Featuring Takamine’s parlor-style New Yorker body, the petite GY93E acoustic/electric guitar offers a solid top and distinctive back construction, giving it an upscale feel and distinctive sound.
For players seeking the focused, articulate sound that this increasingly popular body style offers, the GY93E features a solid spruce top, rosewood sides and a stunning three-piece rosewood/quilt maple back. The slim mahogany neck and 12”-radius bound rosewood fingerboard provide great feel and playability, while the onboard Takamine TK-40D preamp system gives you a built-in tuner, three-band EQ and gain controls, mid contour switch, notch filter and EQ bypass switch for the ultimate in versatility and sound quality.
Other premium features include maple body, neck and headstock binding; dark wood rosette and body purfling; synthetic bone nut and split bridge saddle; rosewood headcap; abalone dot inlays; gold die-cast tuners with black buttons; and a beautiful gloss finish. Available in Natural.
Specifications :
Body & Bridge
Body Back: 3-Piece Rosewood with Quilt Maple Center
Body Shape: New Yorker
Body Sides: Rosewood
Body Top: Solid Spruce
Bracing: Quartersawn "X"
Bridge: Rosewood
Bridge Pins: Ivory with Abalone Dot
Height: 5.25
Length: 17.75
Volume: 2.25
Weight: 5.5
Neck & Fingerboard
Fretboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Fretboard: Bound Rosewood
Neck Material: Mahogany
Number of Frets: 20
Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm)
Position Inlays: Abalone Dot
Scale Length: 25.4" (644 mm)
Pickups & Hardware
Hardware: Gold
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Tuning Machines: Gold Die-Cast with Black Buttons
Strings: D'Addario® EXP 16 Coated Phosphor Bronze 12 String (.012-.053 Gauges)
Special Electronics: Takamine TK-40D Preamp with Built-In Tuner