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Re: Takamine F349
Posted by Ed Weed on Mon, 10/25/04 - 18:16:08.
: : Can anyone tell me if the F349 is a solid or laminated top and what kind of wood it is made of? Thanks
: Patrick, of you're still interested:
: The following is from Kaman's web site; they own Takamine, Hamer, etc. You can get the whole history there direct from Takamine Mountain, Japan...
: http://www.takamine.com/?fa=home
: F349
:
: Body Shape: Dreadnought
: Rosette:
: Top: Mahogany Top
: Inlays: Dots
: Back: Mahogany
: Sides: Mahogany
: Fingerboard: Rosewood
: Electronics: None
: Tuners: Chrome
: Features:
:
10/25/04 Forgot the other questions;
Mahogany tops (I believe) were 2-piece or laminated... the higher models were mostly solid spruce/laminated spruce.
F349 vintage, from looking at the picture on above site, would probably be 1977-78. This was the "Martin Lawsuit" headstock, when Takamine managed to make a Takamine logo that looked like "CF Martin" from a distance; The F360 dreadnaughts were basically exact D-28 copies that often sounded better than Martins, F370's essentially D-35's... RESPEK, EdW.
Re: Takamine F349
: : : Can anyone tell me if the F349 is a solid or laminated top and what kind of wood it is made of? Thanks
: : Patrick, of you're still interested:
: : The following is from Kaman's web site; they own Takamine, Hamer, etc. You can get the whole history there direct from Takamine Mountain, Japan...
: : http://www.takamine.com/?fa=home
: : F349
: :
:
: : Body Shape: Dreadnought
: : Rosette:
: : Top: Mahogany Top
: : Inlays: Dots
: : Back: Mahogany
: : Sides: Mahogany
: : Fingerboard: Rosewood
: : Electronics: None
: : Tuners: Chrome
: : Features:
: :
: 10/25/04 Forgot the other questions;
: Mahogany tops (I believe) were 2-piece or laminated... the higher models were mostly solid spruce/laminated spruce.
: F349 vintage, from looking at the picture on above site, would probably be 1977-78. This was the "Martin Lawsuit" headstock, when Takamine managed to make a Takamine logo that looked like "CF Martin" from a distance; The F360 dreadnaughts were basically exact D-28 copies that often sounded better than Martins, F370's essentially D-35's... RESPEK, EdW.
I own a 1982 F349 that I bought new. It has a what appears to be a 3 layer laminated top that looks strikingly like the luan mahahony underlayment that you can buy at the local lumber yard. I adore this guitar and put a Barcus-Berry insider in it sometime in the mid 80's. It sounds better every year. Frankly, I would not sell it for a thousand dollars.....
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