Tagima is a
Brazilian guitar manufacturing
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company based in
São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo.
It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of .
According to 2021 data from ...
,
São Paulo
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. The name Tagima comes from , a
Japan
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ese descendant who learned to craft guitars just by watching the process.
Tagima at Guitar Global
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The company currently produces electric
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, acoustic and classical guitars and basses.
In the 1980s, Seizi Tajima began to produce his own electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...
s and basses. After becoming successful, in 1996 he sold the rights to the "Tagima" name to Marutec Music, a local importer of musical instruments. Tagima kept helping its development, becoming the most famous Brazilian luthier
A luthier ( ; ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments.
Etymology
The word ' is originally French and comes from ''luth'', the French word for "lute". The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be ...
. After the sale to Marutec, Tagima instruments were exhibited at MusikMesse (in Frankfurt) and NAMM Show
The NAMM Show is an annual trade show in the United States organized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), which describes it as "the industry’s largest stage, uniting the global music, sound and entertainment technology commun ...
in Los Angeles. The company also signed an agreement with the IG&T (Guitar and Technology Institute of São Paulo) to be the exclusive supplier of instruments of the school.[Historia]
on Tagima website
Tagima also hired luthier Marcio Zaganin (regarded as the main luthier in Brazil) to take over the development, production, and quality control of instruments manufactured by Tagima.[
Tagima also partnered with ]Volkswagen
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to create a Volkswagen Gol vintage model to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the vehicle.
Gallery
File:Cabeça Violão Tagima01.jpg, Headstock of Tagima Dallas acoustic guitar
File:Tagima Zero 002.jpg,
File:TG-530.jpg,
File:Memphis MG32.jpg, Headstock of Memphis by Tagima MG32 electric guitar
File:Memphis Tagima Modelo 1985.jpg,
File:Tagima k1.jpg,
References
External links
Official website
Companies based in São Paulo (state)
Guitar manufacturing companies
Bass guitar manufacturing companies
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Brazil
Brazilian brands
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