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Bob Taylor

Taylor Guitars

Bob Taylor failed at his first attempt to make a guitar, but hey, he was only nine. At sixteen he succeeded in completing his first guitar, and started Taylor Guitars at the age of nineteen. Most of you know the story of Taylor. What you might be interested to know is that Bob, like most of you, has made many hundreds of guitars with his hands and a scant supply of tools. Whether you make one guitar a month, one a day, or three hundred a day, Bob knows what you’re going through. Bob believes in using tools and techniques to make the guitar building process successful, and is always happy to talk about those methods.

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The Luthiers Have Taken Over the Asylum

1996
AL#46 p.6   BRB4 p.298            
Bill Collings   Ren Ferguson   Richard Hoover   Jean Larrivee   Bob Taylor                                                                           

▪ Steel string company honchos Bill Collings, Ren Ferguson, Richard Hoover, Jean Larrivee, and Bob Taylor discuss the development of their guitars, current production techniques, tonewood, amplification, and the immediate future of the instrument. From the 1995 convention panel discussion moderated by Joseph R. Johnson.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.

A Talk with Bob Taylor

1991
AL#28 p.34   BRB3 p.126   ALA4 p.10         
Phillip Lea   Bob Taylor                                                                                       

▪ Few people in Guitarland are as outspoken and clear-headed as Bob Taylor. Others might say he’s just opinionated. He believes a good guitar is a good guitar, no matter if it was whittled by Gepeto or cranked out by a dozen computer-guided milling cutters. This article offers a peek into the Taylor factory and a guided tour through one man’s thoughts about the contemporary guitar. With 28 photos.