Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 I pulled the trigger on the $200 Takamine A/E deal for my wife. We got the guitar today. Unfortunately I was away when it got delivered so I couldn't see the look on her face. I got back and heard some loud strumming from the other room. I went into the other room, and she wasn't strumming very hard. The Tak has good unplugged volume. She had got my Alvarez and tuned the Takamine's strings to the Alvarez's by ear. She didn't know what the strings are tuned to so she couldn't use the on-board chromatic tuner. She got tuning dead on. I got a little bit of time with it. The neck is straight and the action was great right out of the box. Being spruce and maple, I was worried about it sounding too bright and harsh. That was not the case, it is a clear and smooth bright, not harsh at all. And the midrange and bass are good too. It has the body depth of a dreadnought, and they advertise that as giving the tone more depth and resonance. Don't know if that what gives this git its depth and resonance, but its got more of it than most smaller-bodied guitars I've tried. Its got good projection to, which goes well with its unplugged volume. Plugged in, it sounded good after some tweaking and EQ-ing. It's UST doesn't have the sound definition the UST in my Parker does, but it had a warmer tone to it. Definitely one of the better USTs I've tried. The tuner was accurate too. Not sure what the mid contour button exactly does (yet) but I like what it did for the sound. Playing wise, it responded well to both strumming and fingerstyle. And the body and neck are small enough for her to play comfortably. One thing I noticed is due to larger lower bout (at least for a smaller-bodied git) combined with the smaller body size, the most comfortable place for the arm was where it doesn't mute the top much. It is a good guitar all around, and most importantly, she already loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Do Fret It Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Awesome. She's a natural. Love the tone of the top. That guitar is gorgeous and will look real nice as time goes by. Chocolate chip cookies for you.... Blueberry pie for her and cold goat milk to go with the sweets.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarVlog Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Good choice! It looks like a very comfortably-sized guitar for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Congrats to the happy couple! (Your wife and the git, that is.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Florida_Gator Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Looks great -- mine's coming tomorrow! It's actually a gift for my son, but I'm hoping he'll share it with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Looks great -- mine's coming tomorrow! It's actually a gift for my son, but I'm hoping he'll share it with me I was worried about liking it too much to the point where I didn't want her to have it. Its a great sounding guitar, but not for me. I prefer warmer sounding guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 What's the model on that Tak? Dread-depth small body sounds like my Yammie FS720S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Looks like she's off to a great start. Congrats to both of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 What's the model on that Tak? Dread-depth small body sounds like my Yammie FS720S. It the The Takamine NEX EG5403S-VFT. And I thought only Ibanez had long and confusing model names for their acoustics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Florida_Gator Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 What's the model on that Tak? Dread-depth small body sounds like my Yammie FS720S. Not sure what darkhorse ordered, but it appears to be the same as the one I ordered: Takamine EG5403S-VFT. It's their "NEX" body shape, which is best described as a "mini-jumbo". Slightly larger lower bout (than most "OM" gits such as your FS720S) and dred-depth. My son already has a dred so this should be a great addition. And he's starting to play gigs with his friends, so now he can bring is own axe! Edit: Doh! We posted at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Cool. Thanks. Yeah, I wish guitar models had names like "Fred" or "Rainbow Unicorn" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Cool. Thanks. Yeah, I wish guitar models had names like "Fred" or "Rainbow Unicorn" or something. An archtop that Ken Parker built had the model name Spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 That's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Looks great. She appears to have that Em chord down pretty well. She'll have to cut those fingernails though .... Happy future jamming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Looks great. She appears to have that Em chord down pretty well. She'll have to cut those fingernails though ....Happy future jamming! She already knows E major, Em, Am, and A major. She didn't want to lose the nails, but I pretty much told her its going have to be either the nails or the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wait till she gets to the C chord and then schedule an appointment with the manicurist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wait till she gets to the C chord and then schedule an appointment with the manicurist. I told her if the kept the nails then she'll be scratching up the fretboard until a nail catches and gets pulled off. To that she responded, "Why can't I do what Dolly Parton does and do all barre chords?" I responded that's fine if she only wants to play Dolly Parton songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 She already knows E major, Em, Am, and A major. I'll be very interested in her decision. Tell her my wife is a pianist and has suffered short nails quite nicely for most of her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 I told her if the kept the nails then she'll be scratching up the fretboard until a nail catches and gets pulled off. To that she responded, "Why can't I do what Dolly Parton does and do all barre chords?" I responded that's fine if she only wants to play Dolly Parton songs. Open tunings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Open tunings. That's just recycled Dolly Parton. The nails gotta go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skatalite Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Excellent Looking like she's making some awesome progress already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattSkibaIsGOD Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 gorgeous pics. I can't wait for mine to get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Looks like it fits her pretty well. Hope she takes to as avidly as it looks in the pics. Be sure to give her a hug on behalf of the Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Galabar Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerryBob Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 I wonder if she'll keep nails on her picking hand and chop the nails on her fret hand.?? THAT might be just too "weird" for a girl.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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