Taylor Road Show - what to expect?

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Permalink Reply by Jud Hair on September 25, 2012 at 11:45am

Go early and get a good seat up front.  In addition to answering any and all questions from the audience, the formal presentation will encompass a demo of how the different tone woods and the different body sizes affect the sound ... very enlightening. 

They will have a guy play the same tunes back-to-back on a Grand Concert, a Grand Auditorium, a Grand Symphony, and a Dreadnought (and maybe a Jumbo).  Then they will do a similar demo using guitars of various wood combinations to show how spruce differs from cedar and how rosewood differs from mahogany, etc., etc.

Midway through the evening, they will take a nice long break and open the "Petting Zoo" during which you can play any and all of the guitars on hand.  The size of the crowd and the size of the venue will determine exactly how much you are able to get out of this particular activity.  Once again, being up front will help you make a dash for the guitar that most interests you.

They will have drawings for all sorts of nice stuff like Elixir strings, T-shirts, hats, coasters, and such.  Pretty much everybody wins something.

And you'll be entered into the nationwide drawing for a Taylor BTO (Build-to-Order) guitar that you design yourself from the ground up!  How cool would that be?? :-)

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on September 25, 2012 at 12:06pm

I'd like a 12-fret, please - 1.75" nut - perhaps a short scale - tonewoods to be determined after I win... ;-)

Permalink Reply by Paul Stoddard on September 25, 2012 at 1:26pm

I agree with everything Jud said and would add that the guys from Taylor were real good guys.  They really knew their stuff, and the fellow that did the playing was very good.  They aren't making a sales pitch (although I'm sure they want to make sales) as much as it is a demonstration of what Taylor makes and what makes each tone wood and body shape unique.  I attended my first road show this past spring (I think) and I will go again if one returns to this area.

Paul

Permalink Reply by Rick Adkins on September 25, 2012 at 7:22pm

I attended the Taylor Road Show in Omaha and loved it.  It's well worth your time, and offers great info.  I also got some of the Elixir strings they gave away.