Guitar Story
Guitar Story
3 plants in Mexico on record built for Gretsch, Martin and Taylor.no source
“Made in Mexico” on a label tells you the country, not the factory. Several brands can share one plant, and one brand can move between plants in the same country. Below is every Mexico plant on record and what it built.
2 of 3 plants placed. Click a plant to open it.
| Brand | Lines | Plants | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretsch | Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas | Gretsch Mexico small runs (location unverified) | 1978–1979[1] |
| Martin | Martin Backpacker (Mexico), Martin DXM (Mexico) | Martin Navojoa | 1990–now[2] |
| Taylor | Taylor USA, Taylor Tecate (Mexico) | Taylor Tecate | 2000–now[3, 4] |
| Plant | Where | Run by | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretsch Mexico small runs (location unverified) | Mexicono source | No operator on record | Gretsch |
| Martin Navojoa | Navojoa, Sonora, Mexicono source | C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. (Martin family)[2] | Martin |
| Taylor Tecate | Tecate, Baja California, Mexicono source | Taylor Guitars (Westland Music Co. / Taylor-Listug)[3] | Taylor |
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.