Taylor Guitars - Extremely Unique and Strong

By George Nellas | Submitted On March 29, 2009

Taylor guitars are incredibly unique and strong. They have been around for many decades and are used by some of the brightest names in jazz, pop, rock, metal and many other genres. In fact, the Taylor line is so fine tuned and has such a large selection, that Taylors are known for being one of the most versatile guitars. For example, here are just a small selection of the range of artists that use Taylor guitars.

Alan Jackson Billy Idol Beck Babyface Bryan Adams Sammy Hagar Garth Brooks

There's no question that Taylor provides something for just about everyone, including the finicky. And finding out where it all began may even establish a new found respect between you and the Taylor company.

The Taylor Dreadnought

Bob Taylor's love for instruments became very apparent at a young age. He even built his first guitar when he was just 17, in his junior year at high school. It was a 12 string guitar which he called the Dreadnought and he was so pleased with it that he built two more during his senior year.
After graduating high school in 1973, Bob used his experience in building the Dreadnought to acquire a job at American Dream Guitars, a local guitar shop in El Cajon, San Diego. There, he invented his most prestigious contribution to the Taylor guitars--the bolt-on neck. This new design in the most fragile part of the guitar, allowed for much easier neck repair when necessary and in dire situations, replacement.

Bob Builds a Business

In 1974 the owner of American Dreams, Sam Radding, decided to sell the business. Bob Taylor teamed up with Kurt Listug and Steven Schemmer to purchase the company and even renamed it Westland Music Company, hoping to brand the business and expand.

Eventually Westland Music Company was changed to Taylor guitars, with Listug stating that Bob was the real guitar maker and that the company should be named as such. At that time, Bob comfortably slid into the design and production portion of business while Listug concentrated on growing their small store into a heavy duty guitar manufacturer.

While designing guitars, not only did Bob find more efficient ways to manufacture the guitars in large quantities to keep up with public demand, he also incorporated his new fancy neck, which he called NT (new technology) into his guitars. Now, without the need for a Dove Tail neck piece which is glued into the guitar's body, a bolted neck allowed the fret board to be made of one continual piece of wood. Many artists believe that this greatly improved the solidity and tone of the electric and acoustic guitars.

Along with his unique ideas and creative business practices, Taylor has prided itself on remaining independent and free over their creativity and business since they began.
Little Known Facts
The Models

Taylor uses ultraviolet lamps to dry their guitar's lacquer finish in hours instead of weeks. Taylor was the first guitar company to use CNC wood routers in their acoustic guitars. Taylor employes over 450 people out of El Cajon, California. The Baby and Big Baby guitars are made in Tecate, Mexico.

Though there are dozens of specific models released per series, the main selections remain in place at

Taylor Guitars, as follows:

Acoustic/Electric (with cut-away) Acoustic Electric Presentation/Stage Series 100/200 Series Baby Taylors, including the Big Baby Taylors

The Pickup and Dream That Sets Them Apart

Taylor calls his pickups the Expression System and it consists of Taylor's patented humbucking induction pickup. The pickup is mounted to a set of transducers specifically made for the guitar, and the neck itself. The transducers were designed by Rupert Neve, a well-known engineer of high end pro-audio recording equipment. All in all, Taylor is a well-rounded, all American guitar manufacturer whose team knows exactly what performers, whether professional or amateur, want in their machines. Rock on, Taylor.

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