FACTOIDS & TRIVIA
Late in 1974, Bob Taylor
and Kurt Listug began making Taylor acoustic guitars in a small
workshop in Lemon Grove, California. Taylor guitars were known for
their slim, fast-action necks and bob Taylor's reputation as a master
luthier spread quickly. By the early 1980s, Taylor needed to move into
a larger facility in Santee, California and in 1990 the company moved
to its current home in El Cajon, California. Throughout this period
Taylor introduced several series of grand concert, dreadnought and
jumbo size 6-string and 12-string guitars. Body woods used included
maple, rosewood, mahogany, and koa. In mid-1990, Taylor began to use
computer controlled milling machinery for the manufacture of guitar
necks. This resulted in
consistent quality and neck shape from guitar to guitar. Taylor's
strength has been to use innovative techniques, materials and finishes
to produce tradional looking guitars that will outperform the mass
produced instruments of its established, better known competitors. The
Model 555 12-string guitar shown is perhaps one of the easiest playing
12-strings by virtue of its superior neck. It is also one of the last
to come out of the Santee facility.
Body: Hollow; solid 2-piece spruce top, solid 2-piece mahogany back, and solid mahogany sides; triple bound top, single bound back
Finish: Natural, FullerplastŪ catalyzed varnish
Neck: 1-piece mahogany, bolt-on; rosewood headstock overlay with pearloid logo
Fingerboard: Ebony, mother-of-pearl dot markers
Number of Frets: 20
Pickguard: Tortoise, plastic
Bridge: Ebony with Micarta saddle
Nut: Micarta
Tuners: Schaller Mini, chrome
Pickups: One, undersaddle transducing
Controls: None
Scale Length: 25 1/2 inches
Neck Width at Nut: 1 7/8 inches
Body Width at Lower Bout: 17 inches
Body Depth: 4 1/4 inches
Weight: n/a
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