Mike Carter
08-12-2002, 12:23 AM
It's still hard to believe that all that really happened,
I will try not to GUSH.
I am so Truley overwhelmed by the generosity and Kindness of Bob Taylor and the staff at Taylor Guitars, it is hard not to be emotional.
I would have never believed that Bob Taylor would be such an Honestly Kind, Down to Earth, Humble person if I had not
have had the opportunity to spend two whole days with him.
He patiently took time with each and every person at Taylorstock and answered every possible question that came to mind throughout the entire event. He as well spent about 9 hours straight standing on his feet at a table helping people
select wood for their Taylorstock Guitars, not even taking a break to eat, He just stood at the table and took bites off a plate that was brought to him at the table there in the warehouse where all this was done, when he could sneak them in..
Bob Made Master grade wood available, that he would never have offered to the general public because in his own words "It is to nice to use, if I make a guitar with it I won't have the wood anymore" He told me that he had been saving some of this wood for years, but he figured this was good time to use it, I believe it was because he knew the people attending Taylorstock really appreciated how rare and almost imposible it is to get after his two hour seminar on wood and the great lengths his supplier goes to in Obtaining it. Out of literally Tons and Tons of wood, only a very few pieces are of master grade qualty guitar wood are ever found. even the wood used on standard series guitars takes an incredible amount of effort to obtain today. So Bob offering up the best of the best of all the types of wood he has was something that no one could have expected. You would expect that this wood would only go to the truely rich and famous.
The Level of courtesy extended to us was also truley amazing, We were treated like Family by every person that worked at Taylor Guitars. We were fed, entertained and schooled in all aspects of what it takes to produce the High Quality Guitars we have all come to love.
This experience was like going to Mecca the Holy land and comeing away the HOLY GRAIL !!
The Heirloom custom guitar I will be getting will be cherished in my family for generations I would hope.
It was obvious that the people that actually work in the production shops really LOVE their jobs. we had lunch and dinner with them and I had a chance to talk to quite a few of them. They are well paid with great benifits, but the fact is they love what they are doing and give you the impression that every piece they work on, they would want their name on. After seeing them work and talking to them It definately made me want to work there.
To bad I am to old to start over in a carreer. It would be nice to really love what you do for a living, and the company you work for.
I have so much more to say but this post is already way to long.
So I will just say THANKS AGAIN to Bob Taylor and everyone at Taylor Guitars. I am sure that everyone that was there at Taylorstock feels the same way I do.
He really is my Unlce Bob now also.
I will try not to GUSH.
I am so Truley overwhelmed by the generosity and Kindness of Bob Taylor and the staff at Taylor Guitars, it is hard not to be emotional.
I would have never believed that Bob Taylor would be such an Honestly Kind, Down to Earth, Humble person if I had not
have had the opportunity to spend two whole days with him.
He patiently took time with each and every person at Taylorstock and answered every possible question that came to mind throughout the entire event. He as well spent about 9 hours straight standing on his feet at a table helping people
select wood for their Taylorstock Guitars, not even taking a break to eat, He just stood at the table and took bites off a plate that was brought to him at the table there in the warehouse where all this was done, when he could sneak them in..
Bob Made Master grade wood available, that he would never have offered to the general public because in his own words "It is to nice to use, if I make a guitar with it I won't have the wood anymore" He told me that he had been saving some of this wood for years, but he figured this was good time to use it, I believe it was because he knew the people attending Taylorstock really appreciated how rare and almost imposible it is to get after his two hour seminar on wood and the great lengths his supplier goes to in Obtaining it. Out of literally Tons and Tons of wood, only a very few pieces are of master grade qualty guitar wood are ever found. even the wood used on standard series guitars takes an incredible amount of effort to obtain today. So Bob offering up the best of the best of all the types of wood he has was something that no one could have expected. You would expect that this wood would only go to the truely rich and famous.
The Level of courtesy extended to us was also truley amazing, We were treated like Family by every person that worked at Taylor Guitars. We were fed, entertained and schooled in all aspects of what it takes to produce the High Quality Guitars we have all come to love.
This experience was like going to Mecca the Holy land and comeing away the HOLY GRAIL !!
The Heirloom custom guitar I will be getting will be cherished in my family for generations I would hope.
It was obvious that the people that actually work in the production shops really LOVE their jobs. we had lunch and dinner with them and I had a chance to talk to quite a few of them. They are well paid with great benifits, but the fact is they love what they are doing and give you the impression that every piece they work on, they would want their name on. After seeing them work and talking to them It definately made me want to work there.
To bad I am to old to start over in a carreer. It would be nice to really love what you do for a living, and the company you work for.
I have so much more to say but this post is already way to long.
So I will just say THANKS AGAIN to Bob Taylor and everyone at Taylor Guitars. I am sure that everyone that was there at Taylorstock feels the same way I do.
He really is my Unlce Bob now also.