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
*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.
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”.
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.
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!
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!
I'm so amazed some of the work done by hand (like the rosette on the 300 guitars). Over time Taylor has also refined manufacturing to a science and art. Form meets function. Taylor fanboys like myself may know this, but many may not. Bob Taylor is not only a guitar builder but also a machinist that has built most of their tools and machinery. He has even helped competitors with their factory set ups, a true hardworking business man. Pick up Bob Taylor's "Guitar Lessons" if you ever want a great read.
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)?
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 .
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
💯 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.
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.
Our big baby when out was the perfect baby. Our second is 224 CE DLX. Koa. Turn out be. Success. My point being all of your first runs are a home run but afterwords it falls through the cracks on everything. I’ve been able to understand the perfection should be there but I think it’s focused a little bit too much on the marketing. I believe in what you folks are doing, but you have to dig into the trenches not put a promo up on UA-cam although I see that to be beneficial it’s getting way too tight with the small builders who are up-and-coming just a thought.
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
*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.
Furch Guitars
I don't know s*** about guitars but like learning
Breedlove Guitars: Designed in Bend, Oregon; Crafted in China and Oregon.
Martin Guitars
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”.
Is playing a soothing
All the stuff in the factory done by hand, just blows my mind. Those are some very talented people.
I just purchased a Taylor 214ce-K from Sweetwater and I love it. Best acoustic guitar I own.
This video makes me love my 414ce even more. Thank you Taylor for your amazing attention to perfection.
Interesting to see that they’re still making solid body electric guitars.
A factory tour would be a dream come true.
T5z isn't a solid body. Powers Electric is a whole new brand and they're not solid either.
@@gabrielobrien21 it looked like a solid body guitar in the buffing machine.
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.
The 814ce will always be my favourite 👏🏼 hoping to get one in the future
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!
Love my Taylors!, great video.
So cool glad i own 3 Taylor's
Twinsies!
Taylor or Martin in your opinion?
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!
I'm so amazed some of the work done by hand (like the rosette on the 300 guitars). Over time Taylor has also refined manufacturing to a science and art. Form meets function. Taylor fanboys like myself may know this, but many may not. Bob Taylor is not only a guitar builder but also a machinist that has built most of their tools and machinery. He has even helped competitors with their factory set ups, a true hardworking business man. Pick up Bob Taylor's "Guitar Lessons" if you ever want a great read.
Thank you! I always wanted to see how a guitar is made.
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)?
Excellent video.
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 .
Yea but mine smells a little different than yours 😂
Great insights in this video 👌👏🔥
The guy who is talking about the wood and trees, needs his own show
This is a great video. I didn’t realise Taylor uses a few different Australian timber species for their guitars
What Taylor Guitar model is this? 6:00
Awesome!!!❤❤💯💯
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
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.
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
@20:12 shout out to Gio!!
💯💯💯
Wish the photographer had focused more on the processes than on the speaker, but thanks for this!
I was always interested in owning one (or two), but everytime I played one, I found their (signature) sound too metallic.
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.
I'm just a small town white boy. Trying to make ends meet.
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.
What is with the reverb freak out girl
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?
All acoustic guitars have a top radius. We call them "flat tops" but none of them are actually flat.
It doesn’t matter if it feels comfortable and sounds good
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.
I purchase a Yamaha fg9 made in Japan and it blows anything Taylor can make.
Always searching for new music. So anybody send me music. Like putting people's love of music on my page!
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.
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.
Have you looked at the gs minis, they are smaller bodies and sound very nice, not exactly a parlor but I think they are very nice.
Awesome guitars but terrible pickups
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?
True. If you have the money and want a truly great guitar, get a Gallagher or a Boucher.
Which on the plus side, is the same as the competition. Everything is mass produced.
💯 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.
@@scottfishkind5335 I have an Alvarez (also mass produced). And while it has certain applications, it doesn’t come close to my Taylor.
@@scottfishkind5335 What's wrong with Taylor's pickup?
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.
Our big baby when out was the perfect baby. Our second is 224 CE DLX. Koa. Turn out be. Success.
My point being all of your first runs are a home run but afterwords it falls through the cracks on everything. I’ve been able to understand the perfection should be there but I think it’s focused a little bit too much on the marketing. I believe in what you folks are doing, but you have to dig into the trenches not put a promo up on UA-cam although I see that to be beneficial it’s getting way too tight with the small builders who are up-and-coming just a thought.