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(More customer reviews)The finish of Takamine G128S is very beautiful without any noticeable construction defects. The weight is at the heavy side for a guitar, and it means sturdy construction. The orange colored solid spruce top board has a reddish hue (although pictures on Amazon.com and Takamine.com show yellow colored top board), and the chocolate colored laminated rosewood back and sides can't have better colors. If you are buying a guitar as a decoration, this is it, five stars, and you don't need to continue reading this review.
If you are buying a musical instrument, let's continue. The reddish orange color makes the grains of the top board difficult to see clearly. But if you look closer, you'll see most of the grain lines are wavy. The spacing between them varies from 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm. So the quality of the top spruce board is very poor. The top board (also called sound board) is critical for a guitar's sound quality. Takamine should have used a better piece of wood.
Now, let's talk about the playability. The setup of the action makes it very easy to play, but also makes the strings prone to buzzing at many frets when played with a little more force.
At last, sound quality. I like the bright sound of this guitar. But the volume is limited. The sustain is good at low pitch notes but very poor at high notes. The note at the 12th fret on the thinnest string can only last for less than 3 seconds with forceful play (I measured it with my digital watch).
I am still fretful about returning it because I need to pay the relatively high shipping price due to the large package. I should have gone to a guitar store, and searched through their G128S inventory for a top board with straighter and more evenly spaced grains, then played it to check out playability and sound quality.
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