Taylor Guitars was established in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug, and is now one of the world’s leading manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. Headquartered in El Cajon, California, Taylor Guitars employs over 900 people and currently produces hundreds of...
Paniolo Tonewoods is a collaborative effort of Pacific Rim Tonewoods, Taylor Guitars, and various Hawaiian partners. Our goal is to ensure the vitality of native koa forests in Hawaii by propagating koa and by selectively harvesting trees to make guitars.
In 1793, Captain George Vancouver gave a dozen longhorn cattle to King Kamehameha I, who put them under “kapu,” which essentially gave them free range and protection from hunters. Over the years, these feral cattle thrived and eventually became a problem. Mexican...
