Takamine EG523SC-STB Acoustic Electric Guitar Review

Takamine EG523SC-STB Acoustic Electric Guitar Review :: Acoustic-Electric Guitar

gives you a tunable notch filter and switchable midrange contour.

The Takamine EG523SC-STB Acoustic Electric Guitar is a G Series small jumbo from the Takamine and it has a solid spruce top with laminated flamed maple back and sides. Transparent Blue finish, abalone rosettte, black mother-of-pearl and abalone inlays, rosewood fingerboard, and chrome hardware. Also features a white pickguard, cutaway and the TK40 preamp system. The TK4N preamp gives you a tunable notch filter and switchable midrange contour. The onboard chromatic tuner is very convenient and easy to use.

Pros

• controls are good and solid;
• the preamp is very nice, and seems quite flexible;
• the wood on the guitar is awesome;
• it has a bright, clear sound;
• the finish is flawless;
• the guitar looks and feels very durable.

Cons

• some owners complained that it came with a strap peg only on the bottom;
• some owners complained that does not have an auto off feature;
• a few some complained that the strings were very high from the fret board.

Suggestions

• sounds very good unplugged, but plugged in it sounds better;
• change the strings, maybe lighter gauge strings;
• you can use the Elixers strings.

Amps used by users – Roland AC60, Crate CA60, Digitech RP50

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