Sakashta Archtop

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Taku Sakashta came to the US in 1991 and started his own business. In 1996, he moved to Sonoma, California, designing and building all types of guitars. Taku’s goal was, “to achieve perfection in sound, construction, decoration and finish”. His primary focus was the archtop guitar, although he could build anything and did so for many of the world’s best guitarists. At the time of his death Taku’s website mentioned that he was in the process of designing a guitar for both Tuck Andress and Pat Martino. Each musician demands different instruments because each has different talents, motivations and preferences from varying sonic, aesthetic and tactile points of view. Taku Sakashta realized the importance of past traditions in guitar building, and has used this as a foundation to build his futuristic instruments for performers looking for personalization without compromise. Taku’s designs took the traditional archtop in a new direction. A combination of a “hollowed out” solid body with a carved arched top, going beyond traditional archtops, beyond chambered bodies, while still maintaining the beauty of most of the functionality of an F hole archtop. Although nothing has the tone, warmth, and chordal note separation as the traditional archtop, because of Taku’s vision, more luthiers will pursue similar types of endeavors beyond traditional boundaries.SAKASHTA

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