GEAR REVIEW
TAKAMINE TSP148NC NS ( NYLON STRING ) | Bruce Adolph
It is amazing to me how every time I step out of my normal steel-string acoustic world and pick-up a nylon-string guitar the lights just “ go on ” inside my head . I forget how much a nylonstring guitar has to offer .
Takamine has taken this a step further by making a nylon-string version guitar in their popular Thinline series . The Thinline is made for stage . A thinner body , a cutaway and high-end electronic pick-up system makes it feel great on stage and now add in the sweet tones of a nylon instrument and you have an extra paint brush to use in your services that you just may ’ ve overlooked .
Right out of the gate this guitar takes me down the road of how intimate an acoustic guitar like this can feel . The nylon string tone has such a beautiful nuance to it . I played a few fingerstyle picking versions of some older worship songs (“ Seek Ye First ” and “ Alleluia ”) and you can just hear the closeness the tone has . Couple that with the thin body of this instrument itself and it feels like you and your guitar are knit together .
I played some jazzy chords , some of my usual old classic rock / folksy tunes and some of my current songs I would normally play on a steel-string acoustic and they took on a new meaning on the this Takamine TSP148NC NS . The cutaway body shape affords easy access to the higher register and the wider nut with extra spacing between the strings makes some of the more complicated chords easier to play ( providing the little bit of extra reach works for your hands ). Your basic chords are easy to play and for some reason you feel like you can see the fretboard better with a little more room to stretch out . I had fun riffing around up and down neck . Finger picking is a breeze too .
This guitar features a solid Cedar top and an arched Sapele back and Sapele sides … the combination of those tonewoods warm up