Takamine ETN 10C Dreadnought Shape Electro Acoustic with Cutaway in Natural

This new, updated Takamine Natural series guitar is built on the popular dreadnought platform It comes with Solid Sapele back, Sapele sides and Solid Cedar top giving a balanced tone with brilliant sustain. The mahogany neck on the ETN 10 is strong and durable, and the Indian rosewood bridge and fingerboard complement the dreadnought’s clear tone. The build quality on these guitars, considering their affordable price, is amazing! The sound produced by the use of premium solid woods is warm and full bodied, and by design, the Natural series offer no impedances to the wood’s natural vibrations.

Acoustic sound set free. The Takamine Natural Series was conceived to give you the biggest and widest acoustic sound possible. Solid cedar tops, solid sapele backs, a thin satin finish and no pickguard or anything that could possibly impede the vibration of the soundboard was purposely left out. The theory works. Naturals are so alive with sound that they nearly jump out of your hands. The clean and simple approach of the Naturals has been imitated by other makers, but nothing yet has compared to the purity of style and sound of the original.

No can match Takamine when it comes to amplifying electro-acoustics on stage! The CT4B Preamp features 3 band EQ and Built in chromatic digital tuner with LED display. Takamine guitars don’t sound like most acoustics when amplified – their high quality pickup system, combined with a naturally great sounding guitar make for a highly realistic amplified tone on stage.

Pre amp

The CT4B preamp is designed for ease of use and purity of tone. The CT4B consists of 3 bands of graphic EQ tone control, a volume control slider and a built-in chromatic tuner.

The 3 band EQ provides control over the bass (LOW), midrange (MID) and treble (HIGH) frequency response. With the sliders set at the midpoint (0) the electric signal from the guitar is evenly balanced across the frequency range. The desired tone is then dialed in by using the sliders to add or subtract frequency response as desired. Each frequency control slider will raise or lower the band response by +/-5db.

The volume slider adjusts the output volume of the preamp.

The convenient built-in chromatic tuner is extremely accurate and very easy to use. The tuner is activated by pressing the TUNER POWER button. To tune your instrument, simply pluck any open string. The tuner will then display the name of the note that has the closest frequency of the string played. The amount of deviation from the note (higher or lower) is displayed by red arrows indicating sharp or flat. When only the green center light illuminates, the note indicated in red has reached precise tuning. When the guitar is unplugged, the TUNER POWER switch acts as on and off.

Your CT4B tuner is also capable of being calibrated to frequencies other than standard A440. When the PITCH button is pressed, the frequency that is currently set will be shown by a flashing red light above the frequency number. While the reference light is flashing, press the Pitch repeatedly to set the desired reference pitch. With each press of the button, the reference pitch will increase by 1Hz increments from 440Hz to 445Hz. Once the pitch has reached 445Hz, the next press will decrease the pitch to 438Hz. When the button operation is stopped, the reference pitch is set and the tuner will stand by for tuning.

To facilitate silent on-stage tuning, the TUNER POWER button also acts as a mute switch when the guitar is played amplified. If you wish to be able to tune with your signal amplified, simply press the TUNER POWER a second time. Press a third time to shut off the tuner function. The tuner will shut off automatically when there is no signal for a couple of minutes.

All the guitars in the ETN series come with a Takamine hard case.

SPECIFICATIONS
6 String Acoustic / Electric
Body Shape: Dreadnought C/A
Rosette: Ovangkol and Rosewood
Top: Solid Cedar
Inlays: Dots
Back: Solid Sapele
Sides: Sapele
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Electronics: CT-4B
Tuners: Chrome
Hard Case Included
CT4B Electronics

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