Takamine Guitars debuts six new G Series guitars and its annual Limited Edition model for 2025
NAMM 2025: Takamine Guitars is launching six new G Series acoustic-electric guitars this year, as well as continuing its annual tradition of releasing one Limited Edition model.
The G Series newly welcomes the GD21CE, GY21E, GN37CE, GD49CE, GN73CE, and GD74CE-12U, with this year’s limited model being the LTD2025 – an OM Cutaway guitar with a top that’s crafted from solid Engelmann spruce, and a body made of Hawaiian koa, offering a “rich and dynamic tonal quality”.
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The GD21CE is a dreadnought cutaway guitar with a Satin Molasses finish. Created with a solid spruce top and sapele back and sides, this guitar includes Takamine’s TP-3G preamplifier with three-band EQ, volume, and a chromatic tuner.
The GY21E offers a similar set of features and also has a Satin Molasses finish with Takamine’s compact New Yorker body shape. The new GN37CE, available in a Pearl White finish, has Takamine’s popular NEX shape. This guitar offers a solid spruce top with maple back and sides, plus the TP-3G electronics system.
Image: Takamine. From L to R: GD21CE, GN37CE, and the GY21E
The FX cutaway GD49CE is one of the “most distinctive” guitars in this Takamine lineup, with a Cosmic Black Sparkle finish highlighted with red binding and accents. It again features a spruce top with sapele back and sides. Available in a striking Satin Black finish is the GN73CE, a NEX Cutaway-shaped guitar. Accented with white multi-ply binding and a tortoiseshell acrylic pickguard, the GN73CE also hosts ivoroid/abalone split-block fingerboard inlays.
And finally, the GD74CE-12U is the only 12-string model in the new bunch. This one has a dreadnought cutaway shape and is constructed with double X-bracing, a reinforced three-piece neck, and a bolt-on bridge to tackle extra tension from the unison double-course string setup. It offers a spruce top, flame maple back and sides, and the same electronics as its newly announced G Series siblings.
Image: Takamine. From L to R: GD74CE-12U, CN73CE, and the GF49CE.
Takamine’s LTD2025 is described as “painstakingly handcrafted” by its luthiers in Japan. This limited guitar has an Antique Evergreen gloss finish, and tortoise binding along with abalone purfling. There’s also a mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, and brass position markers designed to age over time for a vintage aesthetic. As for electronics, it’s fitted with the Palathetic pickup system and the retro-inspired CTF-2N FET preamp for a natural, warm tone.
Image: Takamine
Catch Takamine Guitars at NAMM, Booth 210D. You can also view its full product lineup over on the Takamine website.
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