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Folk of the Wood presents
Introduction to Crafters of Tennessee
Resophonic Guitars
"Tut Taylor" Resophonic Guitars
Beginning his musical career in the 1930's playing the mandolin, Tut quickly moved on to the resophonic
guitar. Not knowing any difference, he started playing with a flat pick, an approach that has since
become his stylistic trademark. Tut Taylor has been a musical performer, Grammy winning record
producer, artist, and resophonic guitar builder and collector for over fifty years. His musical career has
included playing on the Grand Ole Opry, to performing with a wide range of artists, form Roy Acuff,
John Hartford, and Norman Blake, to modern acts like Hootie and the Blowfish.
Series Characteristics
• Square 12-Fret neck with white binding
• Solid peghead with ebony overlay with Tut Taylor® decal
• Bound ebony fingerboard featuring intricate abalone inlay
• Improved aluminum resonator (cone)
• Old-style sound-well
• 10 1/2" Lyre pattern brass cover plate & old-style tailpiece
• Aluminum cast & machined spider
• Nickel-plated hardware
• Klusion style tuning machines with butterbean knobs
• Premium hard-shell gator skin case
• Genuine nitrocellulose lacquer finish
The "Tennessean"
• Mahogany neck
• Mahogany back and sides with white binding
• Mahogany top with white/black/white binding
• Dark sunburst finish
The "Virginian"
• Curly maple neck
• Curly maple back and sides with wht/blk/wht binding
• Curly maple top with white/black/white binding
• Sunburst finish
• Deluxe Model available with gold 24K engraved hardware
The "Carolina"
• Mahogany neck
• Mahogany back and sides with vintage ivroid binding
• Spruce top with herringbone binding
• Vintage aged finish
The"Californian"
• Walnut neck
• Walnut back and sides with white/black/white binding
• Walnut top with wht/blk/wht binding
• Dark walnut finish
• Deluxe Model available with gold 24K engraved hardware
Tennessee Crafters History... History in the Making
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
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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.
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