Taylor Guitars

Guitar World Staff Picks: Paul Riario’s Top 5 Acoustic Guitars of 2012

Posted 12/24/2012 at 9:31am | by Paul Riario

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Two thousand twelve seemed to be the year of the acoustic. With hits like, “I Will Wait,” from Mumford & Sons, or “Home,” by Phillip Phillips, most of this year’s most popular songs had an acoustic guitar as the prominent instrument fueling the tune. Even mega-stars like Katy Perry took notice and stripped away the electronic beats of her hit song, “The One That Got Away,” to deliver a sensitive acoustic performance of it.

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NAMM 2012 Video: Taylor's First Tenor Ukulele

Posted 01/24/2012 at 11:32am | by Damian Fanelli

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At last week's Winter NAMM show, Guitar World headed straight for the Builder's Reserve in the Taylor booth to check out Taylor's first-ever ukulele. These tenor ukes are made out of the same Hawaiian koa wood used for Taylor's guitars -- but from smaller pieces the company has been saving for years. They are designed by Taylor's Andy Powers, who has been making ukuleles since he was a little kid!

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NAMM 2012 Video: Taylor 700 Series Nylon

Posted 01/23/2012 at 2:56pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Guitar World visited the Taylor booth (It's more of a large room, actually) at last week's 2012 Winter NAMM show to check out several new models, including the 700 Series Nylon. One of Taylor's themes this year is the integration of their nylon-string models with their steel-string models, and the 700 Series Nylon is a good example. The guitar shares the same appointments as Taylor's 700 series, but with nylon strings and several other classical-style touches, including the long bridge.

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NAMM 2012: Taylor Guitars Announces 2012 Model Lineup Changes

Posted 01/20/2012 at 9:09pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Taylor Guitars unveiled several lineup changes at this week's 2012 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Most of the changes involve new aesthetic treatments across much of their acoustic/electric line. They've also added mahogany versions of their baritone and 12-fret models, unveiled a mahogany-top GS Mini and debuted changes to their nylon- and steel-string series.

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Taylor Guitars T3 & T3B Semi-Hollow Electrics Review

Posted 07/13/2009 at 3:05pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Terms like "elegant" and “sexy” make us think of Megan Fox. Add in “semihollow” and our thoughts immediately turn to Taylor’s new T3 model, yet another gorgeous creature with which we’d like more than a few hours of playtime.

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