Pronunciation of Japanese words rendered into English spelling is easy...

Pronounce an "e" like our "ay" in stay, or shorten it a bit to "eh"...a little clipped or shortened.

Pronounce an "i" like "ee" or shorten it a bit to "i" as in hit, in a word like Yamashita (Yah-mah-shi-ta or almost Yah-mah-sh'-ta)

You do NOT put an accent on the 3rd syllable of a 4 syllable Japanese word. It's not Hi-Ro-SHEE-Mah...it's Hi-Ro-Sh'-Mah or Hi-Ro-Shi-Mah...nice and smooth all the way with no accent. The easiest way to achieve that, for a North America, is probably to put a slight emphasis on "Ro", the second syllable.

So, Takamine is pronounced...

tah-kah-mee-neh or tah-kah-mee-nay

To call one of those guitars a "take-mine" sounds truly horrible.

- LH