An Interview With Andy Powers! - Taylor Guitars Master Designer Talks Pandemic Built Guitars & More!
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Over In San Diego at Taylor Guitars HQ, Meg sits down with the man behind some of Taylor's most iconic guitars, Andy Powers!
We join him in his wonderful workshop at the Taylor factory to talk in-depth about his history with the Taylor Guitars brand, how he got into building and designing acoustic guitars, how he has innovated and pushed the classic design of an acoustic guitar into the 21st century with features such as Taylors V-Class bracing, and how the new 'American Dream' series guitars were inspired by the COVID-19 Pandemic as an "Essentials Only" guitar! - Also how the Taylor 'Urban Ash' guitars came to life by using wood from trees you'll find in the centre of city!
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00:00 Intro
01:11 Building Guitars At 7 Years Old
04:23 Repairing And Building Guitars For Other Musicians, Launching His Own Company
06:50 Joining Forces With Bob Taylor
08:57 Interlude - Jam With Meg
09:54 The First Guitar Andy Designed At Taylor
10:59 Does Andy Have A Favourite Guitar From All His Creations?
12:14 How V-Class Bracing Was Developed To Combine Guitar Flexibility AND Note Sustain
18:33 American Dream Series - How The Pandemic Inspired A "Only The Essentials" Guitar
21:44 Urban Ash - Could That Old Tree In Your Neighbour's Yard Be A Guitar..?
27:12 Sustainability At Taylor
29:55 What's Andy Working On Now That He's Really Excited About?
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What a wonderfully conducted and informative interview! Thank you! It is so nice to know a great guitar company like Taylor is looking for the best ways to create beautiful guitars while caring so keenly about the environment!
Thanks for tuning in Bill! 🙌
I loved the whole series about the Taylor factory and this interview was like a cherry on a cake. Great company and great people! I’m overwhelmed with respect for Andy Powers and Bob Taylor. God bless you guys and good luck in your business!
P.S. I’m a proud owner of a beautiful 2009 Taylor 810.
That black coffee analogy was great
Yea Andy slick.
Fantastic interview!
Wonderful interview.
Great interview!
Very cool chat. Thank-you both :o)
It was a sermon on guitar philosophy. Lovely interview. Now all I need is to save my pennies. Does Taylor make a full scale but thin bodied guitar.
Maybe a Big baby Taylor. Least expensive one I think.
Great video. And great story from Andy!
We could listen to Andy all day! Thanks for watching, Alex! 🤘
What a great interview! Do you know what model Andy is playing in the intro and jam? Thanks !
I have the same question....Meg???? 0:48 for example
Born and raised in San Diego , only grew up 3 "kilometers" away from the shop....hmm
The metric system is used WORLD WIDE in science and engineering. Andy is an artist when it comes to guitar building but also probably thinks like an engineer in respect to units of measure. He also speaks with people from all around the world and the majority of the world uses metric. Get with modern times.
Why do yanks talk so much? You got asked about a dreadnought in your hands. It took you minutes to answer the question. I have a Taylor so please give us some information mate. It's still taken minutes for you to give some information. Why not just aswer the question?
Stories/Context. THIER way of speaking/communicating. Now how is your manifestation coming along?
In a hurry bro? 😂