In 1974 Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug bought the American Dream, a small San Diego guitar building company where they were both working at the time. Like many young men in that period, Taylor and Listug had dreams of making their marks as luthiers. But unlike all of those other aspiring builders, Taylor and Listug were able to take a tiny workshop and turn it into one of the most successful guitar companies in American musical history.
Taylor Guitars: 30 Years of a New American Classic tells the story of how Taylor and Listug took the American Dream and transformed it into a company that produces more than 70,000 high-quality guitars a year. This book features dozens of full-color
photographs of many rare guitars including instruments Bob Taylor built before the company's founding, standard production models (including the acoustic bass and the new nylon string series), custom-built instruments, and special celebrity models.
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Höhe: 32.2 cm
Breite: 25.5 cm
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978-3-932275-44-9 (9783932275449)
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Michael Simmons is a writer based in northern California. He started playing electric guitar in punk bands as a teenager before being converted to acoustic music by a rabid Django Reinhardt fan. He spent 15 years working at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, California, where he learned a great deal about the
construction and history of guitars, mandolins, and banjos. Simmons is the review editor at Fiddler Magazine, co-editor of the Ukulele Occasional, and is a frequent contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine and Guitarmaker. He contributed entries on the Santa Cruz Guitar Company, Selmer, and Taylor to Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia.
