. It was one of my biggest concerns about this guitar and now I find it one of the things I like most about it!
Do yourself a favour and try it!
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Location: Le Havre (France) | Beautiful job Dave !
Your new gallery is superb ! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Hey Dave. I just checked and www.hondogallery.com is still available. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Thanks for letting me know that. I'll get right on it. Unfortunately, www.kissmyass.com is already taken.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Thanks for letting me know that. I'll get right on it. Unfortunately, www.kissmyass.com is already taken.
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Location: ranson,wva | one of the only classicals i can comfortably play is a tak. theres one hanging in a music shop here in frederick thats been there for about 5yrs now that i would love to have....jason |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Thanks for letting me know that. I'll get right on it. Unfortunately, www.kissmyass.com is already taken.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | As I understand it the Brazilian version is not available in Europe unless it's a USA model that has wandered over there. |
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Location: Up North | Originally posted by cwk2:
As I understand it the Brazilian version is not available in Europe unless it's a USA model that has wandered over there. That sounds a little like Abbot and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Do they use a different wood for back/sides, in Europe? |
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