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Bob Taylor is co-founder and president of Taylor Guitars.
Volume 108 . 2024 Issue 1
An Epoch Journey
5 min Read . By Bob Taylor
As Taylor celebrates its 50th year in business, Bob recalls different phases of the company’s evolution.
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Volume 107 . 2023 Issue 3
My First Fork
4 min Read . By Bob Taylor
Bob remembers his childhood friend Mike Broward, who helped spark his passion for guitars.
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Volume 106 . 2023 Issue 2
Growing Something Good
3 min Read . By Bob Taylor
Sometimes it takes years to cultivate something of value, whether it’s a guitar or a tree.
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Volume 105 . 2023 Issue 1
When Impatience Is a Virtue
3 min Read . By Bob Taylor
After five decades in the guitar business, Bob has learned that while some things are worth waiting for, responsiveness and urgency are key drivers of innovation.
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Volume 104 . 2022 Issue 3
Andy in the Passing Lane
3 min Read . By Bob Taylor
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Bob Taylor full unedited interview – President of Taylor Guitars
While The Guitar Channel was in sunny California in January for the 2016 NAMM show, I took the opportunity to do an in-depth interview with Taylor Guitars president and co-founder. So here's the Bob Taylor interview recorded in the El Cajon factory near San Diego.
Taylor Guitars website: www.taylorguitars.com
Bob Taylor interview - President and co-founder of Taylor Guitars
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Free Extract:
Bob Taylor interview - Subjects discussed
- His first guitar
- How he built Taylor Guitars
- The big turning points for his enterprise
- His biography
- How he recruited Andy Powers his master builder
- And much more
Guitar Lessons - The book
To prepare for this interview I read Guitar Lessons, Bob's biography. It's a fascinating story about how Taylor Guitars started really small to become the huge successful company which builds 600 guitars per day. I recommend highly
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Taylor Guitars
American guitar manufacturer
Taylor Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer based in El Cajon, California. The company was founded in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug and specializes in acoustic guitars and semi-hollow electric guitars. It is one of the largest manufacturers of acoustic guitars in the United States[4] and sells guitars in 65 countries around the world.[5]
History
[edit]In 1972, at age 18, Bob Taylor began working at a guitar-making shop owned by Sam Radding called American Dream, where Kurt Listug was already an employee. When Radding sold the business in 1974, Taylor,[6] Listug, and a third employee, Steve Schemmer, bought American Dream and renamed it the Westland Music Company.[7]
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."[