Welcome to Herb Taylor Instruments!
I am an independent luthier making the best mandolins, guitars, bouzoukis and
autoharps I can, to the highest standards of lutherie. My creations are all
unique one-of-a-kind instruments and are my own design, not copies of
big-name factory instruments.
I seek out unusual and beautiful woods, avoiding plastic bindings and heavy
"sunburst" stains (originally developed to hide the poorly-finished edges of
instruments) -- preferring to
let the quality materials show their beauty naturally.
If you want a Martin or Gibson like everyone else, you won't find it here.
But if you seek something a little different (yet still restrained and in good
taste, within mainstream tradition), I invite you to audition one. I am "not
yet famous" and I think you'll find the prices reasonable.
HEAR IT NOW!
I donated one of my bouzoukis to be raffled off at ZoukFest 2008. You can
see and hear it played by Roger Landes at the
ZoukFest website
NEWS
Brian Roe of the Roe Family Band, a young mandolin virtuoso,
has done very well in mandolin contests with one of my flat top mandolins
(#40). He won a Collings mandolin, but says he still prefers
mine for contest work! You can find a bunch of clips of the Roe Family Band
on YouTube
or read an article about Brian at
MandolinCafe.
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