Beyond the Gear: Taylor Guitars & Sweetwater

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Shop Taylor guitars, amps, accessories, and more 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Taylor
Check out more Taylor gear that celebrates 50 years of craftsmanship 👇
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Bob Taylor’s namesake company can be traced to his employment at American Dream, a job he began at just 18 years old. Within a few years, Taylor was among a trio of American Dream’s employees who took it upon themselves to pursue their dream of crafting premium instruments, purchasing the company from then-owner Sam Radding, in 1974. After some careful tweaking, Taylor was born, marking the inception of a now 50-year-long odyssey to explore, refine, and elevate the landscape of the acoustic guitar. Throughout this half-century, Taylor would embark on numerous innovative endeavors, seeking to truly unravel and reimagine what the acoustic guitar was, what defined a “top-notch” instrument, and what previously unexplored sonic heights they could summit. Taylor Guitars invited Sweetwater to their El Cajon, California, headquarters to offer a glimpse into the past, present, and future of Taylor. Don’t miss out!
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Bob Taylor: How It Started
03:19 - Andy Powers: Taylor’s Philosophy
05:52 - Marnée Jenkins: A Taylor Customer
08:22 - Taylor and Sweetwater
08:56 - Taylor’s Factory
17:59 - Product Development
18:52 - Body Assembly
24:01 - R & D and Automation
27:51 - Final Assembly
29:57 - Sustainability and the Future of Guitar Building
34:48 - West Coast Arborists and Urban Ash
41:07 - The Dawn of an Era
41:52 - Why Taylor?
43:20 - Taylor, Sweetwater, and the Customer
46:16 - Conclusion
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@sweetwater 5 месяцев назад

Who would you like Sweetwater to visit next for Beyond the Gear? How have Taylor instruments influenced your musical journey? Sound off in the comments below, and be sure to stop by Sweetwater for all things Taylor 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Taylor

@djspecialpaul 5 месяцев назад

*mhhh* beside Instrumentes --> high-end PAs from d&b Audiotechnik - Love this PA systems and i use them alot. Sadly no shop really do videos about them.

@tigranayvazyan5974 4 месяца назад

Furch Guitars

@user-sm6qu2yh4w Месяц назад

I don't know s*** about guitars but like learning

@charlesbranch4120 25 дней назад

Breedlove Guitars: Designed in Bend, Oregon; Crafted in China and Oregon.

@MrA1582000 4 месяца назад

This was just an amazing story in so many levels. The commitment to excellence, sustainability and caring for the ultimate owner of the guitar is incredible. Not much of a musician, owner of two Taylor’s, but I do cherish my “works of art”.

@user-sm6qu2yh4w Месяц назад

Is playing a soothing

@tmoore4075 4 месяца назад

All the stuff in the factory done by hand, just blows my mind. Those are some very talented people.

@paxchristi2014 4 месяца назад

I just purchased a Taylor 214ce-K from Sweetwater and I love it. Best acoustic guitar I own.

@jimmcdougall9973 5 месяцев назад

Interesting to see that they’re still making solid body electric guitars. A factory tour would be a dream come true.

@gabrielobrien21 5 месяцев назад

T5z isn't a solid body. Powers Electric is a whole new brand and they're not solid either.

@jimmcdougall9973 5 месяцев назад

@@gabrielobrien21 it looked like a solid body guitar in the buffing machine.

@justinm.1 5 месяцев назад

The 814ce will always be my favourite 👏🏼 hoping to get one in the future

@davidc1334 5 месяцев назад

So cool glad i own 3 Taylor's

@tonym2513 4 месяца назад

Twinsies!

@charlesbranch4120 25 дней назад

35:50 John Mahoney introduces Australian blackwood grown in California, and my favorite guitar is a Cole Clark Angel with redwood top and blackwood back & sides. The California redwood was planted as an experiment in Australia, but since each was planted singly in scattered locations rather than a grove with mutually supporting root systems, have begun to fall over after 150 years. Cole Clark Guitars of Melbourne, AU salvages the wood as arborists remove each tree as "on call" responders. California redwood grown in Australia, paired with local blackwood. Spanish heel construction, and their own 3-way amplification system are other features. Thank you for the explanation of the California Gold Rush interchange of tree species!

@lewisshepard1065 4 месяца назад

My first Taylor was a 1995 412 Maple 14 fret, then five years later a 450 mahogany 12, now belonging to my son. I currently a 2014 Gs mini mahogany; a 612 12 fret and an Academy 12 e N. I have owned Guild, Martin, Gibson, Yamaha, and several smaller makers. The others all had fine qualities but none had the balance and reliability of Taylor guitars. It is always a joy to pick up the mini, which has improved with age. The 612 is versatile and the stained maple is extraordinarily beautiful and resonant, especially in drop D tuning!

@GySgt_USMC_Ret. 3 месяца назад

I owned a 314ce for a few years. Great tone, loved it. Last year I bought an 814ce. Beautiful guitar, but the tone, although wonderful, reminded me of the 314ce. I returned it and bought a 614ce Builders Edition WHB. I'm very happy with the tone. A few days ago I purchased a matching 12 string 652ce Builders Edition WHB. Update: Returned the 652ce due to a factory finish defect. If I get another 652ce, it'll be from Sweetwater. Fair winds and following seas to all.

@TerryO-sw3fc 4 месяца назад

Love my Taylors!, great video.

@briannacery9939 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! I always wanted to see how a guitar is made.

@maverick1414 2 месяца назад

The guy who is talking about the wood and trees, needs his own show

@fordsrestorations970 5 месяцев назад

Now listen , be calm, relax and focus... can you smell that?.... I can literally smell the wood through this video 🤓. I worked with wood all my life , and I have checked out some of these guitars , mighty fine ... oh yes I'll try out several until I find the one , as for me it's going to be Taylor .

@karlcountry2363 5 месяцев назад

Yea but mine smells a little different than yours 😂

@MichaelMcBride58 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video.

@markoconnell804 25 дней назад

22:00 Make a ziricote thin body special edition grand auditorium, acoustic electric guitar with an arm rest so it looks similar to the 214ce dlx ziricote special edition grand auditorium.

@starluxstudio619 Месяц назад

@20:12 shout out to Gio!!

@andrewsun4385 5 месяцев назад

Awesome!!!❤❤💯💯

@TomMarvan 26 дней назад

39:03 Urban iron bark…? Is that what I heard? It sounds intriguing. As an Australian who has lived in San Diego for 30+ years and owns several Taylors, and who adores the prevalence of Eucalyptus trees here (it makes me less homesick), I am very curious to know: in which Taylor models is this wood used (and the Tasmanian wood mentioned earlier in the video)?

@jimdoner3443 4 месяца назад

I havent cared for any of the guitars I've tried so far that have caught the builders condition, and so far the best sounding Taylors have all had X-bracing

@Chris_51269 4 месяца назад

💯💯💯

@Michael-bm8hi 14 дней назад

I was always interested in owning one (or two), but everytime I played one, I found their (signature) sound too metallic.

@SkeletorJenkins 5 месяцев назад

I'm just a small town white boy. Trying to make ends meet.

@AcousticSummer14 4 месяца назад

What Taylor Guitar model is this? 6:00

@timjoseph887 3 месяца назад

How do you feel comfortable buying a guitar online like from sweetwater? I know there’s a return policy. But I have read you can hold 4 214ce’s and every one has a different tone and feel

@user-sm6qu2yh4w Месяц назад

Always searching for new music. So anybody send me music. Like putting people's love of music on my page!

@mikeellis4345 4 месяца назад

You either like Taylor guitars or you don’t. Bob Taylor decided he would make great guitars then he changed track and decided to make the most guitars. I had a nice 514ce .. got rid of it because the awful pick up in it failed and fell off the soundboard. Another friend has a 114ce .. same thing happened. Good luck to Taylor messing about with what could be done with the mass production of guitars.

@tuneyouup 4 месяца назад

What is with the reverb freak out girl

@starfighter2952 5 месяцев назад

I think I'm the only person who hates radiused tops on acoustic guitars. Can't tell me it DOESN'T change the sound. All these decades of guitars without them. Why need them now?

@gabrielobrien21 5 месяцев назад

All acoustic guitars have a top radius. We call them "flat tops" but none of them are actually flat.

@timjoseph887 3 месяца назад

It doesn’t matter if it feels comfortable and sounds good

@timjoseph887 3 месяца назад

If you are using 90% robots, these guitars should not cost 1/2 of what they do. Curious about Taylor’s margin I am sure it’s wide.

@martinexoticsusa 5 месяцев назад

Love Taylors and I LOVE the 214CE but I also own a 114CE that plays better than any 214 ive touched...even when I bought it I tried several 214's and they just felt off so I got the 114. Quality control is a HUGE issue with CNC...ask Gibson...theyre finally coming back and their CEO wants to eliminate a lot of the CNC.

@markoconnell804 25 дней назад

12:26 ??? Okay so why cut the front face wood in two only to rejoin them to make them one? To me that sounds like making work just for the sake of work. Obviously it’s not that way. Maybe ChatGPT can enlighten me on this. It explained this to me. You’re not cutting a wide thin peace of wood through the center like on a saw mill with the wood laid flat, but are splitting the half of wood in two so that you end up with to near identical pieces to cover the whole face of the guitar. The cut part is the visible part of the face on both halves. I not see the difficulty in making this clear.

@NagoyaHouseHead 2 месяца назад

I love Taylor but I wish they wouldn't do so many cutaways. It totally ruins the aesthetic for me. Also I am deep into parlor guitars and Taylor unfortunately does not stand up in that area compared to Martin, Boucher, Collings, Santa Cruz, Larrivee, Yairi and Olsen.

@karlcountry2363 5 месяцев назад

Awesome guitars but terrible pickups

@tbeau6663 5 месяцев назад

Taylor's were very good back in the day when Bob hand crafted each one on his workbench. Now they're mass-produced, over hyped, and over marketed....which is to their detriment. You don't hear the likes of Eric Clapton, James Taylor, John Mayer, Paul Simon, Ralph McTell or Tommy Emmanuel saying how much they love their Taylor's, do you?

@user-ps6gu5xo4k 5 месяцев назад

True. If you have the money and want a truly great guitar, get a Gallagher or a Boucher.

@jimmcdougall9973 5 месяцев назад

Which on the plus side, is the same as the competition. Everything is mass produced.

@scottfishkind5335 5 месяцев назад

💯 agree! I purchased a Furch easily over a Taylor! Taylor’s are excellent and consistent guitars! They sound extremely generic however and their pickup system is also quite poor. However Furch is more like a boutique guitar in terms of its build quality and sound! Individually voiced, high grade woods, LR Baggs systems, etc. There’s many other companies as well doing great work like Alvarez (Masterworks, Yairi and now Laureate) and Breedlove (made in Bend models) that are making high end guitars that are above and beyond Taylor at given price points. For the 1K realm and under Walden and Eastman gives so much more value for the money.

@jimmcdougall9973 5 месяцев назад

@@scottfishkind5335 I have an Alvarez (also mass produced). And while it has certain applications, it doesn’t come close to my Taylor.

@justinm.1 5 месяцев назад

@@scottfishkind5335 What's wrong with Taylor's pickup?

@jamestaylor5231 4 месяца назад

Hey folks I bought a American Dream AD22e played it two times at home and didn’t like it so I wanted to trade it for a Bose pro 8 PA system and another guitar and nice mic, I paid $1800.00 for AD22e the things I wanted to trade for were around 2500.00 a difference of 700.00 ,but I got the shuck and jive story and they didn’t want my money .so no courtesy here.