A Wonderful Guitar for Singers
Thanks to its NEX body, the Takamine JP5NC acoustic-electric guitar has the bold tone of a dreadnought while leaving ample sonic space for your voice. The solid spruce top with scalloped "X" bracing gives your tone amazing balance and articulation. Solid rosewood back and sides generate rich harmonics, picked up perfectly by Takamine's CTP-3 Cooltube preamp system. The JP5NC is a performer's delight, an instrument you can truly count on at every gig. And thanks to smart touches like the asymmetrical neck profile for smooth playability, and the split bone saddle for better intonation, you can rely on the Takamine JP5NC acoustic-electric guitar for top-notch performance.
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Perfect spruce and rosewood combo
Solid spruce top and rosewood back/sides are a magical tonewood combination Sweetwater knows that the choice of top wood can make or break the sound of an acoustic guitar. For the JP5NC, Takamine chose a solid spruce top. Chosen as much for its look as its tone, solid spruce has an articulate sound with excellent projection. It's a great balance for the rich, dimensional sound of the solid rosewood back and sides. And because it's a solid-wood instrument, the tone of your JP5NC will only get better, with enhanced harmonics and greater tonal balance as the years go by.
Takamine's CTP-3 Cooltube preamp system
The JP7NC boasts Takamine's CTP-3 Cooltube preamp system, which runs a 12AU7 tube at low voltage to prevent it from heating up and affecting your guitar. The sound is natural and rich, with exceptional dynamics. It also houses a built-in chromatic tuner, a Notch control, and a sweepable Mid Frequency control to really dial in your perfect tone. And an Aux jack allows you to install an additional pickup source to be blended with Takemine's undersaddle pickup for adding even more detail and warmth to you live acoustic sound.
Takamine: decades of quality, great sound, and playability
The Takamine JP5NC 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 been designing and building acoustic guitars that are seen in the hands of 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 CT4B preamp system found in this guitar.
Takamine JP5NC Features:
- Ideal acoustic-electric guitar for singers
- NEX body style gives dreadnought-like projection and tone without overpowering the vocal range
- Built-in CTP-3 Cooltube preamp
- Solid rosewood topped with solid spruce produces a rich, wide-ranging sound with great definition
- Asymmetrical neck profile is incredibly comfortable to play
- Split bone saddle gives you better intonation
