Takamine GD21CE Dreadnought Satin Molasses

A Takamine Dreadnought Designed to Focus on the Essentials

With the GD21CE, Takamine favors a clean aesthetic by deliberately reducing decorations, in favor of an elegant style highlighted by the Satin Molasses finish. This approach emphasizes build quality and playing comfort, while retaining the "stage guitar" spirit thanks to the built-in TP-3G electronics.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

This electroacoustic folk guitar is aimed at serious beginners to intermediate guitarists seeking a versatile dreadnought, and it also works very well as a working instrument for more advanced musicians. Its format and projection make it comfortable in folk, pop, acoustic rock, vocal accompaniment, as well as pick playing, while maintaining good performance in fingerpicking.

Sound

The solid spruce top provides clarity, definition, and quick response, particularly appreciated for pick attacks and rhythmic playing that needs to remain clear. The sapelli back and sides complement the sound with a warm midrange, good cohesion, and projection typical of the dreadnought format. The cutaway does not detract from the powerful character of the body, while making playing higher up the neck more natural. Plugged in, the TP-3G electronics allow you to retain this acoustic character in amplified contexts, useful both in rehearsals and on stage.

Technical specifications

Category	Steel String Shaped Body Electric-Acoustic	Fingerboard	Rosewood
Format	Dreadnought	Nbrs of frets	20
Left handed	No	Electronics	TP-3G
Cutaway	Yes	Neck Type	Glued
Strings	Steel	Electroacoustic	Yes
Nbr of strings	6	Color	Natural
Top	Solid Spruce	Colours	Bois naturel
Back&Sides	Sapelli	Finishing	Satin
Neck	Mahogany	Hardware	Chromed
Nut Width	42.5 mm

Back and sides	Sapelli	Number of strings	6
Finish	Satin