Palathetic Pickup – Technology & Craftsmanship
Pursuing Sound Balance and Separation - The core of Takamine's electronics system is its proprietary Palathetic pickup. The superior sound balance, high separation and clear and natural sound of Takamine owes much to the unique design of this device. With individually shielded six piezoelectric transducers, one for each string, the unit hangs down right beneath the bridge saddle, allowing
the pickup to be isolated from the vibration of the body, and enabling each transducer to pick up the vibration of the string directly through the bridge saddle, which contributes to realizing unsurpassed feedback resistance even in a high volume environment.
Takamine On-board Unit Preamps
Selectable To Your Play-Style and Taste Every Takamine on-board preamp fits the unique docking port, which means all Takamine preamps are interchangeable, giving the player the options to fit their preamp to their style and taste. Another common feature is integrated battery box so you don't have to loosen and retune your strings every time you replace the batteries.
Laser Inlay Work.
Meticulous Work of Art. Gorgeous and meticulous inlay work is one of the major attractions of Takamine guitars. Instead of chisels and planes for a luthier to carry out this work, Takamine employs today's advanced technology – CAD system, CNC router and laser cutting machine. Yet, after cutting out the parts, they are fitted in by a seasoned craftsman's hand piece by piece. The superb combination of materials and colours depends on the sensitivity and experience of Takamine craftsmen.
Double Bridge Saddles.
Double-bridge Saddle for More Accurate Octave Tuning. With the exceptions of nylon string models and a part of the Keystone series, all other models adopt a double-bridge saddle. This is where the bridge is divided into two sections, one for the 1st to 2nd strings and the other for the 3rd to 6th strings. This allows the length (scale) of each string to be fine-tuned more accurately to achieve better intonation.
Asymmetrical Neck Grip.
Improved playability for everyone. The neck profile of a Takamine guitar is offset, rather like an asymmetrical letter ‘C’. This helps to improve playability by reducing player's wrist movement distance when his thumb is moved towards the 1st string.
Two-way Adjustable Truss Rod & Side-beams.
A unique structure to correct neck warpage. Takamine models utilise a dual-channel truss rod system that was co-developed with Gotoh Gut Company in the mid-90s. While the conventional truss rod (single channel type) could perform correction within a limited range, the dual channel truss rod can work with both forward and backward movement. To prevent the neck from warping, two beams are mounted along each side of the truss rod to strengthen neck and body joint.
Takamine original design endpin.
Guaranteeing a solid connection.
Takamine designed an all-in-one high-rigid endpin jack that is firmly screwed on the bottom of the instrument. This helps to prevent the jack from loosening or falling off as well as protect the body from damages when audio cable is tugged off. In addition to regular ground terminal, an extra ground terminal is added to avoid short-circuit or other troubles caused by bad connection. A standard 3.5mm mini-plug is used for the connection to the preamp, allowing easy part replacement
