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Feel Inspired with a Takamine Pro Dreadnought!





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The Takamine Pro JP4DC dreadnought acoustic-electric guitar instantly rewards new owners with rich sonics, low-flying good looks, and smooth playability onstage or off. Sapele back and sides paired with a solid Sitka spruce top issue no-nonsense dreadnought performance and lets players cover a multitude of styles through small variations in dynamics and technique. Moreover, this dreadnought contains exceptionally potent electronics that infuse tone with a real vacuum tube's saturated harmonic warmth. Whether you strum it onstage for crowds or alone at home, the JP4DC exudes detailed craftsmanship and a passion for acoustic innovation. It's what the pros play ? grab yours from Sweetwater today!





Great sound is in the details





The Takamine Pro Series JP4DC is painstakingly sculpted from spruce, sapele, rosewood, and other tonewoods that showcase Takamine’s attention to detail. A solid spruce top churns out voluminous power with a touch-sensitive, dynamic response. Supporting spruce are back and sides carved from layered sapele. Sapele’s sound is closely linked to mahogany, indicating thick presence and sustain with lively overtones, and many experts find sapele brings more clarity to high and upper-mid registers. Plus, scalloped X-bracing maximizes how tonewoods respond, and a subtly bound rosewood fingerboard makes navigating the neck and frets a breeze. And the finishing touch? A stage-friendly gloss finish that arrests the audience’s eyes while the JP4DC’s tonewoods captivate their ears.





Takamine: over 50 years of quality, great sound, and playability





The Takamine Pro JP4DC acoustic-electric guitar is the result of over a half-century of Takamine guitar-crafting know-how. Launched in 1962 at the foot of Japan's Takamine mountains, Takamine has designed and built acoustic guitars for some of music's biggest stars. With quality and value as guiding principles, Takamine's instruments employ the finest tonewoods, construction techniques, and technical innovations such as the proprietary CTF-2n preamp system found in this guitar.





Takamine's CTF-2n preamp system





Built for the concert stage, the P4DC features Takamine's proprietary CTF-2N "retro" FET preamp system. Combined with the unique Palathetic under-saddle pickup, you'll benefit from top-shelf tone that will leave your audiences captivated.





Takamine Pro JP4DC Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Stage-ready dreadnought body shape with cutaway and premium appointments


Resonant solid spruce top and sapele back and sides provide a classically rich and versatile sound


Scalloped X-bracing balances projection for an even-keeled dynamic response


African mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard, 20 nickel-silver frets, and wood dot-in-dot inlays


Rosewood pinless bridge, split bone saddle, and bone nut let strings vibrate freely with stable intonation


Tasteful binding, purfling, wood marquetry rosette, and headstock overlay complete a total professional package with a distinguished look


Built-in CTF-2n preamp augments tone with unparalleled richness and warmth