Takamine Laminate Forum Koa

I had a takamine with a solid cedar top that was just fantastic sounding plugged and unplugged.

Takamine laminate forum koa.

The mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard meets the body at a traditional. Beautiful rich koa looks and tone. I traded it for an alvarez yairi that also has a laminated body. 2004 tacoma emm30 forum guitar 5 06 08 2005 04 14 am.

For more than half a century now takamine has proudly dedicated itself to the art of fine guitar craftsmanship. Ben cooper 9 800 views. This allows for a good amount of natural resonance and they are surprisingly quite musical. Newbie expensive all laminate koa.

With a fully bound nex cutaway body comprised of a figured koa top back and sides you get warm tone and natural response. Takamine makes some great guitars with laminate bodies and solid tops that are designed to sound terrific when plugged in. Its longstanding devotion to innovation and continual improvement has placed it among the world s premier acoustic guitar makers with truly fine instruments that are the first choice of performing guitarists worldwide. This model is all laminate for sure wade the top will be layered koa with a b s of koa and a core which is a lighter wood.

Takamine uses a core of a lighter wood with a veneer of koa on each side. Does anyone know what figured koa is. Anyone know if the limited takamine eg544sc made exclusively for guitar center has solid back and sides. If you have guitar related questions use the search field or ask the community.

The takamine ef508kc legacy series nex 6 string acoustic electric guitar sounds as good as it looks. I contacted takamine and asked the exact same question there was some dolt on ebay claiming all solid wood takamine set me straight it is an all laminate model now that doesn t necessarily mean it s bad but for the price i d rather go with solid wood which i did she s beautiful though huh. This is a forum where guitarists from novice to experienced can explore the world of guitar through a variety of media and discussion. You get not a laminate koa but basically a formica koa picture not one ioda of koa but mystery wood morado fingerboard stratabond neck what is it micarta saddle.

A friend has the 2009 collectors sweet guitar with the figured koa top i am looking at a couple of takamine guitars one thats also figure koa. Takamine pro series 7 nex cutaway acoustic electric guitar duration. Beneath the impressive figured koa is a world class acoustic electric guitar that will handle any application whether in a full band setting or solo performance. The ef508kc nex is handcrafted in our pro series facility that has been building precision quality instruments over five decades.

Is it solid koa wood or a koa veneer on top of another layer.