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Michael Jackson, Beatles and Queen items for sale in £3m music auction

Items going under the hammer include stage-worn clothes which belonged to Jackson and Freddie Mercury.

The Independent UK

Kurt Cobain's 1989 Takamine expected to fetch up to $500,000 at auction – alongside guitars played by the likes of Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, David Bowie, Joe Perry and Melissa Etheridge

This year's Music Icons sale – organized by Julien's Auctions – includes over 700 collectible items from some of the world's biggest guitar stars

Guitar World

“It sounds church-organy if you’re just playing acoustic… then you add the dollar bill and the pen and it sounds like a steel drum”: Songwriter Sean Rowe on tonal experiments, modding acoustics –and why he keeps wearing out his Takamine dreadnoughts

The New York singer-songwriter came up with a unique effect on a train in Europe, – and that’s just one example of his experimental approach to tone

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NAMM 2024: “A lower cost option that’s pure Takamine in its voice”: An affordable take on Takamine’s all-black Legacy Series has been in demand “for decades” – with its latest G Series acoustics, the Japanese luthier has finally obliged

Complete with gig-ready TP-3G electronics, the builds offer budget-conscious alternatives to its Legacy Series EF341SC and EF381SC models

Guitar World

NAMM 2024: “One of the most unique and spectacular LTD models that Takamine has ever created”: Takamine's master luthiers celebrate once more around the sun with this spectacular solar system-themed acoustic guitar build

Every year the firm builds a guitar to showcase the finest work of its Japanese luthiers and this year’s model really dazzles

Guitar World

Guitar owned by The Who’s Pete Townshend could sell for £20,000

Townshend donated the 1989 Takamine FP-360SC electro-acoustic guitar to a friend known only as Robert in the 1990s after the theft of his instrument.

The Independent UK

Takamine GD34CE BLK review

Based on the Takamine used by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, the GD34CE has all of its stablemate’s classic good looks on a budget. But how does it sound?

Guitar World

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The freshest new acoustic guitars for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Acoustics for every budget – small and (very) large – as we reveal the best arrivals of the year

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NAMM 2023: Takamine celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its Sante Fe acoustic with a stunning limited edition cutaway

The LTD2023 has a solid cedar top with oak on the back and sides, and it features a three-slider CTF-2N FET preamp

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