In 1972, at age 18, Bob Taylor began working at American Dream, a guitar making shop owned by Sam Radding, where Kurt Listug was already an employee. When Radding decided to sell the business in 1974, Taylor, Listug, and Schemmer bought American Dream and renamed it the Westland Music Company.
Needing a more compact logo suitable for the guitars' headstock, the founders decided to change the name to Taylor as it sounded more American than Listug. Kurt Listug said, "Bob was the real guitar-maker." Listug became the partnership's businessman while Taylor handled design and production. In 1976, the company decided to sell their guitars through retailers. In 1981, facing financial difficulties, Taylor Guitars took out a bank loan to purchase equipment.
As of 2012 Taylor Guitars had more than 700 employees in two factories: one in El Cajon, California, and the other in nearby Tecate, Mexico, where the company has their lower-priced models and cases made. In early 2011, the company opened a Taylor distribution warehouse in the Netherlands to serve the European market. In 2005, Taylor Guitars began also producing electric guitars. In January 2014, the U.S. State Department honored Taylor Guitars with an Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) citing Taylor's commitment to responsible practices in obtaining ebony for its instruments.
TaylorLegacy 810e review – a fascinating reimagining of Taylor’s first-ever guitar ...Finally, there’s the period-accurate six-in-line headstock – again, the Fender headstock on an acoustic guitar is another polariser.
“ to bust windows out of a G5 airplane at 4,000 feet with a wine bottle it ain’t even our plane, it’s a rental plane!” A TaylorSwift fan was going to sell a signed guitar to pay for her wedding – until fellow Swifties stepped in to help.
Imagine if TaylorSwift suddenly broke into a few death metal tunes for an arena of adoring Swifties, basically melting their faces with some volcanic riffs, and you’ll get the idea of the kind of impact this moment had.
Rosé, solo artist and member of K-pop outfit BLACKPINK, says it was players on YouTube who inspired her to learn guitar ... Of her first guitar, she recalls, “It was blue ... It’s still my favourite guitar, Taylor GS Mini.”.
Andrew performs regularly in DeBarras folk club and Shanleys, home of Bill Shanley, in Clonakilty and he has also played at the International Clonakilty GuitarFestival for the past three years ... I have been playing guitar since I was 12.
...Taylor-made guitars ... On each night on her sold-out, 149-date concert trek, she performed on acoustic guitars that were made for her by Taylor Guitars, the San Diego company that was launched in 1974.
TaylorSwift’s ... How to make Taylor Swift FolkloreCabin ... Additionally, people have been decorating the cabin with lights, miniature guitars, and a mini Taylor Swift cardboard cutout on the top.
Fifty years have passed since Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug founded Taylor Guitars... How Taylor Guitars became one of the world’s biggest acoustic guitar companies ... The bass response of a Taylor guitar is rarely its dominant feature.
Taylor 314ce LTDBest affordable acoustic guitar ... So much so that it inspired our resident acoustic expert Michael to declare it to be, “one of the most inspiring and musical Taylor guitars I have ever played”.
It’s officially time to bust out your acoustic air guitars. JamesTaylor recently announced he’s going on a 25-show North American tour with his All-Star Band and special guest TinyHabits in spring and summer 2025 ... James Taylor set list.
The concert will showcase the 20 students who are currently receiving lessons with musicians JessieTaylor and Lou Castro, and will feature a range of instruments including violin, ukulele, and guitar.
Chris Shiflett has reflected on performing alongside Queen’sBrian May, and how the legendary guitarist reminded him of one important guitar lesson – that tone is in the hands ...point of playing guitar.
The Winnipeg-born musician says 200 of his signature guitars will be auctioned at New York'sHard Rock Cafe and online on May 29 and 30 ... Other items include a 1957SunburstHarmony acoustic -- the first guitar he acquired as a young violinist.
San Diego Union-Tribune
22 Dec 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune
22 Dec 2024