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BUILDER’S EDITION 614CE V-Class voicing, sleek curves & a Wild Honey Burst V-CLASS 300/400 SERIES Four revoiced models SLIDE GUITAR BASICS Learn to move & groove MARTY SCHWARTZ YouTube’s most popular guitar instructor 2 www.taylorguitars.com Letters social Email us circles [email protected] Join the Taylor community Facebook: @taylorguitars picked up a guitar was to dust it off. morning I was scouring old emails and I everyone’s sincere joy at my purchas- Instagram: @taylorguitars When my 60th birthday rolled around, found the email of the guy who bought ing such a unique instrument. It was a @taylorespanol I suddenly had the desire to play, and my guitar. I sent him a message asking fascinating and educating experience Twitter: @taylorguitars these two men helped teach and sup- if he would consider selling the guitar to hear all the differences that wood, Youtube: taylorguitars back to me. He promptly emailed me port me. My first guitar was a Taylor shape/size, bracing, strings, etc. make Google+: taylorguitars Big Baby, which could easily have been back agreeing to sell it for $300 more when played by someone who is so Music Aficionado: taylorguitars renamed Little Lady, as it fit my petite than he paid me for it. Whatever. I experienced and skilled. It’s crazy to stature and was lightweight and not jumped in my car and met him at the hear Bill (definitely not a musician) overwhelming. Five years later, I have same restaurant where it all began. talking about everything he learned. I advanced to the Grand Auditorium When I opened up the case, it looked never imagined him understanding my and joined the family band, which is a as if it had never even been played. Not world and enjoying talking about all Grand feeling! a scratch. The guitar is back with my the differences in the guitars. I hope With the help of my family and the family where it belongs and will stay. to attend many more Road Shows… Taylor family, my “golden years” have Mark Thomas although I’m not sure I’ll buy another become “golden ears,” as with every guitar, as koa has completed my collec- strum, I hear and strike gold. With my tion in a most perfect way. More Than Guitars encouragement, my brother, who is 63, Taylor G.A.S. Strikes Again Mahalo nui loa, I am so proud of your work in just bought his first guitar, a Taylor 700 Please, Taylor, help me! After play- Karen Hanisch Cameroon, stewardship of the forest, Series, and has begun a familiar golden ing only electric for 30 years, I got and care for people’s lives there. journey. I encourage anyone, regardless my first Taylor in 2017: one beautiful Honestly, I am not a huge Taylor gui- of age, that any time is the right time to [custom] Grand Concert. I had never Fine Design tar fan, but reading your most recent buy your first guitar and begin to strum played acoustic, or when I played one, I I am blown away by all the innova- Wood&Steel articles in Volume 91 for gold. didn’t like it because it’s harder to play tions that Taylor Guitars represents in [summer 2018] has me rethinking the Sue Bracewell and I could not do my speedy moves! every issue of Wood&Steel. The proof purchase of a Taylor. I’m considering Huntsville, TX But I liked the Taylor GC so much I is in the pudding that you guys are con- this in support of your ethics and moral- had to buy it, and now I don’t touch my stantly constructing the latest and the ity in business, and the quality of your electric guitars — I am totally hooked greatest, while using some of the best R&D with V-Class bracing, armrests, Happy Return on acoustic playing. Even worse, I resources known to man! Personally, I wood pairings and other innovations. My 2009 414ce was my first real contracted G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition would love to be a part of a team that’s But what really compels me is the shin- acoustic guitar. I bought it with money Syndrome). I just bought my fourth willing to take risks in years of develop- ing kindness I see in your company: a my grandparents left me when they Taylor — a nylon-string! ment processes that achieve new and quality sadly declining in business and passed away. Before my son was born, Please set up a G.A.S. Taylor pro- efficient designs for such lovely-sound- culture. While the overall voice of Taylor I used to play it on my [pregnant] girl- gram and help me get this under con- ing instruments. Keep up the great guitars has not been my favorite in my friend’s belly when she worried after trol. I am happy to stay at the European work! 40 years of playing, the time has come she didn’t feel him move around for a Taylor Centre in Amsterdam for my Thomas Knapp to try out some of your new models. while. I’d pull out the guitar, sit behind addiction. I don’t care if you lock me in Notre Dame, IN Thinking about ebony, I absolutely her with the guitar on her belly, strum there or how long it takes! welcome fingerboards, head plates some chords, and he’d liven right up. Taylor G.A.S. gives me so much and bridges with striation, coloration Shortly after my son was born, my com- pleasure — a challenge to get better and character beyond the traditional pany was having financial issues, so I and better playing these guitars. pure black. Bravo for reframing this needed to sell the guitar to help pay Carlo Beusenberg perception in the market. I will buy an the bills. The guitar had great sentimen- Netherlands ebony slide, and would suggest that tal value to us, so it was very difficult the smaller scraps be used to produce to part with, but we had to. I posted bridge/end pins and, more specifically, it on Craigslist, and it didn’t take long Most Perfect replacement tuner buttons across a before someone wanted to buy it. We I still can’t believe that my husband, wide range of machine brands and met him at [a restaurant] to do the deal. Bill, bought the K22ce 12-Fret for me models. Quality ebony buttons would He pulled up in a new Cadillac with [at a Taylor Road Show]. It was such a be welcome in the market. Finally, I his 7-year-old daughter in tow. He was perfect fit and the most beautiful guitar always need a place to keep my finger- buying it for her, as she wanted to be I’ve ever seen! I never imagined owning picks, capos, flatpicks, etc. How about the next Taylor Swift. Craigslist being a stunningly beautiful koa guitar, but I small ebony pick box? what it is, the guy saw that we had a love it! I had wanted to try the 12-fret Rich Sternadori new baby and were desperate for the but was really surprised at how much money, so of course he made me an better it fit me. It’s perfect! insultingly low offer. But we needed the I also want to thank Taylor District Golden Girl money, so we took it. Sales Manager Billy Gill, as well as I spent many years in the audience Fast-forward two years. My compa- [product specialist] Wayne Johnson of my living room as my husband and ny landed some new contracts, and we and everyone from Taylor and Bounty son played guitars. The only time I ever were doing much better. One Sunday Music [in Maui, Hawaii]. I truly felt Contents WOOD&STEEL | VOLUME 92 | FALL 2018 Features Columns 6 An Introduction to Slide Guitar 4 Kurt’s Corner New to playing slide? Practice these basic techniques Taylor VP of Sales, Keith Brawley, and you’ll be weaving soulful flavors into your repertoire sits in for Kurt and explains why we’ll in no time. never compromise our quality standards to meet customer demand. 8 Anatomy of a Song In the first of a multi-part series exploring the craft and 5 BobSpeak business of music, veteran songwriters Josquin Des Pres In Bob’s mind, the only thing as and Michael Natter share tips for aspiring tunesmiths. beautiful as a new guitar is the tooling we build to make that guitar. 32 The Craft A knot in a piece of wood might seem like a flaw, but it’s also a reminder of growth. Departments 10 Ask Bob 3D printing, fret installation, bracing evolution and koa supply. 24 Sustainability Are Taylor guitars ethically made? Scott Paul explores this important question based on the different materials that go into a guitar. 12 V-Class: The 300 & 400 Series 26 Soundings Our vaunted V-Class bracing is now under the hood of Jason Mraz, Iron & Wine, Kina Grannis, every U.S.-made Grand Auditorium in our guitar line. Juke Ross, Phillies pitchers Vince Choose from four wood pairings across our 300 and Velazquez and Jake Arrieta, Adrian 400 Series. Vandenberg, Byron Hill, and bee houses from Taylor scrap wood. 14 V-Class Studio Takes Could our V-Class guitars change the future of recorded 30 The Taylor Line music? Nashville session ace Jerry McPherson and Philly By Series On the Cover producer Will Yip took them into the studio and shared A quick guide to our tonewoods 18 their first impressions.