[bate18]

Ive been playing guitar on and off for a while, but im still really bad. i have a samick right now that i cant stand. it just feels so cheap, and it was($100). so i am thinking about a takamine. im willing to spend up to $400. im into mostly classic rock and modern rock. but i dont want to get an electric. ive heard good things about the g series, but i dont know which one would best suit me. there are many different models. whats the difference between them all? how does a chromatic tuner work? do you have to plug it into an amp to use? do ALL g series taks come with the tuner? i realize that these are newbie questions, so bear with me.

[jshrel24]

I dont really know the price ranges of takamines but when me and my buddy troy went lookin for him a guitar they were all like over 500, and they didnt have the cromatic tuner. Actually, ive only seen one in my alvarez, although im sure they are in others as well. The tuner on mine is built into the electronics on the side, and it is a lil button you push and then you just hit a note and tune away. Again i dont know about takamines, but the difference in models in probably the differences in woods, and quality. And no you do not have to plug it into an amp to work, but you could possible buy an acoustic amp if you ever wanted to do something live. Anyway goodluck on your new acoustic, i think they are alot more fun than electrics. Also look into Alvarez, they are great guitars and alot of bang for the buck imho.
Josh

[bate18]

thx jsh for reply

im leaning towards the eg540c, its $450. people on the boards have said they they enjoy theirs greatly. any thoughts?

[jshrel24]

I have heard many good things about them. There are a few people around here that love them, and get paid off to talk about em:)...Dadfad can you help any?

[greengenie420]

Hey Buddy--
I have a Takamine Acoustic/Electric. It works like a charm. Nice fretboard, sound, binding, etc. It has an active pickup with built in tuner, vol., bass, treble, and reverb controls. I paid 500-- with a case in the DC area.

[evileye]

Keep watching this topic, as soon as shane sees it you'l be on the ball!

[bate18]

thx guys, people are damn helpful around here. most internet forums people are dicks

[evileye]

Actually that's just the atmosphere in the acoustic forum

[eulogy]

Does it *have* to be a takamine?

I'm not trying to disagree with capo2nd or the other takamine-lovers here, however, for the money, I consider the yamaha APX5 a decent electro-acoustic. If you want more info on that, let me know, if it has to be a takamine, ignore me.

[jshrel24]

try guitar q and a if you wanna get mean

[grzegorz_panek]

Prices are a bit different here. But even here you can get a nice acoustic-electric Tak for about 500$. The G series starts with 200 or even 100 $ instruments. In my opinion all of them worth it.

To the guy that sayed about tuners: All electric tacamine models have chromatic tuners. I'm a massive fan of these guitars.

Eulogy... Yamaha guitars aren't bad, and especially their electroclassicals are nice, but... the quality of metal string Takamine at the same price is better. But that's my opinion again.

[eulogy]

Eulogy... Yamaha guitars aren't bad, and especially their electroclassicals are nice, but... the quality of metal string Takamine at the same price is better. But that's my opinion again.

They're a little more mid-responsive, takamine. My yamaha is fairly bassy (which has its advantages and disadvantages, I'm afraid), but still. To be honest, I don't have that much experience with Takamine. I've played 2 of 'em so far, and each time, I was impressed, but not impressed that much that I went of on a Takamine-infested fury, like I've done with other guitars before. First time I played a seagull, I fell in love with the make, for some reason, the same didn't happen with takamine. Different strokes for different people.

As for the tuner: you've got two ears, the best tuners you can wish for.

[grzegorz_panek]

As for the tuner: you've got two ears, the best tuners you can wish for.

That's true.

[KaZu]

As for the tuner: you've got two ears, the best tuners you can wish for.

That's true.

...or alternativly you can get a Korg tuner for $15...GREAT DEAL! they are pretty accurate too!

[capo2nd]

Prices are a bit different here. But even here you can get a nice acoustic-electric Tak for about 500$. The G series starts with 200 or even 100 $ instruments. In my opinion all of them worth it.

To the guy that sayed about tuners: All electric tacamine models have chromatic tuners. I'm a massive fan of these guitars.

Eulogy... Yamaha guitars aren't bad, and especially their electroclassicals are nice, but... the quality of metal string Takamine at the same price is better. But that's my opinion again.

Yeh, as well as that my mate's Yamaha electro/acoustic feedbacks like hell when he plays it plugged in. My Takamine (see sig ) doesn't.

Anyways, Takamine G-Series ia a good call and the EG540C and EG540SC are even better if you ask me. I play the EG540SC myself and am well content with it.

As for Eulogy who said that Takamines are more mid responsive than Yamahas: That's exactly what I need with my music and this is where personal preferences and musical tastes enter the scene again. I have a rather bassy sounding dreadnought that I use for slide and open tunings and stuff. More often than not, I would play some power chords on this one too. They sound cool on her but not on the Takamine. The Takamine is basically my "beloved working tool" if you want to call it that because I know she won't disappoint me when I play a gig.

[dingobaitdude]

Its all goooooooood!!