Guitar Story
Guitar Story
Model · Taylor
A Taylor acoustic, introduced c. 1974[1]. Built on the Taylor USA line.
guitar.com: first Taylor model, launched 1974 (S415); Blue Book product page pickguard dates from 1975. Left circa.
No changes to this model’s spec are on record yet. If you know one and have a source, send it with Suggest an edit at the top right.
The eras of the Taylor USA line in the years this model was made. No end year is on record, so the last row runs as far as the line does. The model rides on its line: when the owner or the plant changed, it changed for this model too.
| Years | Owner | Parent | Plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–1987[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) | — | Taylor American Dream / Westland (Lemon Grove) |
| 1987–1992[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8] | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) | — | Taylor Santee |
| 1992–2020[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9] | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) | — | Taylor El Cajon (1980 Gillespie Way) |
| 2020–now[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 8, 9] | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug) | Taylor Guitars ESOP | Taylor El Cajon (1980 Gillespie Way) |
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