Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1998, Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) controlled the Taylor name. Its one line on record was built at Taylor El Cajon (1980 Gillespie Way) (USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
A Taylor guitar from 1998 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Taylor you have. The name dates from 1974[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 24 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor USA | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) | — | Taylor El Cajon (1980 Gillespie Way) El Cajon, CA, USA[8] | 1992–2021 | community[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Nothing changed in 1998. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Taylor from 1998 is the same version as one from 1997.
Taylor El Cajon (1980 Gillespie Way). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.
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