In the 1980’s, a time when the quality of Gibson guitars was slipping and the quality of Japanese guitars was rising, this model offered guitarists all the features of Gibson’s semi-hollowbody ES-335 at a distinctly lower price.

The Titan Artist (TA) semi-hollow series appeared in 1981.

The TA-60’s double-cutaway shape with rounded horns was a slightly elongated and sleeker version of Gibson’s ES-335. The headstock shape was distinctive then, but otherwise the TA60 appealed strictly to the Gibson crowd.