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Location: Buffalo,NY | Isn't the subjectivity of sound and what is good sound great ?!!!
I own a number of Takamines and owned 2 Taylors and now own some Ovations.
I've come to the conclusion(just like many of you) that not all guitars ,even if the same model,are created equal.I have a Takamine EF360SC that just sounds incredible plugged in and acoustically.
My Taylor 814-CE is just a cannon and really turns heads when played acousticallly;The Tak 360 is on par with it . The Taylor 814 plugged in ,with the ES expression system , is down right dissapointing, especially compared to the Tak 360. The ES system is just too dead sounding in my opinion. To upgrade to a Neve preamp is $750 !!
The Takamine TAN15C is also a wonderful sounding guitar acoustically. It's a little more warm and mellow sounding than either the Tak 360 or the Taylor 814. Plugged in with the cooltube preamp it is my best sounding electric-acoustic. I've just scored another cooltube preamp and will experiment with it in the Tak 360 and the Tak SW.
cwk2 mentioned the Tak bluegrass series and I just had an opportunity to play one. The neck is a bit wider and it sounds as good as my Tak360 acoustically and plugged in. I'm going to have to have one of these because with the wider neck its playability is the easiest I've ever encountered. It's right up there with an Adamas that I played at GC but that is now gone !!
I think that I'm going to have to get an Adamas and a Tak Bluegrass soon . Then I'll have to thin the herd .
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Location: Vermont | Well I guess nobody has an opinion on Takamine guitars,huh? Really, thanks for all of your inpute. You've all honed in on the point and Dr.Tom has summed it up..."not all guitars,even if the same model,are created equal". I've owned 3 Ovation Custom Legends and they are all very different in the way they play and sound. I'm going to check out the Takamine Ltd.89 acoustic electric cutaway. It's a thinline but I'm not sure what that means. Thanks again to everyone
"Music gives the mind wings..."
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Dr.Tom:
I think that I'm going to have to get an Adamas and a Tak Bluegrass soon . Tom, I have a really nice (as in mint) 1581 RI that I am probably going to part with very soon. It is a cannon (ask ProfessorBB...he has played it).
Let me know if you are interested. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Music gives the mind wings. Oh I get it now, that's what they meant when they called me bird brained. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by stephent28:
It is a cannon (ask ProfessorBB...he has played it).[/QB] Based on about an hour with Stephen's 1581, and because he wasn't ready to part with his, I promptly went out and bought another. To say that the 1581 is a cannon is puting it mildly, particularly when tuned down to D. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hmmm......is this discussion about playing it acoustically...than it may reflect an amateur`s opinion,just got back from Mallorca,where one of the performers played a TAKAMINE "Bon Jovi" mod.,He used it exclusively over the PA,(JBL eons)with a "muffler",at times with a host of effects(electric band ,etc.)sometimes straight through the mixer,that`s when it sounded as an Acoustic Guitar,AND That`s the trend is n`t it,even in small clubs it gets "plugged in",so when selecting an Acoustic for the "workin`pro",there are other criteria than sound alone,look,I am Not an Ovation Fan per sè,but they are The Best Acoustic/Electric ,Acoustically they sound Fine,and "plugged in"they are Unbeatable,feedback is minimal,easy to adjust,I find it Odd that so many disregard the bowlbox,for the Acoustic was around Long Before the PA,so obviously for PA use a New Concept was Needed,Hence my BowlBoomers,...I mean ,putting a muffler to fight feedback I never had to resort to ,but then again,the only A/E`s I put through the PA are an ancient 1537(sunburst)...1617(sunburst)...1618(natural)..but German Dave liked his "Bon Jovi" better...go figure...ah well,He`s Young... :)
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ..and what`s with this new friggin lay out..."#¤%&/...?!!
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