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Takamine EG523SC

6 String Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar. The Takamine EG523SC Acoustic-Electric Guitar has outstanding sound by itself or plugged in. The jumbo body style provides cool profile and comfortable playing with a huge solid spruce soundboard for big volume and titanic tone. Glowing, gorgeous flamed maple back and sides plus an abalone rosette make it flash in the stage...

Price: $449 to $929

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A big, big jumbo

Sound	I play a lot of things, I switch from pop-rock to metal, as I already said, so I needed a good acoustic guitar, mostly for strumming, and a bit of fingerpicking from time to time. It has a spruce top and flamed maple back and sides, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. when strumming, it gives back a very rich sound, more pronounced on low frequency than mid or high, good for full chords. In fingerpicking the bass-pronounced sound doesn't help the high strings to stand up, but as I said, it's not a problem for me, I mainly use it for strumming. Keep that in mind when buying. The Pre-Amp is th Takamine TK-40, nothing exceptional but it does its work. When plugged in the electric sound has decent fidelity with the acoustic sound, but you'll have to work on the eq a bit. I use Martin 0.11 gauge strings.
Action, Fit, & Finish	the guitar was setup properly. It just needed a bit of truss rod adjustment. other than that, nothing to mention. Action is great, tuners do their work fine, I never had problems with it.
Reliability & Durability	It's a reliable guitar and I haven't encountered any problems with it.
Customer Support	I've never dealt with the company.

Liked about it	- Great sound when strumming, and Decent sound when fingerpicking - Quality compared to the price is great. Keep in mind that this is not a 2000$ guitar, but it's outstanding in its category of price for sure. - the look of this guitar is beautiful, there's great attention in details. the rosette, the binding, the inlays, all great.
Didn't like	- the body is not so comfortable, but, if you want a jumbo, that's it. - the PA could be better. - nothing more