Members Ralph onion Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 I was watching How Its Made yesterday and they toured the Taylor factory. I am really behind the times. The whole damned quitar was made with robotic machines except the neck fit. Wake up Ralph! It a new day and time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Padrino Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 sure it wasn't the Godin factory? they have one there too i think. Or was it just for taylor acoustics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 Taylor has factory tour videos on their website. Pretty interesting stuff, especially "Buffy the Guitar Slayer". I'm not a big fan of the plastic stuff, though - cheapens what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 I have no problem with the application of CNC and modern manufacturing guitars. It makes them more consistent and affordable. [YOUTUBE]cfD1KEFsN2w[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 I know conventional thought is that hand-made is always better, but I have to confess that I really only care about whether the finished product is solid, playable, and has a sweet sound. I could care less about the process it took to get it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian May Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 I thought 4:02-4:32 was by far the best part of the vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 I thought 4:02-4:32 was by far the best part of the vid. Yes! Boobies...I dont what the OP watched but I saw a lot of hands on stuff. Its all glued together by hand, the binding is glued by hand, they're sanded and buffed by handthe way the OP makes it out is that a slab of wood goes in a giant machine at one end and a finished guitar comes out the other.If they cut everyhting by hand these guitars would cost like $10,000 and take 6 months to make 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chitown Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 Yeah, ain't it amazing how when you put a t-shirt on a robot it looks almost human! But seriously, it takes a lot, A LOT, of HUMAN time, effort, skills and money to design, manufacture, install, set up, calibrate, test and maintain these "robots" to where PEOPLE can use them to rapidly and accurately produce parts and components that meet the criteria that SOMEONE with a lot of knowledge and experience has decided can be put together, by HUMANS (some with long hair and nice racks!) to make a great instrument. Also, there are some robots that can QC wood thickness, pattern cut, density, moisture content, etc., but nothin' beats a good hand and an eye connected to an experienced brain to control the overall goodness. (This is not to say that the humans at, say...Gibson, always hire the proper other humans for this, but I digress...). The mediaeval craft guilds are no more, but neither are there Jetson's/Spacely Sprockets-type guitar extrusion factories--even in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chitown Posted June 20, 2010 Members Share Posted June 20, 2010 Hey wait. Move this to HCAG. I'm sure there is a big stinky tank of threads just like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members songsforbears Posted June 23, 2010 Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 Got a personal tour of the Taylor factory from Bob Taylor. As a guy who really loves older, simpler guitar building practices, I asked a lot of questions about why he chose to do things the way that they do them. All of his answers conveyed a ton of thought, time, and trial-and-error being put into them. They do things the way that they do because it gives their customers the best possible Taylor guitars possible. The best possible Martin/Gibson/Fender/[insert brand name here] guitars possible may be made in a completely different way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted June 23, 2010 Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 Not a Taylor fan here. Their expression system sounds too tinkly for my taste. Love the Martin. Been a fan since I bought my first one in '70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NHLfan2010 Posted June 23, 2010 Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 I thought 4:02-4:32 was by far the best part of the vid. You sure don't find chicks with dreads like those everyday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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