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Reading this morning in the Q&A section of 'Wood and Steel' that the Taylor Guitars is working on a ukulele. Anyone else as intrigued as I am?
Reading this morning in the Q&A section of 'Wood and Steel' that the Taylor Guitars is working on a ukulele. Anyone else as intrigued as I am?
Do they give any details at all? Size? Price range? Estimated time frame for when they'll be in the market? How bad my UAS will be when we get the details?
Doesn't seem to be any mention online anywhere, would be nice to see a lineup in different price ranges.
This is one of the world's worst kept secret. Andy Powers is apparently Bob Taylor's is hand chosen replacement. He has a history with ukes.... http://www.andypowersinstruments.com/models.html
Like the GS Mini bass, GS Mini and Baby Taylor, Taylor has a history of creating new markets or revolutionizing markets. They also have history of making stringed instruments at a superhigh quality and an unsurpassed quality of consistency. It should be interesting. I look forward to Winter NAMM!
Snippet from the Summer 2017 issue of Wood & Steel where Bob Taylor replies to the ukulele question
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This may work out well for them. Taylor is probably the number one manufacturer in the lower/mid level of higher end acoustic guitars. You see them everywhere. There is a niche for them. Right above Pono and below the K brands. Kala Elite was trying to fill it, but I think it is tough to spend almost a grand on a uke with a Kala badge.
Collings are nice, but they did have a bit of sticker shock for a production uke. Great quality although a bit of a love hate, at least the couple I tried a few years ago. IIRC, the initial Larrivee ukes from years ago were not that well received. Tough to crack the market. But if Taylor makes a lightweight tenor, with good sound and playability, their badge may make them a player in the mid level market.
John