Takamine B Stock GN71CE Acoustic Guitar

Exciting news, group! We’re happy to report that all of the orders have been shipped out and are now on the way to you! Please allow 24-48 hours for tracking to get into the shipper's system and start updating. If there’s anything else we can do to make your Massdrop experience better, feel free to contact us via “Contact Support” button in your transaction page: https://www.massdrop.com/transactions

Our vendor has informed us that inventory will become available to them within the next few days. They will be working hard to prepare this order for shipment and aim to send it from their location by the end of the week. We are currently trending for everything to be shipped out of our warehouse before the estimated ship date of 2/29. Expect an update from us by the end of the day Pacific Time on 2/23 or sooner if something comes up.

http://www.takamine.com/wood Takamine's website describes the tone as bright and clear. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the folks at Takamine know a bit more than you or I do about the tonal characteristics of wood. as for the finish... the general consensus among the acoustic community is that finish is a negligible part of tone. pop into any acoustic forum or talk to any serious player/craftsman and they'll tell you that the top is the biggest factor in tone production. you can also see that in other string instruments like violins and violas.