Hopefully He can! Bob Taylor is amazing, a hero to me, I am totally fan of him as a person. So honored to own a guitar from the company of someone like him.
I sooooo appreciate what is being said here and by whom --- BT is passionate and doesn't "environmental whacko..." us with his passion --- he doesn't play the "U.S. has been at the forefront of wood decrease and the U.S. has been a bad boy..." card and lose us before we get started caring! Thanks, Tony and THANKS Bob Taylor --- for my children and their children --- THANKS!
Taylor is the best, own one and read wood and steel. I have followed his movement to sustainability and fully support his vision. Too bad other longer established companies hadn't moved in a similar direction long ago. Bob deserves way more attention than he has received from the industry. Keep it going Bob.
I am an old dog trying to learn a new trick. Want to devote the time I waste on the computer to learning to play the guitar, at 50+ years old. Taylor really impresses me, the factory tour video sequence, this video as well. The reviews Tony does, fantastic. I greatly appreciate everything that is produced that opens the door to this new endeavor. No guitar yet, studying theory, technique, everything that is available. Thanks!!
Bob custom built my American Dream back in 1973... I have 3 Taylor made guitars, all gems, my American Dream is still a daily driver as is my '78 810 and my 322ce 12 fret has opened up a whole new arena of playing for me. We all love the guitars we own, and brand loyalty is just that, brand loyalty. The guitar you have and love is a great thing, not because it diminishes some other brand or maker or is better than some other guitar, but because it is your love. Bob Taylor is a humble man, makes time for this kind of forward thinking on behalf of all guitar makers and lovers. I visited the factory last year and Bob made time to meet with me and get me some documentation on my pre-Taylor, Bob built American Dream, just before he set off on a world tour of wood producers. He certainly remembered me and my American Dream. It was great to see him holding that guitar once again and making time to share that love of guitars.
I know Larrivee sources its Indian rosewood from trees fallen due to monsoon winds - and Larrivee's Indian rosewood is of the absolute highest quality IMO. I like Bob Taylor and I am glad he is spreading the word about wood conservation, but his greatest impact is simply leading by example; that is, building guitars from sustainable sources.
Thank you Bob for your guitars and your mindfulness of the places where the wood comes from. I just bought an Academy 12c this past March just before the pandemic started. It’s my first guitar and I love it. Thank you. Ben from Sun Prairie wi.
Thanks for posting, Tony - great video! I bought a Holden Village GS Mini and just love that story. It means a lot to have a guitar that was made from a special "harvest". Kudos for all the builders that will be paying attention to future guitarists and creating playable works of art now.
He's a neat guy... I've visited the California factory twice and it's worth it. Keep it up Bob. Have a long term vision. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best day is today. Keep it up!
From the perspective of a southeastern US forester: The problem with planting hardwoods is not only is it expensive and often not successful (low survival) but they grow limby with huge growth rings. Limbs make knots (pieces with knots can’t be used for guitars). The huge growth rings make inferior (looking/performing) softer wood which would most certainly affect sound and perhaps more importantly the stability of the instrument. That said I don’t have any experience with rainforest species planting. I’m sure it comes with its own additional challenges. There is no easy fix like planting pines is. Spruce and most conifers can be done successfully with little challenge. I applaud him for trying but just sticking some trees in the ground isn’t going to fix anything. May make your guilt feel better but those planted trees won’t be worth using for anything and definitely isn’t going to fix sustainability. You could prune the limbs but the fast growth rate (huge growth rings) isn’t easy to solve. You will have to wait 80-100+ years for the trees to naturally slow down for the outer wood to be useable. The investment is huge and the payoff is uncertain and a long time away. Do it! Be sure they do more than just stick them in the ground and leave them though. I’ve seen the result of that.
I´ve always loved the sound and the looks of Taylor guitars, but now I admire and respect it. The irony of it is that I am from a third world country that produces some of the wood but I simply can´t afford a single Taylor guitar.....
glad you combined the 3 part video's into one. Got to respect BOB a ton from this. one of the reasons I always recommend Taylor Guitars, and why they are the first brand I look at when shopping for a new toy.
Fantastic! Mr. Bob Taylor... His Way of thinking and his mentality regarding Woods its just amazing! You look like a little kid on christmas eve Tony! :) Great to see You guys!
Well a great Video with Bob Taylor just don't understand appearing with a Martin guitar at the end kinda an insult, although he did have a Taylor t-shirt on while doing the interview
8:26 not all clearcuts are the same. I presume a clearcut in the rain forest is going against how that forest naturally regenerates. But here in the USA northeast deciduous forests, clearcutting is an important and often necessary tool. Too many deer with too much browsing of new tree seedlings, too many new invasive plants and bugs, all of these must be addressed through the way we manage our forests. Here in Pennsylvania, we do large clearcuts in order to get back the big important mixed oak forests animals and people rely on.
interviewing bob taylor and a quick break with a Martin guitar lol that was awesome .... God i wish i could live in USA there are no taylor nor martin guitars in my country only yamaha :(
I log timber in Pennsylvania and run a small sawmill. We are encountering fewer and fewer curly maple, hard or soft, and I hope someone can figure this out genetically. There is a world of difference between sugar maple, which is very hard, red maple, which has the hardness of black walnut, and western maples that are very soft. And here in the American northeast, there is a world of difference between a sugar maple that has grown very slowly down in a cove or ravine, and one that has grown on a south facing hillside.
The only thing I worry about with a topic like this is, will it cause more people to buy more guitars immediately due to dwindling supplies, thinking I'd better get mine now before it's too late. Similar to when politicians threaten to make gun laws stiffer, which often results in increased gun sales because people think, I'd better by that gun now before it's too late or too expensive.
Absolutely insane to me that ebony with streaks would be wasted. When looking at guitars I decided against buying one because it DIDNT have streaks on the fingerboard and I thought the ones with streaks looked cooler and more natural
+makeyourfaith Thanks for noticing my subtle attempt at humor:) I'm also wearing a Gibson shirt!!! But in all seriousness, Martin, Gibson, and Taylor all support each other. Chris Martin references that point in my interview with him. They're all friends!
I left watching his video thinking that my guitar is actually pretty inexpensive. It is worth pay a higher price to help companies get wood legally and sustainably. You can help by voting with your money, I will now only buy from sustainable companies like Taylor.
Taylors are overpriced and overhyped guitars IMO. There are much more interesting alternatives in the low and mid-market and if you want a really good guitar go to a luthier. :-) But like Apple Taylor excels in marketing -- less so in the products itself. Not that they are totally bad, but both overpriced and overhyped... my 2 strings...
If you believe that is the case, then it is hard to change your mind. I am aware of the cost of a Taylor guitar, but the quality of sound, playability and the overall experience outweighs the cost factor. But only if it is within your belief that paying over £2k for any guitar is justified? So, the question is... what make a person believe that it is justified? In my experience it is the relationship you have with a guitar! Of course, this sounds cheesy! But, for me, the guitar is a vehicle that enables me to transcend the everyday living - the norms - and move into a space that is your own... a space where you can meditate and a space where you feel completely free and without boundaries... a combination of surreal and spiritual. Now, if this is what a guitar can do for you - a guitar that has the right vibrational, tonal and sonic qualities - the combination of sound waves and vibrational energy... and can being you such peace and harmony within... and elevate you to another dimension... now ask yourself, are you prepared to pay £2k for that... or not? Every individual will have their own interpretation of what type of guitar can do this for them - and the reason is simple - the guitar will align with their sound and vibrational energy... and it doesn’t matter which guitar it is, it matters that it “fits” with your sonic and vibrational energy. K.
@@kevingreene6893 Taylor also has good guitars for sure. But -- and that was my point -- other companies give the same quality for less money (up to 2000 Euro). And if you spend 2000 Euro or more you should expect not a "good" guitar, but that the guitar is _the_ guitar for you. My guitar's cost was 3600 Euro from an then little known luthier. Now a few years later the guitar would cost around 5000 Euro. I would not have payed 5000 Euro for a guitar then. But now I must admit I would not set for anything less in terms of sound quality and -- this is where I agree 100 % to your statement -- for the joy you get from playing a specific instrument. I've played good guitars from Furch for around 2500 Euro. And they have been really fine guitars. But they did not have that magic some guitars have. I have played about 20 Taylor guitars -- also in the higher price range. They were fine guitars, but failed to deliver the "magic" IMO. And for 4000 Euro or less I can get a very nice luthier built guitar instead -- where some (not all of course) have that "magic" which I can not describe in words. In the end it doesn't matter how much a guitar costs. When you make music it has to touch the soul IMO. Whatever is needed or helpful for that is great.
Hi Nick, I also have 2 Avalon guitars, a jumbo, Sitka over Indian rosewood and a relatively new small body, 12-Fret Cedar over Madagascar Rosewood. The Jumbo began to feel a little large in the last few years, so I had the Small bodied guitar commissioned and built to an exact spec. It’s quite simply a beautiful guitar with a controlled, yet powerful delivery. Amazing sustain in the Avalons, built here in Northern Ireland and the Luthiership is up there with the best! I have an increased connection with the small Avalon - with the Celtic rosette and a graphic inlay of three leaves and three small circles - a bit fo a tribute to the wood and the elements... This guitar would be in the £4750 price range - while the Taylor is a Lutz Spruce over Tasmanian Blackwood, Limiter Edition NAMM 18 Grand Concert model at around £2400 - however, the joy and the elevation both these guitars provide is equal... so, you are absolutely right, its not the cost, its what they mean to the individual, and Taylor could make a guitar at a cheaper cost - however, from the experience of what Lowden did, in partnership with Ed Sheeran, to build a “cheaper” guitar for the younger audiences, the outcome may not be the guitar you would want to play!
Hopefully He can! Bob Taylor is amazing, a hero to me, I am totally fan of him as a person. So honored to own a guitar from the company of someone like him.
I sooooo appreciate what is being said here and by whom --- BT is passionate and doesn't "environmental whacko..." us with his passion --- he doesn't play the "U.S. has been at the forefront of wood decrease and the U.S. has been a bad boy..." card and lose us before we get started caring! Thanks, Tony and THANKS Bob Taylor --- for my children and their children --- THANKS!
Taylor is the best, own one and read wood and steel. I have followed his movement to sustainability and fully support his vision. Too bad other longer established companies hadn't moved in a similar direction long ago. Bob deserves way more attention than he has received from the industry. Keep it going Bob.
I am an old dog trying to learn a new trick. Want to devote the time I waste on the computer to learning to play the guitar, at 50+ years old. Taylor really impresses me, the factory tour video sequence, this video as well. The reviews Tony does, fantastic. I greatly appreciate everything that is produced that opens the door to this new endeavor. No guitar yet, studying theory, technique, everything that is available. Thanks!!
Amazing interview, god bless you Bob and thank you for my 1994 Taylor 910 guitar.
Bob custom built my American Dream back in 1973... I have 3 Taylor made guitars, all gems, my American Dream is still a daily driver as is my '78 810 and my 322ce 12 fret has opened up a whole new arena of playing for me. We all love the guitars we own, and brand loyalty is just that, brand loyalty. The guitar you have and love is a great thing, not because it diminishes some other brand or maker or is better than some other guitar, but because it is your love.
Bob Taylor is a humble man, makes time for this kind of forward thinking on behalf of all guitar makers and lovers. I visited the factory last year and Bob made time to meet with me and get me some documentation on my pre-Taylor, Bob built American Dream, just before he set off on a world tour of wood producers. He certainly remembered me and my American Dream. It was great to see him holding that guitar once again and making time to share that love of guitars.
I know Larrivee sources its Indian rosewood from trees fallen due to monsoon winds - and Larrivee's Indian rosewood is of the absolute highest quality IMO. I like Bob Taylor and I am glad he is spreading the word about wood conservation, but his greatest impact is simply leading by example; that is, building guitars from sustainable sources.
Thank you Bob for your guitars and your mindfulness of the places where the wood comes from. I just bought an Academy 12c this past March just before the pandemic started. It’s my first guitar and I love it. Thank you. Ben from Sun Prairie wi.
I love my taylor guitar, I like this guy's guide and this company.
Thanks for posting, Tony - great video! I bought a Holden Village GS Mini and just love that story. It means a lot to have a guitar that was made from a special "harvest". Kudos for all the builders that will be paying attention to future guitarists and creating playable works of art now.
World could just may be a better place with more like Bob in it....
I learned a lot from this. Thanks so much to Bob and Tony.
+Lord JS I learned a lot too! Thanks for watching!!!
AcousticLife.tv You're welcome.
He's a neat guy... I've visited the California factory twice and it's worth it. Keep it up Bob. Have a long term vision. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best day is today. Keep it up!
Amazing interview Tony, hope you can bring us more of those.
Holding a martin in the break between the conversations haha. Bob seems to genuinely care about the future! Good conversation
From the perspective of a southeastern US forester: The problem with planting hardwoods is not only is it expensive and often not successful (low survival) but they grow limby with huge growth rings. Limbs make knots (pieces with knots can’t be used for guitars). The huge growth rings make inferior
(looking/performing) softer wood which would most certainly affect sound and perhaps more importantly the stability of the instrument. That said I don’t have any experience with rainforest species planting. I’m sure it comes with its own additional challenges. There is no easy fix like planting pines is. Spruce and most conifers can be done successfully with little challenge. I applaud him for trying but just sticking some trees in the ground isn’t going to fix anything. May make your guilt feel better but those planted trees won’t be worth using for anything and definitely isn’t going to fix sustainability. You could prune the limbs but the fast growth rate (huge growth rings) isn’t easy to solve. You will have to wait 80-100+ years for the trees to naturally slow down for the outer wood to be useable. The investment is huge and the payoff is uncertain and a long time away. Do it! Be sure they do more than just stick them in the ground and leave them though. I’ve seen the result of that.
I have read his book multiple times and recommend it to anyone that is in bisuness weather it's a guitar bisuness or not
Bob's not Tony's but I would read Tony's as well if he had one
Awesome book! Here's the Amazon link to Bob's book: amzn.to/2bwrWIS
I´ve always loved the sound and the looks of Taylor guitars, but now I admire and respect it. The irony of it is that I am from a third world country that produces some of the wood but I simply can´t afford a single Taylor guitar.....
I like how Tony is in Bob's awe the whole video :) Seriously though , good job Taylor on thinking ahead.
glad you combined the 3 part video's into one. Got to respect BOB a ton from this. one of the reasons I always recommend Taylor Guitars, and why they are the first brand I look at when shopping for a new toy.
Fantastic! Mr. Bob Taylor... His Way of thinking and his mentality regarding Woods its just amazing! You look like a little kid on christmas eve Tony! :) Great to see You guys!
I genuinely wish I could hang out with Bob.
Great
interview, Tony. Thanks!
Well a great Video with Bob Taylor just don't understand appearing with a Martin guitar at the end kinda an insult, although he did have a Taylor t-shirt on while doing the interview
Probably your best and most interview ever on your channel.
I couldn't agree more:) It was magical getting to talk to him.
Interesting talk with Bob Taylor
Beautiful Martin you're holding there! lol I really like the Bob Taylor interviews and have found the AL reviews helpful as well.
Bob is one of the reasons why I bought my 814ce
8:26 not all clearcuts are the same. I presume a clearcut in the rain forest is going against how that forest naturally regenerates. But here in the USA northeast deciduous forests, clearcutting is an important and often necessary tool. Too many deer with too much browsing of new tree seedlings, too many new invasive plants and bugs, all of these must be addressed through the way we manage our forests. Here in Pennsylvania, we do large clearcuts in order to get back the big important mixed oak forests animals and people rely on.
So far in the video as 11:44 and I love it already. Very insightful.
Very intriguing.
interviewing bob taylor and a quick break with a Martin guitar lol that was awesome .... God i wish i could live in USA there are no taylor nor martin guitars in my country only yamaha :(
Yamahas are good guitars though!
Proud owner of 4 Taylor guitars! 🥰
Inspirational!
lol - I couldn't help but notice you holding a Martin at 11:50 when you're talking to Bob Taylor.
Very cool edit and vibe
I log timber in Pennsylvania and run a small sawmill. We are encountering fewer and fewer curly maple, hard or soft, and I hope someone can figure this out genetically. There is a world of difference between sugar maple, which is very hard, red maple, which has the hardness of black walnut, and western maples that are very soft. And here in the American northeast, there is a world of difference between a sugar maple that has grown very slowly down in a cove or ravine, and one that has grown on a south facing hillside.
Man, I really enjoyed this. Great video :D
This was made on my birthday!
The only thing I worry about with a topic like this is, will it cause more people to buy more guitars immediately due to dwindling supplies, thinking I'd better get mine now before it's too late. Similar to when politicians threaten to make gun laws stiffer, which often results in increased gun sales because people think, I'd better by that gun now before it's too late or too expensive.
I couldn't be prouder of my two Taylors.....
Absolutely insane to me that ebony with streaks would be wasted. When looking at guitars I decided against buying one because it DIDNT have streaks on the fingerboard and I thought the ones with streaks looked cooler and more natural
Why are you holding a martin during a taylor interview lol. This is a great video. But that I had to mention.
Holding the Martin guitar during the Bob Taylor Interview intermission struck me as a little odd, and funny
+makeyourfaith Thanks for noticing my subtle attempt at humor:) I'm also wearing a Gibson shirt!!! But in all seriousness, Martin, Gibson, and Taylor all support each other. Chris Martin references that point in my interview with him. They're all friends!
Good on you for being unbiased, it would be hard in the face of a great guy like Bob Taylor. I appreciated the humor :)
Great interview! Thank you! DaveyJO
Can you make a Lakewood M32 preview ??
I left watching his video thinking that my guitar is actually pretty inexpensive. It is worth pay a higher price to help companies get wood legally and sustainably. You can help by voting with your money, I will now only buy from sustainable companies like Taylor.
Thank you BOB Taylor but his holding a MARTIN GUITAR LOL
good ol bab!!!! what would our eco system do without him
'and he's gotta be a he"
i can help baaaaab ---- ill buy larivee
Just lip service Bob Taylor’s only interest is to fill his pockets with money.
Can this guy save my wallet ? No but using urban ash 🤮
Bob, stick to guitar making and stay out of socio-economic commentary. You're dangerously close to cultural imperialism here, man.
he is such a liar
Taylors are overpriced and overhyped guitars IMO. There are much more interesting alternatives in the low and mid-market and if you want a really good guitar go to a luthier. :-)
But like Apple Taylor excels in marketing -- less so in the products itself. Not that they are totally bad, but both overpriced and overhyped... my 2 strings...
If you believe that is the case, then it is hard to change your mind. I am aware of the cost of a Taylor guitar, but the quality of sound, playability and the overall experience outweighs the cost factor. But only if it is within your belief that paying over £2k for any guitar is justified? So, the question is... what make a person believe that it is justified? In my experience it is the relationship you have with a guitar! Of course, this sounds cheesy! But, for me, the guitar is a vehicle that enables me to transcend the everyday living - the norms - and move into a space that is your own... a space where you can meditate and a space where you feel completely free and without boundaries... a combination of surreal and spiritual. Now, if this is what a guitar can do for you - a guitar that has the right vibrational, tonal and sonic qualities - the combination of sound waves and vibrational energy... and can being you such peace and harmony within... and elevate you to another dimension... now ask yourself, are you prepared to pay £2k for that... or not? Every individual will have their own interpretation of what type of guitar can do this for them - and the reason is simple - the guitar will align with their sound and vibrational energy... and it doesn’t matter which guitar it is, it matters that it “fits” with your sonic and vibrational energy. K.
@@kevingreene6893 Taylor also has good guitars for sure. But -- and that was my point -- other companies give the same quality for less money (up to 2000 Euro). And if you spend 2000 Euro or more you should expect not a "good" guitar, but that the guitar is _the_ guitar for you. My guitar's cost was 3600 Euro from an then little known luthier. Now a few years later the guitar would cost around 5000 Euro. I would not have payed 5000 Euro for a guitar then. But now I must admit I would not set for anything less in terms of sound quality and -- this is where I agree 100 % to your statement -- for the joy you get from playing a specific instrument.
I've played good guitars from Furch for around 2500 Euro. And they have been really fine guitars. But they did not have that magic some guitars have. I have played about 20 Taylor guitars -- also in the higher price range. They were fine guitars, but failed to deliver the "magic" IMO. And for 4000 Euro or less I can get a very nice luthier built guitar instead -- where some (not all of course) have that "magic" which I can not describe in words.
In the end it doesn't matter how much a guitar costs. When you make music it has to touch the soul IMO. Whatever is needed or helpful for that is great.
Hi Nick, I also have 2 Avalon guitars, a jumbo, Sitka over Indian rosewood and a relatively new small body, 12-Fret Cedar over Madagascar Rosewood. The Jumbo began to feel a little large in the last few years, so I had the Small bodied guitar commissioned and built to an exact spec. It’s quite simply a beautiful guitar with a controlled, yet powerful delivery. Amazing sustain in the Avalons, built here in Northern Ireland and the Luthiership is up there with the best! I have an increased connection with the small Avalon - with the Celtic rosette and a graphic inlay of three leaves and three small circles - a bit fo a tribute to the wood and the elements... This guitar would be in the £4750 price range - while the Taylor is a Lutz Spruce over Tasmanian Blackwood, Limiter Edition NAMM 18 Grand Concert model at around £2400 - however, the joy and the elevation both these guitars provide is equal... so, you are absolutely right, its not the cost, its what they mean to the individual, and Taylor could make a guitar at a cheaper cost - however, from the experience of what Lowden did, in partnership with Ed Sheeran, to build a “cheaper” guitar for the younger audiences, the outcome may not be the guitar you would want to play!
Bob Taylor is a luthier… he just happens to be more successful than most…
Tony is missing a lot of tattoos, this must have been shot awhile ago.