Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- acoustic guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1972 to 1999
The Takamine F-340 was introduced in the early 1970s and discontinued in 1999. In the 1976 Takamine catalog the F-340 Dreadnaught is described as: "a Dreadnaught body with a slimmet neck for easy fingering. Features a laminated spruce top; mahogany back and sides; mahogany neck with adjustable tension rod; individual nickel plated tuning gears". Also available as the F-340S (with a solid spruce top) and the F-340SF (solid spruce top and satin finish).
Specifications (19)
General
Finish colors | natural finish |
Made in | Japan |
Binding | 3-stripe body-binding |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
Body back material | mahogany body back |
Body sides material | mahogany body sides |
Body style | dreadnought-size body |
Body top material | spruce body top |
Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
Neck joint | set neck |
Number of frets | 20 fret |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
Bridge pins | black with white dot pins |
Bridge | rosewood bridge |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Prices (15)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | $125.00 | excellent | ||
1990 | $125 | good | ||
1977 | $450 | new | Dave | |
1976 | $120 | new | ||
1976 | $300 | excellent | ||
1999 | $250.00 | good | Anthony | |
1975 | $120 | new | Bill | |
1979 | $225 | new | ||
2018 | $160 | excellent | Art | made in 1992 |
2018 | $400 | good | ||
2000 | $300 | good | vestry | Amazing guitar |
1979 | $300 | good | ||
1979 | $0.00 | excellent | Bill | Was given to me by brother |
1974 | $315 | new | ||
1985 | $200 | new | Ross | Great guitar, it was an amazing find, I was looking for something to strum at the campfire but is was much more than that. |
Reviews (1)
TAKAMINE F-340 reviewed by Anonymouspaul
Anonymouspaul
Sehr gute Gitarre! Brillianter Klang und sehr gute Verarbeitung.
3 Comments
F-340 Intro Year
Submitted by Bill Tarkulich (not verified) on
The introduction year you have stated as 1999 is incorrect. I have a F-340 made in 1975.
F-340 Intro Year
Submitted by Bruce VanMierlo (not verified) on
I have a F-340S-F made on August 30 1976 so yeah, the stated intro year of 1999 is off by over 2 decades or so...
Takamine
Submitted by BF (not verified) on
These were INTRODUCED in 1976
They were DISCONTINUED in 1999!