MAESTRO OR TAKAMINE? help me decide?

[Avria]

okay sorry guys. i'm really noob in this area of acoustic electric.

so anyway. i've been looking. i'm really in need of a good warm sounding tone ELECTRIC ACOUSTIC with the CUT AWAY.

Been looking at Maestro / Takamine guitars. saw the SD 1 / 2 / 3 and Takamine G series. ( g340sc and etc. )

Can anyone advice me on a good bang for buck guitar? not picky but budget capped at 700 ( YAY. i managed to ask for more! ) now.:???:

i really need to get a electric acoustic due to i cannot simply live on my S670 ibanez hooked up to a AC2 ( acoustic simulator )

also my music is mellowing down becoming more acoustic. thanks.

 

[Cupholders]

In my opinion, i suggest you get the Maestro. I was using Takamine G series at first and i thought it was a good acoustic-electric until i tried the Maestro's SD series. Really love sound from the SD. I think its pretty worth getting.. Good luck.

 

[hatecrew]

for me it was a battle between the G series takamines and the E series maestros. tried both extensively at davis and the peninsula branch of maestro. ended up with a maestro ED-2. it felt superior and sounded superior to me. for me the feel is very important and the maestro nailed it.

 

[Avria]

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hmm. okay. i'm getting more biased to maestro now. hmm anyway which G series did you started out first?

 

[Avria]

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hmm okay. anyway how much did you put in for the ED-2? perhaps this week i'll swing by to check out the maestro products and hopefully land myself on the deal.

 

[hatecrew]

it's out of your price range. by quite a bit.

750 with pickup. 550 without.

 

[Avria]

it's out of your price range. by quite a bit.

750 with pickup. 550 without.

hmm. will consider it. anyway how about the SD series? how do you think about them vsing the G series takamine?

 

[kerplunk182]

I'll root for the Maestro since i own an ED-2 myself. Hehehe. If it's above your budget, fork out that little extra buckaroos, cause it's definitely worth it

 

[halfastepdown]

Another proud owner of the ED-2 Never regretted buying it.

Why not save a bit more to get the E series instead of the S? I'm sure you can wait haha!

We should have an ED-2 appreciation thread.

 

[edyeo123]

Well, in my opinion, for $400 for an acoustic-electric guitar, i would not recommend u to get either of those because the models of both brands u stated is either all laminated wood or "without pickup" guitar.

Better options would be J&D. It comes with solid top with fishman pickups and u could get it less than $300. Or the Ibanez PF60SCE going for sale $399, comes with acoustic amp (unless u wanna buy da guitar alone, it will cost cheaper).

U may stick to both brands but if u fork out more, the guitar u will get will be much better in terms of tone and wood used.

 

[Avria]

Well, in my opinion, for $400 for an acoustic-electric guitar, i would not recommend u to get either of those because the models of both brands u stated is either all laminated wood or "without pickup" guitar.

Better options would be J&D. It comes with solid top with fishman pickups and u could get it less than $300. Or the Ibanez PF60SCE going for sale $399, comes with acoustic amp (unless u wanna buy da guitar alone, it will cost cheaper).

U may stick to both brands but if u fork out more, the guitar u will get will be much better in terms of tone and wood used.

hmm yea. managed to pull in more budget. 700 now. will consider again cause i'm planning for a small time recording and i cannot just live on my ibanez hooked up to a acoustic simulator pedal.

 

[penzils]

Maestro SD2CE with pickup, awesome sound

 

[kerplunk182]

750 can get ED 2 with the Bband pickup. Hahaha

 

[yucki8aby]

750 can get yamaha LL6 and a good capo/tuner/picks+cloth

 

[EugeneSmasher]

I'd vote for Maestro over Takamine, to be honest. I tried some Maestros today and I really liked them. They felt great, sounded great and the higher-end ones were very well-made. The lower-end Blueridges they had there paled vastly in comparison but I didn't try the higher-end Blueridges. Don't want to get GAS. :mrgreen:

 

[imkeith]

MAESTRO!! suport sg made made guitars
altho i hadnt tried any takamine but after trying maestro i didnt even considered other options :/

 

[craziefunky]

i got ed-1 and after getting tt, i feel that ed-2 may be better. But anyway, learn to love my guitar. haha!

 

[babyjosef17]

Went to exelsior sometime back. Wanting to find a good acounstic. Back Then I did not know any of the maestro guitars, and I also don't have any budget in mind. I went there, with a specific sound that I was looking for and once I find it, it is only then I will know what guitar I want and price.

They were kind enough to let me test most of the guitars, until I found one that was spot on, the sound I was looking for, Immediately I felt very good playing the guitar and wanted to complete the whole song.

It was th ED-2 hehe. So there, that will be my recomemdation.

 

[freakaz01d]

yeah maestro is good, i own an ej3 and sounds great.the sd series i felt were lacking some low end.Get the E series best bang for you buck.

 

[9000]

sorry to hijack,anyone knows the Maestro EA(Ea-1,2,3) pricing?