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Old 08-28-2008, 03:56 PM
pete1965 pete1965 is offline
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Default Takamine EG530SSC

Does anyone have a Takamine EG530SSC and if so your thoughts.
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Old 08-28-2008, 06:58 PM
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I did have one for almost a year. I'm sure others will disagree but I am very unimpressed with that particular guitar.

Tak makes some GREAT guitars (the Naturals series, even the GS330s lower-end model is great for the $), but this one I just feel like they consistently miss the mark on. Every one I've played sounds thin, like a laminate guitar but it's supposed to be mostly solid. The neck profile seems larger than other Taks, like a big "D" shape.

I took it out to play a gig once, and had a song that I did in C where I really had to drive on the C chord for awhile. When I was done that song my hand about fell off. And I was using light gauge strings.

There are a lot of guitars I would recommend over the 530/531ssc for about the same money. Check out the Epiphone Masterbuilt, and the Taylor 110e.
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I have never played that model, but takamine has been getting some great reviews lately
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