. . "Takamine Co., Ltd. (\u9AD8\u5CF0\u697D\u5668\u88FD\u4F5C\u6240, Takamine Gakki Seisakusho) 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.The company name is often pronounced /\u02C8t\u00E6k\u0259ma\u026An/ in English. Closer to the Japanese would be /t\u0251\u02D0k\u0251\u02D0\u02C8mi\u02D0ne\u026A/."@en . "1962Z"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Takamine Guitars"@en .