label is dated 1963, got it today and cleaned and inspected it closely and found it`s all solid wood, got the mechanics drying off and will soon put it back together and string it up...but this is the first time I`ve seen a hand written Takamine label...anybody else familiar with that? Did some snooping on the web and saw that labels here read...since 1982 so this is an early model. Has a bone nut and saddle and the figuring on the back is a first for me too, it`s maple but oddly flamed, those dark streaks are very unusual...least to me...but the figuring made it easy to verify on the inside and out...the rosewood on the neck is beautiful and the finish has checked all over, like my old Yamaha Dynamics...I`m very happy for the $20.oo I spent on it.
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