An open, thank-you letter to Bob Taylor and Taylor Guitars

Though I never tire of saying this privately to my friends and clients, I want to clearly and publicly say thanks to you and your great team for your personal friendship, professional courtesy and technological inspiration through these many years. Whether it was helping me in getting up and running with my UV finish (which you pioneered) or helping me navigate the challenges and intricacies of CNC programming and fixturing (which you introduced into our guitar world) you and your team have been a paragon of generosity, help and encouragement. You have bailed my out of more than one jam.

And, speaking of your team, let me also say thanks to the “Incredibles”, Larry Breedlove, Ed Granero, Steve Baldwin and (especially) Randy Cordes, who has become a great friend and who is the wizard of the Fadal CNC. Bob, I know you have other great talents there at Taylor Guitars, but these are the guys I have had the privilege of rubbing shoulders with. A finer group of guitar-building minds has never been assembled.         And it shows in your fantastic guitars.

So thank you for making Luthierie more fun, efficient and creative than ever. And thanks for the astonishing and extravagant willingness to share all this with me (and the rest of the guitar-building world for that matter). I have a happy debt of gratitude to you Bob. All Blessings on you and Cindy and the folks at Taylor Guitars.