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Originally Posted by Demosthenes
I was in the local music store today and spotted this very interesting guitar. From a distance it looked like a Martin D28, which is something I never see up here in my neck of the woods. So as I got up to it I realized it was a Takamine with a very Martin like headstock. Picked it up, strummed it for a bit and really liked it. Did a little research and it looks like these were produced between 1976 - 1981 or so. The story behind the guitar it seems according to some info on Harmony Central (taken with a grain of salt of course) is that Martin threatened a lawsuit if Takamine continued to produce the guitar due to it looking a lot like a D28. True or not, I think I might make an offer on it tomorrow! Anyone out there remember this model?
Here is a link to it on the discontinued models section of the Takamine site:
http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=1066&sid=351 |
I have 3 "Lawsuits". All good guitars for what they are. The "S" denotes a solid spruce top. The back and sides are laminate. I upgraded the tuners on My F360S to Grovers.
Good Luck,
Steve