Overview
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- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
2001 to 2004
Takamine introduced the EAN-15C in 2001 as part of the Advanced Natural Series (EAN stands for Electro-Acoustic Natural). It was a high end single cut-away dreadnought acoustic with solid cedar top and rosewood back and sides. It was the electroacoustic single cutaway version of the Takamin N-15. It had a rosewood pinless bridge with compensated saddles and a Takamine Graph-Ex preamp. Early ones had a paduak, ebony and maple sound hole rosette - later ones had a simpler abalone rosette. Tuners were gold colored with amber buttons.
The EAN-15C was discontinued around 2004 - perhaps replaced by a similar spec guitar (but with a cool-tube preamp) the Takamine TAN15C.
Specifications (18)
Body
Body back material | rosewood body back |
Body shape features | single cutaway |
Body sides material | laminated rosewood body sides |
Body style | dreadnought-size body |
Body top material | cedar body top |
Soundhole rosette | abalone rosette, wood inlay rosette |
Soundhole | round soundhole |
Hardware
Bridge | pinless bridge, rosewood bridge |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
General
Finish colors | natural finish |
Finish effects | gloss finish |
Made in | Japan |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Neck
Neck width | 1.625 inches wide at nut |
Number of frets | 20 fret |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Electronics
Preamp | Takamine Graph-Ex preamp |
Prices (14)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
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2001 | $10000.00 | good | ||
2004 | €699 | good | ||
1996 | £500 | excellent | ||
2003 | $1600 | good | ||
2003 | $1600 | good | ||
2002 | $1600 | good | ||
2003 | $1200.00 | new | ||
2003 | $1200.00 | new | ||
2012 | $425.00 | good | Albert | Amazing gutitar |
2004 | $950 | new | ||
1982 | £600 | excellent | ||
2018 | $1000 | excellent | great guitar..perfect condition | |
2018 | $1000 | excellent | great guitar..perfect condition | |
2018 | $600 | good |
Reviews (1)
TAKAMINE EAN-15C reviewed by Demointhekitchen
Demointhekitchen
I bought this guitar off of ebay around 2004 and didn't know much about it until later. My friends all said it sounded great, so I jammed on it every night. Then when I actually started playing music semi-pro, I realized what a great instrument this is. Tough as nails, built with quality. In the last 5 years I've played over 300 shows, plus practice, etc... and it has never let me down. It has a warmer sound than my Martin or some Taylors I have played, but it still sounds perfect every night. It's a workhorse. I paid $350 on ebay 13 years ago for this used guitar and HS case and it keeps holding up every night.
2 Comments
EAN C 15
Submitted by Britt Godwin (not verified) on
Got mine in 2001 still playing it everyday professionally.. on stage.... its my go to work horse...
Never a problem ..also have a buddy who has one and he plays his the same
Takamine EAN15C
Submitted by Big George (not verified) on
I’m 54, and been playing since I was 11/12. Up till now, I’ve never written a guitar review, having never felt the need. Guitars are like women. Some are great, others not so great and just plain bad. It depends on you, and the chemistry that exists in the middle somewhere. Guitar chemistry exists between the player’s psychology, his hands, the strings, how the guitar is set up, amplification and effects etc. Sometimes it’s difficult to define precisely what makes a guitar work for you. It approximates in some ways to what the Japanese term ‘kansei.’
I picked up this Takamine EAN15C a couple of nights ago from kijij. The guy was asking $450 Canadian for it and I bargained him down to $400. It had lain in the hard shell case pretty much unused, for the major part of it’s ten years. Strings were dead and I was thinking that maybe the seller had never changed them. The fretboard was as dry as any I’d seen in quite a while, and he didn’t have an amp so I couldn’t check out the electronics. The guitar had no major dings, or breaks, the neck was straight, and the intonation was almost perfect. Minor mother of pearl inlay missing from the saddle. The action was pretty good and worked fine for my big thick fingers J
First thing I did was get the strings off. I wish I’d taken pictures at the start. Fretboard was cleaned with a damp cloth and warm water. I’m never too liberal with fretboard cleaner/oils but this one looked as if it would benefit from it. I gave it one coat which soaked right in at the and the following morning gave it another dose. This really brought the thing back to life. I polished the frets which had become very dull. They had virtually no wear to speak of and came up really well. The whole body of the guitar was cleaned off and polished up with some lemon oil and then I restrung it with Elixir Lights (12s). First strum of this Takamine with new strings just blew me away. It sounded great. Not too much top. Warm and clear tones which just ring out. I put a new battery in the box and plugged it into my Ibanez Troubador TA35, acoustic amp. This thing was singing like a bird. The best word to describe this guitar is simply “expressive.” It just provides so much expression and the pick up seems to capture the most subtle nuances of hammer ons/offs and slides to great effect.
My other acoustic 6 strings guitars are Tacomas (DR14C & DR20) , both of which cost me at least twice as much as this Tak. Nothing I’ve come across previously has compared favorably (for my playing and style), with the Tacomas. Build quality, tone, (acoustic and amped), weight and balance and overall feels are very similar to my Tacoma DR14.. I’ve owned Taylors and Martins which are inferior to this Takamine. Recently traded a Faith Venus electric-acoustic which sounded incredible amplified. This EAN15C sounds even better amplified than the Faith with it’s Shadow system. I’m delighted with it, and think that I got a great deal at $400 CAD. It’s not very often that I feel like I should go back and give the guy some more money. This is obviously the older model, as the TAN15C has the tube pick up installed. I can’t compare this guitar with that model as I’ve never played one, but this Takamine stands up proud with every acoustic guitar that I’ve ever played or owned. It’s an outstanding guitar either for use with a pick, or for finger picking. It’s solid, durable and the quality of the workmanship is evident in the detail.