Takamine EF-450C-TT Thermal Top Black Burst Electro-Acoustic

Takamine EF-450C-TT Thermal Top Black Burst Electro-Acoustic Guitar with Case
Product no: 9000-0053-6975 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The Takamine Thermal Top Series EF450C-TT combines excellent materials, eye for detail and a specially-treated soundboard into a truly superb electro-acoustic guitar with a Black Burst finish and white binding, an ebony fretboard with hundreds of little abalone and pearloid inlays, and a flamed maple back and sides. Add the solid spruce thermal top and you get an exquisite, vintage-style instrument that boasts both visual and sonic splendour.

The Thermal Top Series

Takamine's Thermal Top acoustic guitars are built using revolutionary technology. What's special about these models is that the spruce used for the soundboard is first 'baked' in an oxygen-free vacuum chamber to remove all moisture from the wood. The wood is then hydrated to a moisture level of about 6% to simulate the natural ageing process, increasing its density for enhanced stability and sound.

Palathetic Pickup and TLD-2 Preamp

The compensated saddle and bone nut further enhance the sound, intonation and tuning stability, while a Palathetic piezo pickup and TLD-2 Line Driver preamp team up to deliver the crystal-clear foundation sound of the Takamine EF450C-TT. Set-and-forget three-band tone controls allow you to fine-tune the specifics so you're assured of spot-on live sound.

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built in Japan

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	20
Number of strings	6
Body construction	all solid
Cutaway	yes
Sustainable product	not specified
Electro-acoustic	yes
Pickup type	piëzo
Acoustic guitar size	compact
Wood type (back)	maple
Fretboard wood	ebony
Wood type (soundboard)	spruce
Wood type (sides)	maple
For playing style	fingerpicking
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Built-in electronics	tone control, tuner, preamplifier
Acoustic sound	rich and tight
Colour	burst, black
Left-handed	no
Body type	mini jumbo

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	5,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	110,0 x 40,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

Takamine electro-acoustic guitar
- model: EF450C-TT
- series: Thermal Top
- colour: Black Burst
body
- shape: NEX
- top: solid spruce
- sides and back: solid flamed maple
- finish: high gloss
- binding: white
neck
- joint: set-in
- material: maple
- finish: high gloss
- scale length: 25.35" (644mm)
- fretboard: ebony
- number of frets: 20
- nut material: bone
- nut width: 42.5mm (1.67")
- position markers: Grass Flower inlays
hardware
- bridge: rosewood with compensated saddle
- hardware finish: gold-plated
- machine heads: sealed, self-lubricating
- pickguard: black with Grass Flower pattern
electronics:
- preamp: Takamine TLD-2 Line Driver
- pickup: Palathetic
- controls: bass boost/cut, mid boost/cut, treble boost/cut
included: GC500 case

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