Introduction to Crafters of Tennessee Acoustic Guitars

"Tennessee" Acoustic Guitars
Mark Taylor says, " I think the key to my success and the reason people come to us for their instruments is the sound. Over the
past thirty years I've had the opportunity to listen to, play and inspect virtually every historically significant instrument that has
been produced over the last 100 years. I've talked to the players and repaired their instruments, and have heard them talk about
the sound they look for. In other words, I know what tones players listen for, and over the years I feel I've been able to give them
that sound."
With a mixture of reverence for the past and a commitment to the future, Crafters of Tennessee brings an inherent dedication to
quality and an insatiable quest for an ever-improving product.

Tennessee Flat Top
This guitar is the result of thirty years of experience in building and design. Offering all the tone and vibe of a vintage pre-war
dreadnought with the playability and price today's players demand.
Series Characteristics
• 14-fret mahogany neck
• Ebony peghead overlay with Tennessee® decal
• Klusion style tuners with butterbean knobs
• Ebony fingerboard featuring pearl dot inlays
• Solid Spruce top with forward x-bracing
• Aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Premium hard-shell gator skin case.
Tennessee Flat Top Mahogany
• Solid Mahogany back and sides with white binding
Tennessee Flat Top Rosewood
• Solid Rosewood back and sides with white/black/white binding

Tennessee Studio
Bringing together various styles of 12-fret acoustic guitars from the late 20's and early 30's favored by folk and blues players, this
small body guitar has both tone and volume. The Tennessee studio guitar has a forward X-bracing pattern, as used in the guitars
of the pre-war era.
Series Characteristics
• 12-fret mahogany neck
• Ebony peghead overlay with Tennessee® decal
• Klusion style tuners with butterbean knobs
• Ebony fingerboard featuring pearl dot inlays
• Mahogany back & sides with white binding
• Forward x-bracing pattern
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Premium hard-shell gator skin case
Tennessee Studio
• Mahogany neck
• Solid Mahogany back and sides with white binding
• Solid Mahogany top with white binding
• Natural finish
Tennessee Studio Spruce
• Mahogany neck
• Solid Mahogany back and sides with white binding
• Solid Spruce top with white binding
• Aged natural finish

To know the history of Crafters of Tennessee is to know the history of American music in the 20th century and the instruments that brought that music to life.

For thirty years, master luthier Mark Taylor has been building some of the finest musical instruments in the world. He has dedicated his career to the preservation of the standards and craftsmanship seen in the classic instruments of American music in the 20th century. Inspired by his father, legendary dobro virtuoso and vintage instrument collector Robert "Tut" Taylor, a young Mark Taylor began his career repairing vintage instruments from his father's collection. He studied and soon mastered the inner-workings of these classic American instruments and put this knowledge to work designing and building guitars, banjos, resophonic guitars, and mandolins.

In 1971, Mark and Tut created Tut Taylor Music, and introduced the original "Tennessee" banjo, now a mainstay in the collections of bluegrass banjo players the world over. In 1976, the pair renamed their operation Crafters of Tennessee. A full line of banjos, flat tops, mandolins, and resophonic guitars, including the legendary "Tut" Taylor signature models soon followed. Over the next 3 decades, Crafters of Tennessee produced the preferred instruments of acoustic musicians the world over. In 1993, Mark Taylor teamed up with master builder Greg Rich to form Rich and Taylor, and created yet another line of world renowned instruments. In 1996, Mark resumed production under the Crafters of Tennessee brand name, and this production continues today.

Throughout the last third of the 20th century, Crafters of Tennessee was dedicated to building instruments the way they were meant to be built, with care and precision, by the hands of craftsman, and in the U.S.A. In 2001, Crafters of Tennessee remains dedicated to this same principle. In our manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Nashville, TN our team of skilled craftsman combine the very best in woods, materials, and skill to produce a remarkable line of resophonic guitars, banjos, flat tops, and mandolins that will be treasured by today's musicians, and cherished by generations of musicians to come.

Crafters of Tennessee •14919 Lebanon Rd. • Old Hickory, TN 37138
(615)773-7200 Fax: (615)773-7201 • www. crafterstn. corn
Vintage Sunburst (VSB) is available at a $100 retail upcharge.
Please Note: Crafters of Tennessee reserves the right to change price and/or specifications without notice. This would affect the discount pricing offered by Folk of the Wood.