Todd Taggart, has been a Guild member forever, and sees to it that good woods, tools, and lutherie information are always available to the likes of you and me. He knows how to throw a good party, too, as evidenced by the ’96 and ’97 Healdsburg shows.
▪ bio current as of 2008
1998
AL#54 p.65
Todd Taggart
▪ A source for Bolteron plastic binding material.
1996
AL#46 p.38 BRB4 p.312
Cyndy Burton Todd Taggart
▪ The driving force behind Luthiers Mercantile International talks about building a business, supplying an industry, and helping to make a guitar town out of Healdsburg, California.
1993
AL#34 p.42 ALA5 p.8
H.E. Huttig Todd Taggart Tim Olsen
▪ A well-loved man is remembered in his own words. Also see AL#32.
1989
AL#20 p.60
Todd Taggart
▪ Obtaining manmade materials suitable for fretboards and bridges and possible health hazards thereof.
1989
AL#19 p.46 BRB2 p.302
Todd Taggart
▪ Taggart’s prognosis for the future of traditional tonewoods is gloomy, but his experiences with controlled wood harvesting in South America shine a ray of hope on the situation. He also mentions solar box cookers, which can substitute for firewood in many third world countries where firewood is the chief use of timber. Taggart emphasizes conservation rather than alternative woods.