![]() ![]() Knowing from the start that he wanted to please steel-string and not classical players with this line of axes, Taylor developed his nylon series using his own acoustic-guitar designs as general blueprints. In the 1970s, luthier Bob Taylor created a line of steel-string acoustic guitars with necks that electric guitar players would find cozier than say, that of a Martin, whose necks were generally beefier and not as “fast.” It isn’t surprising, then, that Taylor would be the one who created the hybrid instrument that finally gives nonclassical players the benefits of nylon strings without the hassle of the classical guitar neck: the Taylor Nylon String series, introduced at Winter NAMM in 2002. God bless the classical guitarists, for they are a tolerant and patient lot. Also, many of us have looked through those classical guitar instruction books-the ones that say you must hold your thumb here, put your right foot here, your left elbow there-that make guitar playing a bit more formal than we think it should be. It’s simply that we feel uncomfortable wrapping our hands around the classical guitar’s extra-wide neck. It’s not that we don’t like the sound of nylon strings-far from it, their tone is enchanting, exotic even. ![]() It’s not that playing a classical guitar with nylon strings is impossible for those of us who learned how to play on steel-string acoustic or electric guitars. ![]()
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