Robert Taylor Guitar Baby

Taylor Guitars got its official start in 1974 with its founders, Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug.

However, the story begins much earlier than that in the 60s when popular music spurred by the Beatles got a lot of people itching to play the guitar.

The founders were young then, but they started their love of the guitar at around this time.

Eventually, this itch led them to the purchase of a guitar shop with another friend, Steve Schemmer.

The shop was modest, and information on the Taylor Guitars site reveals that it was less than ideal.

They constantly dealt with water leaks and flooding. But, everyone needs to start somewhere!

Their beginnings were rocky and difficult and that first workshop seems to signify that.

Together, the three operated this shop which was then called the Westland music company.

Their original business idea had the company selling guitars and their parts, repairing them, building them etc.

They also decided to call their guitar line Taylors after Bob Taylor, the accomplished luthier of the group.

Thus, the long process of trying to run a company and make top notch robert taylor guitar baby begins in this little shop.

Now to make a long story short, they eventually had success with both. Now, their company now has more than 300 employees, all of which play different roles in the company.As CEO, Kurt Listug is still heavily involved with the company .

They have been highly successful, and the Taylor Acoustic is considered amongst the best acoustic guitars and has achieved world wide renown.

Now, Taylor boasts a complete line of acoustic guitars which can be found in guitar shops located around the world.

There are more than 14 different acoustic robert taylor guitar baby types, with multiple models within each category.

These include the Bob Taylor, named for the head Luthier, the 100 through the 900 Series, the Presentation Series, the Nylon Series, the KOA Series, which by the way is the author of this articles favorite and the Walnut Series.

The new Taylor T5 Thinline series is considered to be the most versatile version yet and for a thin hollow body electric there are no rivals.

There are also plenty of artists who enjoy their Taylor Acoustic guitars. These include Chris Procter, Pat Kirtley, Artie Traum, Wayne Johnson, Leo Klottke, Babyface, Faith Hill, Billy Idol, Stephen King, Better than Ezra, and scores others.

Here is a review on a Robert Taylor Guitar Baby:

About the Taylor T5 Thinline Guitar

First: This robert taylor guitar baby is considered by many including me to be the top of the line.

The taylor sparkle comes through in the highs and a very thick creamy mid and warm basses and any style of music from jazz to blues to shredding along with the hevy metal players, this model simply rules.