[QUOTE=Don Williams] Yeah, looks interesting. I'll bet it's pretty decent. But it's doubtful that it can be stacked against a Poling, for example.[/QUOTE]
Don't go draggin me into this...
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:21 am ] |
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Seen this yet? Electric Taylor |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:20 am ] |
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Yeah, looks interesting. I'll bet it's pretty decent. But it's doubtful that it can be stacked against a Poling, for example. |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:52 am ] |
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I pretty much figured the "Thunder Bunny 5" was the first electric. I guess I was right! I don't really think much of the looks, has anybody heard one yet? |
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| Author: | Ziegenfuss [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:00 am ] |
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Looks a bit like a PRS singlecut with minimal electronics to me... Taylor generally does pretty nice work though.
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:34 am ] |
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Hey, they came up with the new idea of setting the 'top' into the face of the guitar! Just like Thorn guitars did two or three years ago... |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:03 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Don Williams] Yeah, looks interesting. I'll bet it's pretty decent. But it's doubtful that it can be stacked against a Poling, for example.[/QUOTE] Don't go draggin me into this...
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| Author: | Kevin Gallagher [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:34 am ] |
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I was surprized to se bob taking credit for the inlaying of the exotic wood top plate into a ledge cut into the body to give the appearance of a bound top...without the binding. Ron Thorn at Thron guitars ( www.thornguitars.com ) has been doing this very thing for a decade. His work is flawless and his guitars play like a dream. I've owned a few over the years and realy like them. I've seen these things happen in the past where a big company takes credit for something that a small company has been doing for years before. It never matters since the bog guys could bury the small guys in any type of a legal struggle. Believe me, it happens....I know from first hand experience. The Taylor piece looks nice, though. Regards, Kevin Gallagher/Omega Guitars |
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| Author: | PaulB [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:01 am ] |
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Thanks for that link Kev mate. They are certainly nice guitars. I've got a couple of killer flamed Tas Blackwood drop tops looking for a project, I reckon I might steal a couple of Thorn's ideas. As to stealing ideas and passing them off as your own; well, sometimes people arrive at the same place independently of each other (not me I just steal em). While Marconi was inventing the wireless other people were working on that idea too. Same goes for electricity, and the light bulb. As Victor Hugo said "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come". So maybe Taylor could receive the benefit of the doubt? |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:58 am ] |
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When I first read this this morning, I actually almost wrote that I think they might be successful with the guys who own an acoustic and don't know a ton about gear, but that most of the through and through electric players would probably just grab a Thorn. At least I'm on the right track. |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:10 pm ] |
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I don't think you can give anyone with that sort of budget the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure they spent a couple years just researching high-end electric guitars before this point. Kevin's take sounds more on track to me. Still, I'm sure the QC and basic design on these will be a lot better than most of the other 'big boys'. That's sort of Taylor's thing, a personality quirk borne from coming into competition with two companies who were both around for 100 years before you. |
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:25 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Kevin Gallagher] I was surprized to se bob taking credit for the inlaying of the exotic wood top plate into a ledge cut into the body to give the appearance of a bound top...without the binding. Ron Thorn at Thron guitars ( www.thornguitars.com ) has been doing this very thing for a decade. His work is flawless and his guitars play like a dream. [/QUOTE] There were also Rigel mandolins being produced in Vermont for at least 10 years by Pete Langdell, which used a top "insert". I think Pete also milled the body out of a solid piece prior to placing the top plate. Paul |
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| Author: | L. Presnall [ Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:59 am ] |
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I'm working on my "Charmin" prototype...it's really a "green" guitar all around...really environment-friendly...made ENTIRELY of recycled toilet paper rolls...
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