Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 2005, Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) controlled the Taylor name. Its 2 lines on record were built at Taylor El Cajon (1980 Gillespie Way) (USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
A Taylor guitar from 2005 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], 31 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Tecate (Mexico) | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) | — | No plant on record | 2000–2021 | community[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| 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 2005. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Taylor from 2005 is the same version as one from 2004.
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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