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(At least until recently, Taylor guitars have had the serial number permanently stamped into the neck block under the label that covers the neck attaching bolt holes.) By the way, I've not used this technique without permission or request of the owner. Jan 9, 2012 - For example, the serial number for the first guitar built in the El Cajon factory on November 2, 2009 is. Here's how it breaks down:.

What can your Taylor Guitar serial number tell you about your guitar?

Well, it can tell you a few things depending on when the guitar was built. The system has changed a bit over the years so it gets a little bit complicated – but stick with me.

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There are 4 different serial number systems used for 4 different time periods.

• 2009 to present
• 2000 to 2009
• 1993 to 1999
• 1975 to 1992

2009 to Present

The serial number system that is currently being used, and has been used since November of 2009, will tell you:

• Where your guitar was built;
• The date it was built; and
• What order in the day it was built

This is a 10 digit system. So if your guitar’s serial number has 10 digits, then this is the serial number system that your guitar fits under.

Let’s take an example serial number to illustrate how the system works – 1108093001

The 1^st Digit

The first digit signifies where the guitar was built. It might have been built in one of two places

• 1 = El Cajon, California, USA
• 2 = Tecate, Baja California, Mexico

Now I don’t know why you’d want to know where it was built – but you can find out if you do want to know. This is probably meant for Taylor for internal purposes?

>>1108093001 – in our serial number we can see that the guitar was built in El Cajon.

The 2^nd & 7^th Digits

The second and seventh digits indicate what year the guitar was built.

In our example those numbers are 13, which tells us that the guitar was built in 2013.

>>1108093001

I’m not sure of the reason why these two numbers are separated but they are.

The 3^rd & 4^th Digits

The third and fourth digits represent the month that the guitar was built in.

In our example the guitar was built in August (08)

>>1108093001

The 5^th & 6^th Digits

The fifth and sixth digits represent the day of the month that the guitar was built.

In our example the guitar was built on the 9^th day of the month (09).

>>1108093001

The last 3 digits

The last three digits represent the order in which that guitar was built on that day.

So, in our example the guitar was the first guitar built that day (001).

>>1108093001

So, what we can tell from this particular serial number is that the guitar was the 1^st guitar built by Taylor on August 09, 2013 in the El Cajon factory.

2000 to 2009

Starting in January 2000 and ending in October 2009 Taylor used an 11 digit serial number.

If your Taylor guitar has a serial number with 11 digits then it will tell you:

• The Date the guitar was built;
• The Series the guitar belongs to; and
• What order in the day it was built

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Again, let’s use an example serial number to illustrate how this system works – 20051126029

The 1^st 4 Digits

The first 4 digits represent the year the guitar was built.

This is straight forward – in our example the guitar was built in 2005.

>>20051126029

The 5^th & 6^th digits

The fifth and sixth digits represent the month the guitar was built.

In our example the guitar was built in November (11).

>>20051126029

The 7^th& 8^th Digits

The seventh and eighth digits indicate the day of the month that the guitar was built.

In our example the guitar was built on the 26^th day of the month.

>>20051126029

The 9^th Digit

The ninth digit represent the series that the guitar belongs to.

But it’s not quite as straight forward as you’d think. You’d think 3 for 300 series, right? Wrong!

For some reason, it goes like this:

• 0 = 300 series or 400 series
• 1 = 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 & presentation series
• 2 = 200 series
• 3 = Baby series
• 4 = Big Baby series
• 5 = T5
• 7 = Nylon series
• 8 = 100 series
• 9 = Solidbody series

In our example our guitar is from either the 300 series or 400 series as represented by a 0.

>>20051126029

The 10^th & 11^th Digits

Finally, we come to the 10^th & 11^th digits, which represent the order in the day that the guitar was built.

In our example the guitar was the 29^th guitar built that day.

So, what we can learn from this particular serial number is that the guitar was the 29^th guitar built on November 26, 2005 and it belongs to either the 300 or 400 series.

1993 to 1999

From 1993 to 1999 a very similar system was used as per between 2000 and 2009.

The only difference is that the year was represented by just 2 numbers instead of four.

So, there was a total of 9 digits in the serial numbers during this period. If you have a serial number that has 9 digits, then your guitar was built during this time.

An example of a serial number from this period:

>>960406204

This number tells us that the guitar was the 4^th guitar built on April 6, 1996 and is a 200 series guitar.

Another Example

The image at the top of this page has a 9 digit serial number – 990830040.

So the guitar that belongs to the serial number in the image was the 40th guitar built on August 30, 1999 and is part of either the 300 or 400 series. We can see by the model number that it is in fact a 412ce.

1975 to 1992

The following are the serial numbers used for the time period between 1975 and 1992. There is no secret code! Basically all these numbers can tell you is what year your guitar was built in.

*Serial numbers switched from 5 digit to 3 digits mid 1977

The exception to the above table was the 410 guitar which was introduced in 1991. If your serial number starts with a 4 and then a “–“, then you have a 410 from either 1991 or 1992.

In 1991 those serial numbers were 4-0001 to 4-1121.

In 1992 those serial numbers were 4-1122 to 4-3152.

Thanks for reading

Hopefully this has helped you to understand your serial number(s) on your Taylor Guitar(s).

Photo Credit

By pensierarte (Own work) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Taylor Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer based in El Cajon, California and is one of the largest manufacturers of acoustic guitars in the United States.^[2] They specialize in acoustic guitars and semi-hollow electric guitars. The company was founded in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug.

History[edit]

In 1972, at age 18, Bob Taylor began working at American Dream, a guitar making shop owned by Sam Radding, where Kurt Listug was already an employee. When Radding decided to sell the business in 1974, Taylor,^[3] Listug, and a third employee, Steve Schemmer, bought American Dream and renamed it the Westland Music Company.^[4]

Needing a more compact logo suitable for the guitars' headstock, the founders decided to change the name to Taylor as it sounded more American than Listug. Kurt Listug said, 'Bob was the real guitar-maker.'^[5] Listug became the partnership's businessman while Taylor handled design and production. In 1976, the company decided to sell their guitars through retailers. In 1981, facing financial difficulties, Taylor Guitars took out a bank loan to purchase equipment.^[6][7]

As of 2012 Taylor Guitars had more than 700 employees in two factories: one in El Cajon, California, and the other in nearby Tecate, Mexico, where the company makes their lower-priced models and guitar cases. In early 2011, the company opened a Taylor distribution warehouse in the Netherlands to serve the European market.^[1] In January 2014, the U.S. State Department honored Taylor Guitars with an Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)^[8] citing Taylor's commitment to responsible practices in obtaining ebony for its instruments, which notably included purchasing their own sustainable ebony mill and increasing its usable timber from 10% to 100%.

Innovations[edit]

In 1995, Bob Taylor was interested in finding out if the perception of using exotic tone-woods in quality guitars was more important than luthier techniques and good design. Taylor recovered some oak from shipping-pallets found at the factory for the Pallet Guitar's back and sides and used a nondescript 2x4 for the dreadnaught's top. The guitar's neck was also made from oak recovered from the pallet and the fretboard features a Formica and pearl inlay, depicting a fork lift. In 2000, a limited edition of 25 of the Grand Auditorium bodied Pallet Guitars were reproduced with aluminum inlay included to accentuate the original nail holes in the pallet wood. These Pallet Guitars have been sold to collectors, but the original Pallet Guitar remains on display at the Taylor Guitars factory in El Cajon, California.^[9]

In January 1999, Taylor began making guitars with a patented, bolt-on neck they called the NT (new technology) neck. It differs from other guitar necks by using one continuous piece of wood all the way to the 19th fret to support the fretboard.^[10] More common practice in guitar neck construction is to support the fretboard up to the fourteenth fret, and glue the unsupported portion to the soundboard. The NT neck fits into a pocket on the top of the guitar body, achieving the desired angle with small shims. Guitars sometimes require a neck angle realignment (neck reset). Taylor's system achieves this by changing the shims to adjust the neck angle. Prior to 1999, Taylor Guitars had a simpler bolt-on neck design. Those necks can also be adjusted without the more complex process of ungluing the neck joint.^[11][12]

Taylor uses their own pickup system, the 'Expression System,' which consists of a humbucking induction pickup mounted in the neck and a pair of dynamic soundboard transducers wired to an onboard preamplifier designed by Rupert Neve.^[13] The entry-level 100 and 200 series use an externally similar system known as ES-T, which uses a single under-saddle pickup and no soundboard transducers. The first generation ES system was introduced in 2004. It had 2 transducers: one mounted to the bridge, and one on the lower bout of the sound board. Also, it had a small single coil neck pickup mounted in the neck joint. All wired to the onboard preamp which has 3 knobs for volume, tone, and blend. This early ES system and was available on the higher end models 500 series and above as well as the 30th anniversary limited edition series starting in the fall of 2004. It was a custom order for the 300 and 400 series, and could be retro fitted to some older Taylor guitars with the NT neck design.

Factory[edit]

Taylor’s 145,000 square foot manufacturing facility is about 20 miles east of downtown San Diego in El Cajon, California. A free, guided tour of the Taylor Guitars factory is open to the public at 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except some holidays.^[14] For those too far away to visit the factory, Premier Guitars published a four-part tour of the Taylor Factory, narrated by Bob Taylor in 2008.^[15]

Notable players[edit]

• William Ackerman^[16]
• Dave Carroll^[17]
• Russ Freeman^[16]
• Michael Hedges^[16]
• Jewel^[18]
• Leo Kottke^[16]
• Dave Matthews^[19]
• Jason Mraz^[2]
• Dolores O'Riordan^[20]
• Steve Stevens^[16]
• Taylor Swift^[2]
• Snuffy Walden^[21][16]
• Billy Joe Walker^[16]

Further reading[edit]

• Taylor Guitars 30 Years of a New American Classic, Michael John Simmons

PPV Medien; Hardcover edition (January 10, 2005) ISBN978-3932275449

• Guitar Lessons: A Life's Journey Turning Passion into Business, Bob Taylor

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Wiley; Hardcover 1st edition (January 25, 2011) ISBN978-0470937877

References[edit]

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1. ^ ^abErin Kellaway (November 7, 2013). 'International Speaker Series: Barbara Wight'. University of San Diego. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
2. ^ ^abcJefferson Graham (August 5, 2014). 'Meet the guys who build Taylor Swift and Jason Mraz's guitars'. USA Today. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016. EL CAJON, Calif. — For almost 40 years, Bob Taylor's dream of making easier-to-play great-sounding guitars has paid off. His Taylor Guitars is now the No. 1 manufacturer of acoustic guitars in the United States, and it rode out the Great Recession with just a brief downturn in sales.
3. ^'Bob Taylor, Cofounder and President of Taylor Guitars Writes New Book about Life, Passion and Business'. Prweb.com. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
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5. ^'Taylor Guitar Story – From the Beginning'. Musician's Superstore. Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
6. ^Simmons, Michael John (May 2004). 'American Dreamers: Bob Taylor, Kurt Listug, and the rise of Taylor Guitars'. Acoustic Guitar. 137.
7. ^'Taylor Guitars'. Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
8. ^George Varga. 'Taylor Guitars saluted by John Kerry'. The San Diego Union-Tribune.
9. ^Josh Summers. 'The True Story Behind Taylor's Pallet Guitar'. Guitar Adventures. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
10. ^Ford, Frank (May 12, 1999). 'Taylor's New Neck Joint'. Frets.com.
11. ^'Machining beautiful music'. American Machinist. July 30, 2005. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
12. ^'FAQs'. Taylor Guitars. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
13. ^Rudolph, Barry. 'Taylor Guitar Expression System'.
14. ^Alysia Gray Painter (November 26, 2014). 'Taylor Guitar Factory: Tours and Toy Donations'. NBCUniversal Media. 7 San Diego. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
15. ^'Taylor Guitars Factory Tour - Part I'(Video). YouTube.com. Premier Guitars. May 13, 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
16. ^ ^abcdefgRoss Boissoneau. 'Sounds of Wood and Steel'. AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
17. ^Mark Tran (July 23, 2009). 'Singer gets his revenge on United Airlines and soars to fame News The Guardian'. The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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20. ^'Dolores O'Riordan Equipboard'. Equipboard. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
21. ^Tom Guerra. 'SNUFFY WALDEN - SCORING HIS OWN SOUNDTRACK'. Mambo Sons. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

External links[edit]

• Official website

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