Takamine GN71CE-NAT

I have always loved the look of this guitar and Thomann had it for sale at the lowest price anywhere I could find. The guitar is simply beautiful with a 2 piece solid spruce top (which has plenty of grain and character), stunning black walnut back and sides and a laurel bridge and finger board, which are lighter in colour than ebony or rosewood. The body has a lovely maple binding front and back as well as along the fingerboard and around the headstock. The neck is made of mahogany and the whole guitar is finished beautifully in a high gloss finish.
The sounds from the GN71 are acoustically good, without being outstanding, (I don't like the D'addario strings - but this is a personal preference). However where this guitar comes alive is when played live, as the TK-40 pre-amp is awesome, giving great control over the amplified sound through the 3 band eq and the mid boost. Additionally the notch filter is brilliant for dialling in or out frequencies for your personal preference. The guitar as supplied was of excellent quality and whilst the action was slightly high for my preference, I couldn't mark the guitar down for that. I'm very pleased with my purchase and thanks Thomann for a very easy transaction.

A beautifully made and classy guitar. Excellent neck, frets smooth and easy on the fingers. Used mainly to back traditional Irish music gigs, mainly not amplified, and more than capable of being heard through loud accordions, fiddles, banjos. A dream guitar when amplified, superb puck up. Great tone adjustment on the Eq built in, and the tuner is lovely to have. For the price, it is mildly astonishing!