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Originally Posted by Lacking Talent
Here's the website -- http://www.fretboardjournal.com/fretboard-journal-24 -- but, as far as I can see, that particular article only appears in the print edition of the magazine.
Long story short? In his early days as a luthier, Baggs built Cooder a custom guitar, and was quite surprised to discover from an enthused Cooder -- after the fact -- that the artist had allowed Takamine to copy the instrument down to the last detail; IIRC, the article's implication was that Baggs was not compensated or credited in any way.
Here's a comparison pic ganked from a Thai guitar webforum...
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Similar, not identical. Sound hole, shape of the cutaway, shape of the bridge, shape of the tailpiece are all different.