New in Takamine's G Series

I was glad to see an email from our friends at Takamine during the week.  Taks are nice guitars.  I was even happier to see their G Series round out to now include Classical and Bass guitars.

The specs reveal that the G Series classicals  are all at modest price points (about $290 to about $585 street.) There are 3 acoustics and 3 electric cutaways.  They are all spruce top guitars, and in both categories the 2 higher priced models have solid spruce tops.  All the necks are mahogany and fingerboards are rosewood. They are all 19 fret instruments, 2 inches at the head nut, with a 650mm (25.6 inch) scale length and a flat neck radius.  Pretty standard.  Nothing unusual in the bracing, either. 

As for the G Series bases. they are at reasonable prices, too. There are 4 instruments: 2 "30s" and 2 "72s."  The 30s have mahogany back and sides and the 72s have maple back and sides. The 30s are street priced at $730 and the 72s are street priced at $860.   If you haven't listened to acoustic electric basses, they don't sound like solid body electric bases.  They're tasty!  All the bass guitars in this line are fretted. They are 1.77 inches  at the head nut and have an 864mm (34 inch) scale length. Like the classical models, the higher end  guitars have slightly more expensive tuners.

The 30 is available in either black or natural and the 72 is available in sunburst or natural. Both guitars have jumbo bodies, so play one in person before you buy or order one online, if you have never held and played a jumbo before.

For this price range, Takamines are a great choice. Their quality is reliable.  If you're buying or gifting a nylon string guitar or an acoustic electric bass, these are instruments you should consider.  

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