Takamine’s CP4DC-OV dreadnought cutaway combines tradition with contemporary refinements, including a resonant solid spruce top with scalloped “X” top bracing for superior clarity and projection, and a solid Ovangkol back layered sides. Ovangkol offers a great sound that shares many of rosewood’s warm tone, with a slightly fuller midrange and a brighter top end. Built with the performer in mind, the CP4DC-OV features Takamine’s proprietary CTP-3 Cool Tube preamp system paired with the unique Palathetic under-saddle pickup for peerless amplified response. The dual-channel CTP-3 provides low-voltage tube tone, variable from bright and brilliant to thick and warm, three-band EQ with semi-parametric midrange, auxiliary input and volume (for use when a second pickup is added), and an onboard chromatic tuner.
Other performance-enhancing features include a convenient Venetian cutaway for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard, and Takamine’s asymmetrical neck profile – which is slightly thinner on the bass side so that it fits the natural shape of your hand, resulting in a comfortable feel and improved playability. The split bone saddle provides more accurate intonation, while the pin-less rosewood bridge makes string changes a breeze.
Premium design appointments include elegant ivory body binding with dark wood purfling, a rosette featuring concentric rings and wood marquetry, a rosewood fingerboard with ivory binding and wood “dot-in-dot” inlays, gold tuners with amber buttons, a natural bone nut, elegant red tortoise pickguard and a gloss natural finish. The CP4DC-OV comes complete with a premium archtop hardshell case.
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Dreadnaught w/ Cutaway
- Top Material: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides Material: Solid Ovangkol Back, Layered Sides
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Bridge Material: Rosewood
- Finish: All Gloss
- Binding: Ivoroid Bound Top, Back & Fingerboard
- Rosette: Dual Ring Natural Wood
- Inlays: Circles
- Pickguard: Tortoise
- Nut Width: 42.5mm
- Electronics: Takamine CTP-3
- Tuning Machines: Grover Sealed Gear
- Case: OHSC Included
