Takamine G Series G406S New Yorker Acoustic Guitar, Natural Review

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(More customer reviews)This little guitar is fantastic. I'm a professional guitar teacher, a performing artist, and a guitarist that just likes to have a little fun with what he does and the New Yorker is everything I need and more. I was going to put a grand down on a Taylor, but this one stole my heart. Beautiful tone, great playability, and it's custom made for fingerstyle enthusiasts like myself (my specialty at work, on stage, and in the studio). The back is made up of two stunning pieces of rosewood and one gorgeous piece of quilted maple. The abalone is authentic and expertly inlayed. The bindings are made of real wood instead of cheap plastic. Even higher end guitars have plastic bindings. The neck is smooth and fast and the strings respond to anything I wish to throw at them. From foggy mountain break down, to Steve Howe's Mood for a day, to more mellow pieces like Baby Mine, this guitar does it all. My only suggestion, as with all guitars that don't already have them, is to add a quality set of Grover tuners, which I will be doing shortly. Mine has an incredibly slight buzz that will be taken care of as soon as it has been set up by an expert. It's so insignificant that I'm usually the only one who notices it, even when played in front of other highly skilled musicians. For $400 the New Yorker simply cannot be beat. It's the perfect addition to any fingerstyle guitarist's collection, and at that price it would be a stellar first instrument that the owner would never grow out of.
I urge anyone who's interested to play it for themselves and make up their own mind about it. Just because it won out over a Taylor for me, doesn't mean it will for someone else.

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