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Location: SoCal | Al posted on Takamine Forum but FYI...2010 Miyabi Ltd.
Most of you have not have the opportunity to play or even see this guitar.
Originally, although I had seen the guitar at NAMM, by the time I tried to buy it, it was not available in February or March. Contacting Al, he found that there were eight that had not been assembled and would come out in late September. I put my order in for one of the two that he eventually got and it is in shipment now (not sure if he ended up with 2 or 3). In the meantime, I got one at the store that sponsored Brad Davis and John Jorgenson. Then went back a week later and got another. When Brad Davis found out I was getting one that day, he raved about the guitar as he had demo'd it.
Al now has one (or ? two) NEW with full warranty. Think about it...a great playing guitar, very unique asthetically with inlaid Kimono cloth for the headstock, binding, and pickguard.
Here's what was said when they introduced it:
In searching for inspiration while designing next year’s LTD model, the we looked to Japanese history. Specifically,we researched some of the ideas embodied in Japan’s rich and unique aesthetic tradition.
One of the more interesting concepts is the idea of “miyabi”. A product of the Heian period in Japanese history (794-1192 AD), “miyabi”, roughly translated, refers to a sense of elegance, grace, and perfection of form and color. Perhaps the most influential literary work in Japanese history was The Tale of Genji, which chronicles the workings of the Heian royal court. The highest value of the court of Genji is miyabi. In the years since, the concept of miyabi eventually became a defining characteristic of the Japanese worldview. In order to capture the spirit of miyabi, we looked to some of the designs featured on traditional cloth historically used for Japanese kimono. These are the elegant, formal dresses worn by Japanese women for thousands of years, and which reached an early peak of importance during the Heian period, the same time as the development of the miyabi concept.
After considering several alternatives, Takamine developed a process in which actual kimono cloth is embedded into an acrylic matrix and then laser-cut to precise shapes for guitar inlay use. It is the incorporation of these authentic, beautiful pieces of material into the design of the guitar which gives the LTD2010 its unique characteristics, and which embodies perfectly the concept of miyabi. you can see the incorporation of the black kimono material with gold metallic thread into the headstock, pickguard, body purfling and other details on the guitar.
To the best of our knowledge, Takamine is the very first guitar manufacturer to make
use of this innovative technique for inlay design. We think everybody will agree that the result is an exceptionally beautiful guitar.
MODEL LTD2010
Body Shape Dreadnought Cutaway
Top Solid Spruce
Back Solid Indian Rosewood
Sides Indian Rosewood
Binding Ivory CAB+Kimono Cloths
Roset Black & Gold Kimono cloth
Neck African Mahogany
Fingerboard Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay Snow flakes with Kimono
Number of Frets 20
Scale Length 644mm
Nut&Saddle Bone Nut&Saddle
Nut Width 42.5mm
Trussrod Two Way
Bridge Ebony
Strings EXP16
Color Natural
Finish Glossy
Electronics CTP-2 |
OT-Takamine, FYI
