Collection: The Taylor Experience

Taylor Guitars, co-founded by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug in 1974, is on the cutting edge of modern acoustic guitar. The company embraces strong ethical and sustainable manufacturing processes and global wood-sourcing techniques to create the world’s best-selling and most respected acoustic guitars. With global wood sourcing projects and partnerships in Cameroon, Honduras, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest, Taylor values the environment as much as the guitars it builds. With Master Luthier Andy Powers and founder Bob Taylor at the design helm, Taylor's playable, comfortable guitars offer boutique-style construction and appointments to appeal to the beginner, performer, and collector alike.
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Welcome to The Taylor Experience

There's Much to Tell About Taylor Guitars

Co-founded by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug in 1974, Taylor Guitars is on the cutting edge of modern luthiery. With innovative construction techniques and ethically sourced tonewoods, founder Taylor and Master Luthier Andy Powers craft comfortable, playable guitars for the contemporary world, both elegant and effortless, with an uncompromising approach to quality and an understated style that appeals to the beginner, performer, and collector alike

UNDERSTANDING THE TAYLOR LINE

Taylor Guitars Celebrates 50 Years!

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Taylor | 50th Anniversary Acoustics & Circa 74 Amplifier

Few could have predicted that a small guitar shop started by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug back in 1974 would grow into the innovative industry leader it has become! Check out the new Taylor Circa 74 amplifier and 50th Anniversary acoustic guitar options available at Chicago Music Exchange today!

Featured Taylor Guitar Series

SHOP TAYLOR GUITARS BUILDER'S EDITION

Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2

Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Kona Burst ES2

$ 65,549.00
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2
Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2

Taylor Builder's Edition 914ce Lutz Spruce/Indian Rosewood Natural Top/Kona Edgeburst Body ES2

$ 122,922.00
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2

Taylor 50th Anniversary Limited Builder's Edition 812ce Grand Concert Sinker Redwood/Rosewood Natural ES2

$ 102,432.00
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2
Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2

Taylor 50th Anniversary Builder's Edition 314ce Sitka/Urban Ash Natural ES2

$ 61,451.00

More About Taylor Guitars

What else is there to know about Taylor Guitars? A lot! Watch the El Cajon, California brand in action to learn about Taylor Guitars' Grand Pacific Series, Builder's Edition models, Master Luthier Andy Powers, the new Grand Theatre body shape, and more. 

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CONTACT US FOR YOUR TAYLOR GUITAR!

Contact us today we can help find the perfect Taylor Guitar to add to your own collection! Our Acoustic experts are standing by to help guide you through the process! 

REVIEWS ABOUT TAYLOR GUITARS

Explore Taylor Innovation

V-Class Bracing:

First introduced in 2018, Taylor Guitars' V-Class bracing is a revolutionary bracing pattern present on most modern Taylor Guitars models. It allows for uncommonly close control over the flexibility and stiffness in a guitar's top, which generates additional volume without sacrificing sustain, and vice versa. This design also puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment. The result is an entirely new sound—one that's warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy, just like the guitars of the old bluegrass and roots records that inspired it.

Taylor's Commitment to Sustainability:


Taylor Guitars believes it is our ethical imperative to protect and preserve the environment. That's why they use sustainable manufacturing processes like global wood-sourcing to create some of the world's best-selling and most respected acoustic guitars. With projects and partnerships in Cameroon, Honduras, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest, Taylor Guitars gives back to the ecosystems that give them so much, enriching the communities and collective quality of life for generations to come. 

Discover the Taylor Experience at CME:

The Taylor Experience provides an immersive, one-of-a-kind look at the American brand's complete array of models and tonewoods. Spanning an entire wall of our new acoustic room, the Taylor Experience puts the full palette of Taylor's tonal variations right at your fingertips. With detailed descriptions and visual examples of different body shapes, tonewoods, and the effect they have on sound, you have an all-encompassing, à la carte menu to help you sample all that Taylor has to offer. Pair your dream model to your dream tonewood and pull it right off the wall. Put it back and try another. Try every single one, if you like. That's the Taylor Experience.

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Taylor Get One, Gift One!

Guitar players, kick off your holiday shopping with two Taylor guitars at an unbeatable pricewith the Get One, Gift One sales event! Buy a Taylor from the 200 Series and above to add asecond guitar starting at just $99.

*Exclusions apply.

LEARN MORE ABOUT TAYLOR GET ONE, GIFT ONE PROMOTION

Welcome to The Taylor Experience

Our Taylor installation guides you to your perfect fit.

We’re extremely excited to have the Taylor Experience at Chicago Music Exchange! Dedicated to one of our favorite acoustic manufacturers, the Taylor Experience provides an immersive, one-of-a-kind look at the American brand’s complete array of models and tonewoods.

Spanning an entire wall of our new acoustic room, the Taylor Experience puts the full palette of Taylor’s tonal variations right at your fingertips. With detailed descriptions and visual examples of different body shapes, tonewoods, and the effect they have on sound, you have a broadly printed, à la carte menu to help you sample all that Taylor has to offer. Pair your dream model to your dream tonewood and pull it right off the wall. Put it back and try another. Try every single one, if you like. That’s the Taylor Experience.

At CME, we want to serve all of you the best we can, and that means going beyond providing the best shopping experience. We want to provide the best musical experience, one that’s immersive, educational, and above all fun, and this unique look at one of America’s most respected guitar makers is just that. Visit the Taylor Experience at Chicago Music Exchange to see why and enjoy Taylor Guitars like never before.