http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog Guitar Forums Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:05:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Taylor-talk.com Forum List: Taylor Talk Guitar Lounge - Talk about anything to do with Taylor guitars, or ..... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2006/12/taylor-talkcom-forums/   Paul Alemán (G, TH) (Dillinger, Fetish) Matt Backer (G,T) (Julian Lennon) Gary Baker (SW) Brent Barcus (G,T) (Shania Twain, Steven Curtis Chapman, DC Talk, Michael W. Smith) Steve Bargonetti (G,TV) (Sesame Street, Bryan Adams, BB King) Dave Barry (G) (Cher, Janet Jackson, Branford Marsalis) Bryan Beller, bass (G,T) (Steve Vai, Janet Robin) Kent Blazy (SW) (Garth Brooks) Kevin Bowe (SW) (Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang) Kenny Brescia (G, ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2008/01/taylor-guitar-artists/   Taylor Guitars is an El Cajon California‐based luthier, widely regarded as one of the finest and most prestigious makers of acoustic guitars.  History In 1973, at age 18, Bob Taylor began working at American Dream, a small guitar-making shop owned by Sam Radding where Kurt Listug was already an employee. In ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/07/history-of-taylor-guitars/ Taylor guitars are made with a patented bolt-on neck; the NT neck (new technology). It differs from other necks, whether bolt-on or glued, by supporting the fretboard all the way to the 19th fret with a continuous piece of wood. The standard practice is to support the fretboard up to ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/06/construction-of-taylor-guitars/ Tonewood is the term generally used to designate wood with recognized and consistent acoustic qualities when used in the making of musical instruments. The type of wood used on stringed instruments, such as a guitar, is probably the single most influential factor contributing to its tone. It is rare that a ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/05/tonewood/ Product: Taylor Guitars 310-KLE Price Paid: US $760 Features : 8 October 11, 2000 Model 310K-Limited Edition #11 of 350. Standard Taylor Dreadnaught body style with Solid Sitka Spruce top finished in gloss and solid Koa back and sides finished in satin. No electronics, No cutaway. Mahogany neck, Ebony fretboard, and Rosewood headstock overlay. Ebony bridge and ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/04/taylor-310-kle-review/ Product: Taylor Guitars 812-CE Price Paid: 2800 (Canadian) Features : 10 Features are pretty much the same as the other 800 series. Rosewood back and sides, sitka spruce top, ebony fingerboard etc. Has a Fishman Prefix onboard blender and a cutaway. Gold grovers and nice sound hole and fretmarker inlays. Deluxe Taylor hardshell ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/03/taylor-812-ce-review/ An archtop guitar is a steel-stringed guitar with a distinctive "arched" belly and a sound particularly suited to blues and jazz. For this reason, archtops have a reputation as jazz boxes. The term archtop usually connotes a hollow-bodied instrument, although in specific reference to the solid-bodied Gibson Les Paul it ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/03/archtop-guitars/ Product: Taylor Guitars W-65 Price Paid: US $3000 Features : 10 I don't know the year of manufacture, I bought it in 2004 from a collector selling it on eBay. I won't go into a description as this has already been done, except to agree that this instrument is a high end work ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/01/review-of-taylor-w-65-guitar/ Product: Taylor Guitars 110 Price Paid: #530 (GBP) Features : 5 Don't be put-off by my "5" rating as there is a good reason for this. This guitar is simple. It has no electronics, no pointless pretty bits and no 9crt gold lining. But thats why I LOVE it. It is exactly what ... http://www.taylor-talk.com/blog/2007/01/taylor-110-guitar-reviews/