verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message takamine co. ltd. native name takamine gakki seisakusho type private industry musical instruments founded 1962 ; 54 years ago 1962 headquarters nakatsugawa gifu japan area served worldwide products acoustic classical guitars acoustic bass guitars preamplifiers pickups transducers website official website eg 361sc model 1978 f 340s model takamine co. ltd. kabushiki gaisha takamine gakki seisakusho is a japanese guitar manufacturer based in nakatsugawa gifu japan . takamine is known for its steel string acoustic guitars . the company was founded in may 1962 ; in 1978 they were one of the first companies to introduce acoustic electric models where they pioneered the design of the preamplifier equalizer component . although english speakers sometimes incorrectly pronounce the company name as t k ma n ta ka mine the correct pronunciation as in the original japanese is t k mi ne ta ka mee nay . citation needed the name was taken from mount takamine located in nakatsugawa . citation needed contents 1 company history 2 series 3 references 4 external links company history edit while known primarily for their acoustic and acoustic electric guitars takamine produced a limited run of very high quality solid body electric guitars in the early 1980s . citation needed these are the gx100 gibson explorer body style gx200 proprietary type body style similar to a stratocaster stop tailpiece bridge gx200 t or tb same as gx200 only with a tremolo bridge gz300 proprietary design and gz340 proprietary design . the gx200 and gz340 contain factory dimarzio made pickups . citation needed the takamine eg523sc came with a clear finish spruce top and flame maple back and sides . on top is a tk 40 pickup with a tuner and equalizer powered by a 9v battery . citation needed in the early 1980s martin guitars issued a letter asserting that the takamine f 340 as well as takamine s acoustic guitars in general included a logo design that was allegedly nearly identical to that of the martin models . citation needed according to chris f. martin iv ceo of cf martin and company in a speech given to the unofficial martin guitar forum members on 8 august 2005 no lawsuit was ever actually filed and takamine did change the appearance of their guitar logo . citation needed every year since 1987 takamine has presented a limited edition guitar model which has been produced in very limited quantities up to a few hundred guitars for worldwide distribution . these guitars have come with the latest pickup preamplifier combination available and artful inlays often with motifs focusing on nature or astronomical phenomena . 1 full citation needed since march 2015 takamine s us american distributor has been esp guitars . 2 non primary source needed series edit g series legacy series pro series 1 7 signature series references edit book on limited editions . retrieved from http www.sttec.com . esp and takamine announce partnership in the usa . esp guitars . 2015 02 24 . retrieved 2016 07 22 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title takamine guitars & oldid 733835805 categories companies based in gifu prefecturecompanies established in 1962companies of japanguitar manufacturing companiesjapanese brandshidden categories use dmy dates from january 2016articles needing additional references from february 2008all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing japanese language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016articles with unsourced statements from october 2015articles with unsourced statements from november 2007articles with unsourced statements from january 2008articles needing more detailed referencesall pages needing factual verificationwikipedia articles needing factual verification from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran aisitaliano norsk bokm lnorsk nynorsk edit links this page was last modified on 10 august 2016 at 12 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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