Takamine fans here?

Owned a Tak 12-string; great guitar - well built, good sound and playability. Surprisingly, I found a Martin 12 that I liked better (and was actually a little easier to play). But Tak's are great guitars.

I had a Takamine 12 string. Great playing and great sounding whether played acoustically or plugged in. Unfortunately it was a victim of pre-retirement downsizing.

One of the music stores I used to visit carried lower-end Takamine models. Despite their low price and simple appearance they were surprisingly good sounding.

I own a 1979 Takimine F-349 my wife and I bought my mom for Christmas that year and when she passed in 2005 Dad gave it to me. It was Ok sounding but not fantastic until my Son in Law recommended Elixer Phospher Bronze Strings that he had on his Gibson Acoustic. I put them on and was shocked. It woke that guitar up! Sounds really good now (at least to me). You know, it's really funny how one guitar likes a particular string and another not. I tried them on my inexpensive Mitchell Acoustic electric and can I say YUCK! LOL That one likes John Pierce Phospher Bronze.

Bought an EF340SC GN 5/6 years ago and I've been real happy with the purchase.
Paid half price and it came with a nice hard shell case.

I'm not much of an acoustic player but, its definitely a lot of fun to play.

factory photo   I had an EF-350MC, all maple, blonde back and sides, 3-band EQ. In the mid to late 80s if you wanted a factory piezo pickup, Takamine was choice. I was attempting the singer/songwriter thing despite not being able to sing, and the Tak was a better choice for open mic nights than my Gibson SJ which has much more character but required a mic. Nice neck, very pretty, good guitar, but I had no problem letting it go when I stopped doing that gig. I sold it sight unseen to a guy who ran an arena football team, I can't remember which one. 

Like 'em? I've never even known how to pronounce them

Is it Taka- mine or Taka-mee-nay? That's the question:)

Thanks jhawkr

The other thing with Takamine is that I don't understand their model range enough. For me the expensive models look pretty mich the same as the cheaper ones.

Also, a few years ago I went on holiday to resort where there were solo acoustic acts at most of the bars; I would say that 80% of them were playing Takamines (a few Yamahas, no Martins, Gibsons or Taylors) so they appear to be the choice of professional working musicians. ;-)