Takamine Co., Ltd. is a Japanese guitar manufacturer based in Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan. Takamine is known for its steel-string acoustic guitars. The company was founded in May 1962; in 1978 they were one of the first companies to introduce acoustic-electric models, where they pioneered the design of the preamplifier-equalizer component. Although English speakers sometimes incorrectly pronounce the company name as "ta - ka - mine", the correct pronunciation, as in the original Japanese, is "ta - ka - mee - nay". The name was taken from Mount Takamine located in Nakatsugawa. Since March 2015, Takamine's US-American distributor has been ESP Guitars
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