Duckhorns, Woodgrain photos for authentification is genius . It may just involve a detailed photo of the back wood especially with rosewood and highly figured woods. Some mahoganys may require additional detailed photos but again that is genius and can't involve much at Taylor's end. I didn't even realize that Taylor's were being cloned. That makes me a bit nervous as I just purchased 3 high end Taylor's. I will look for the inner markings for sure. 614CE 714CE & 814CE. Taylor should incorporate your idea and send you a Tee Shirt. LOL, Jopal
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It might sound like a good idea, but I don't think it's something anyone at Taylor should spend much time on pursuing.
The problem with it lies in the number of guitars Taylor produces. Aren't they up over 100,000 a year by now? That's a lot of photos to shoot, edit and store. Someone needs to be paid to do that. Then those photos need to be put on Taylor's website. That's another new hire. Existing employees simply wouldn't be able to absorb that kind of work load. You would also need a place to set up those guitars, that's properly lit, for photographs; production floor real estate.
It would also be adding, technically, production time to each guitar. When I took the Taylor tour several years ago, the woman leading the tour always talked about the steps they were taking to reduce the production time of each guitar. This would throw a big wrench into that equation.
