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Old 09-21-2015, 03:31 PM
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Just bought a Tama TW-09 acoustic, beautifully made and I feel lucky to have found her. Can't get enough of the sound and solid projection. Does anyone else have this model or later period Tama (1977-1979)?
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Old 09-21-2015, 03:34 PM
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google is our friend, having never heard of Tama guitars.
sounds interesting.
welcome to the forum!
http://www.hufschlag.info/html/tama_main.html
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Old 09-21-2015, 03:38 PM
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Just bought a Tama TW-09 acoustic, beautifully made and I feel lucky to have found her. Can't get enough of the sound and solid projection. Does anyone else have this model or later period Tama (1977-1979)?
Japanese acoustics made between 1974-1979 I believe, fantastic build quality, using quality woods . My model TW-09 uses alpine Spruce, according to the literature, three times more expensive than the competition of that time.
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Old 09-21-2015, 03:50 PM
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They were a very cool and hard to find (In the solid wood models) niche in the acoustic guitar history of that era.

Congrats! I played a few and almost bought one as a backup for my D-28 when gigging solo in the '70s... Ended up with an FG-180 instead.

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Old 09-21-2015, 04:03 PM
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Yes I'll post some pics as soon as I figure out how to do it, im a newbie as you can tell!
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Old 09-21-2015, 04:08 PM
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Old 09-21-2015, 04:38 PM
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I couldn't get your link to open, but is this yours? Serial # ends in 178?

Like I said, I played a few back in the '70s and they were some of the best imports around, but rare in the solid wood versions.

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I had a basic model, without the bling, in the mid 70s and kept it until the mid 90s, when I stopped playing for a few years. It was a great guitar and I regret selling it, especially for £75! You can pay a couple of thousand for a nice one now. I saw 1 in an open mic night recently, and had a good talk with owner, who'd had it from new and loved it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LAof1q5C6E

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Old 09-22-2015, 12:02 AM
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Thanks KYDave, that's the exact model, but not my guitar as its currently being set up etc. When I get it back I'll post the serial number. It's nice to know there really getting appreciated, there such awesome guitars!
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