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What made Taylor Guitars such an innovative company? This new documentary goes behind the scenes to find out
Explore Taylor’s remarkable 50-year history in this new film, featuring interviews with Bob Taylor, Andy Powers and the people who make Taylor Guitars so unique.
“I think if you erased Taylor from history, the music we listen to today would be different” that’s the bold claim made by Taylor Guitars co-founder Bob Taylor at the top of a new documentary charting this history of the brand, but over the course of the film you’ll get a sense that he’s not wrong.
Taylor Guitars: Building The Future is a new original documentary co-produced by Guitar.com and Taylor Guitars, to celebrate the Californian company’s 50th anniversary. In it, we sit down with Taylor staff old and new – from co-founder Bob Taylor and current President & CEO Andy Powers, to Director Of Sustainability Scott Paul and Production Co-ordinator Julie Gardiner.
The film also takes us behind the scenes at Taylor’s remarkable facility in El Cajon, California – getting an up-close look at the way that the brand combines modern technology with craftsmanship and hand-work to produce some of the world’s finest acoustic and electric instruments.
Taylor Guitars: Building The Future is not just the story of a guitar company, it’s a story of how friendship, innovation and trust can take an idea from one instrument to thousands, and how that same special magic has transformed the company and the industry as a whole.
You can watch the entire documentary at the top of this article, and keep an eye on Guitar.com for more Taylor 50th Anniversary content coming soon.
Find out more about the last 50 years of Taylor Guitars with this interactive timeline.
Josh is the Commissioning Editor of Guitar.com. He's responsible for planning most of the reviews and features you see on the site – and writing a fair chunk of them, too. Josh has been on staff at Guitar.com since 2019, having previously worked at Guitar Magazine, Guitarist and Total Guitar. He has an unending fascination with offsets of all shapes and sizes, and rearranging his pedalboard for no real practical reason.