Details
Takamine Classics can be equipped with any one of four unique interchangeable
SoundChoice preamps which provide maximum control over any performance application.
The braces are patterned and voiced for today’s music.
SoundChoice preamp system.
Hirade concert classics are crafted using Mass Hirade's original drawings
Takamine Classics feature solid cedar or spruce tops with rosewood backs and
sides for a brilliant and rich classic tone.
Takamine TH90
6 String Acoustic / Electric Classical
Body Shape: Classical with oval soundhole
Rosette: Marquettery
Top: Solid Spruce
Inlays: None
Back: Solid Rosewood
Sides: Solid Rosewood
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Electronics: CTP-1
Tuners: Gold Classical
Features: Features the new CTP-1 Cool Tube Preamp; Oval Soundhole
THE CTP-1 COOL TUBE PREAMP
INTRODUCING THE "COOL TUBE"
After over two years of research and design time, Takamine has once again demonstrated
their leadership in acoustic-electric guitar amplification technology.
The CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp introduced at the January 2004 NAMM
show in Anaheim, California is the most significant development in "on-board"
acoustic signal processing since Takamine presented the Acoustic DSP, the industry's
first on-board "digital" acoustic guitar preamplifier in 1998. The
Takamine CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp is an on-board acoustic- electric
preamp that utilizes a 12AU7 dual triode vacuum tube. The CTP-1 packs a huge
amount of features and amazing tone into a compact package that fits neatly
into Takamine's "SoundChoice" docking port. This new "Cool Tube"
preamp joins a range of five distinctly different preamps that are all interchangeable,
giving the Takamine player several great options to fit their personal style
and taste.
The CTP-1 "Cool Tube" preamp gets its name from Takamine's unique
and new technology that runs the Tube at very low voltages, therefore the tube
does not glow or produce high levels of heat. The tube actually runs at only
two or three degrees above ambient, so there is no concern over the delicate
tone woods being affected by radiant heat. With the Takamine CTP-1 "Cool
Tube" preamp, the playing will be hot, the tone will be warm, and the tube
always remains cool.
Cool Tube Features
Takamine players will find a most useful array of features to enhance their
recording or live performance applications:
A chromatic tuner available at your fingertips keeps the guitar in tune. The
tuner is capable of being calibrated from A438, to A445. An LED display reveals
the note being played and directs the player with illuminated arrows that show
sharp and flat.
The EQ section utilizes a shelving, graphic EQ, which can cut or boost bass
and treble frequencies. The mid range is shaped using a semi-parametric EQ section
comprised of a rotary knob used to choose the mid point of the midrange frequency.
The midrange frequency can be cut or boosted with the mid slider. The range
of frequency covered by the rotary knob is 200hz to 8.5Khz.
The tonality of the preamp is further enhanced by the use of the rotary knob
labeled "Cool Tube" With this control, the player chooses the depth
of effect the tube places on the signal generated by the proven Takamine "Palathetic"
pickup. With this knob the player can choose from a high degree of "CUT"
for aggressive strumming; expanded "sweetness" and harmonic density
with fatter lows and rounder highs; or levels of rewarding richness for finger
style players.
An auxiliary input jack and volume knob, which can control an additional add-on
pickup of your choice. This facility can accept a magnetic sound hole pickup,
or a soundboard transducer. The AUX control knob is used to blend the add-on
signal with the Takamine pickup. A small switch in the back of the preamp can
be used to match the varying outputs of different pickups with the preamp. The
output volume slider can then control the blended signal. The CTP-1 is powered
by 4 AA batteries, which will deliver approximately 24 hours of playing time.
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