Takamine TAN55C

Manufacturing Japan
Table cedar, rosewood handle and Clisse.
Prampli CTP1 (lamp)

UTILIZATION

Trs good handle, easy to play, adjustable action (mine is low: less than 1 mm)
Good Access in acute form trs comfortable (mini-jumbo)
Acoustic sound less "bright" than other takamine steel (of the form of cash SPECIFICATIONS) excellent for jazz or to accompany a singer (cedar table ...)
Of its electro rve !!!!!

SOUNDS

Thanks to the drive knob of the lamp gives a warm sound ... trs For my part I find this CTP1 well above the CT4B (formerly prampli Japan) ...
I added the microphone rose Tri-Ax, which plugs directly into the CTP1 (a between Pipelines Limited) and thus can also rgler the volume of the microphone on the pramp (a knob SPECIFICATIONS) ...
I plugged into a Marshall AS50R (acoustic 50w) or a 40 RIVERA Chubster following days and moods ...

OVERALL OPINION

I for a year ... Previous my takamine I had also purchased new ... in 1980 ... I always there ... j'espre keep it the even longer!
Report quality excellent price (it is not far from Taylor ...)
Seems to exist as nylon (new 2006) ...

Solid Cedar Table, Solid Rosewood Back, Rosewood Sides
+ Key rosewood bridge
Pr-tube amp with tuner CTP1 integrbr /> Mcaniques oil bath with buttons Ambr.
Some abalone Author of the table and the rosette (a still sober)
Form quasi-classical unusual for a folk with pan coupbr /> The back button is trs (too) quiet.

UTILIZATION

Channel end trs enjoyable.
Trs comfortable both sitting and standing. I find this format much more enjoyable cash that dreadnought or jumbo.
It is quite heavy for its size, without it being Gnant.
Original action a bit high I got, but I got used to it.
The tuner is very practical use - I found a gadget-beginners.
I put as Nanoweb strings (D'addario original), the sound is prcis trs.

SOUNDS

The noise level is surprisingly small for the size of the fund, both in picking accompaniment. It's a versatile guitar, I play a little bit of everything: picking, vocal accompaniment, a little blues / jazz and classical easy.
The sound is warm, balanced trs. The mdiums out well and treble "rounded" by the cedar table is not nasal.
I use 90% and 10% acoustic branch. They sound good trs in 2 cases. Branch, either directly I play a sound or a sound card, with the gain of the tube between half and three quarters. The rglages of prampli it easy to find a good sound.
Try also on acoustic micro cube position - not a bad prampli for effects-, and Marshall AS50, trs satisfactory in both cases.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year and a half, and j'apprcie particulirement the comfort of the game and the nuances that can bring out playing softly. (I take my old folk and sometimes I feel the diffrence).
I tried a few before buying MODELS: 310 Taylor, Takamine TSF 48C and 30C, and others I can not remember. I compare it with the AIM TAN 77, but there was none in the shop.
The report seems to me excellent quality price and I probably do it again this choice