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If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« on: February 26, 2022, 11:14:24 AM »
I have quite a few Taylors. In the Taylor Guitars part of the forum, I posted in a thread about tonerites:

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Just let it happen naturally. That's all.

Besides a bunch of Taylors, I have a rosewood Gibson J-200 that I bought new in 1985. It has aged gracefully and now boasts a lovely patina on the top to go with its boss sound.

Instead of a 'bunch' of Taylors, I need something different in the 'gaggle' of geese vein.

Maybe something like a 'Tonality' of Taylors.

Or even a 'Terpsichore' of Taylors, keeping the alliteration. Muse of poetry and dance.
 
Too bad the muse of music, 'Euterpe' is not alliterative with Taylor.

Actually multiple words using the same vowel sounds is called 'assonance', but I digress.

Btw, pronounce the final syllable of each of the muses like '-ree' / '-pee' in English or '-pay' in the original Greek.

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Having given it some more thought, I like this naming of groups, even when not alliterative such as a 'Murder' of Crows.

So I now propose that a group of Taylors be officially called a

"Tonality of Taylors" .

Anybody else want to get on board with this?

Don
« Last Edit: February 26, 2022, 12:32:24 PM by donlyn »
* The Heard:
85 Gibson J 200  sitka/rosewood Jumbo
99 Taylor 355  sitka/sapele 12 string Jumbo
06 Alvarez AJ60S  englemann/mpl lam m Jumbo
14 Taylor 818e  sitka/rosewood Grand Orchestra
05 Taylor 512ce L10  all mahogany Grand Concert
09 Taylor  all walnut Jumbo
16 Taylor 412e-R SE  sitka/rosewood GC
16 Taylor 458e-R  sitka/rosewood 12 string GO
21 Epiphone J-200  sitka/maple Jumbo
22 Guild F-1512 s/rw 12 string Jumbo

* Tenor Ukuleles:
Kala KA STG
Kala KA APT5 CTG 5 string

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2022, 11:06:20 AM »
How about a "Trailer of Taylors"?
« Last Edit: February 28, 2022, 11:35:07 AM by Strumming Fool »
My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2022, 03:40:24 PM »
My wife has a "Fleet of flutes" but I don't have a good name for a group of Taylor guitars.  I like alliteration though, as in:  T____ of Taylor's.  I mostly use "The Herd" when referring to multiple guitars or ukulele.
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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2022, 04:04:31 PM »
My wife has a "Fleet of flutes"
Haha, I like that. My "Fleet" is 5 N.A. Flutes.  :)

How about a "Troop of Taylors"?  ::)

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Taylors: 914 ○ K24ce ○ 414 ○ GSMeK+
Pono Guileles: Mango Baritone Deluxe ○ Mahogany Baritone

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2022, 08:42:27 AM »
My wife has a "Fleet of flutes"
Haha, I like that. My "Fleet" is 5 N.A. Flutes.  :)

How about a "Troop of Taylors"?  ::)

I like a "Troop of Taylors"
How about a "Band of Taylors"
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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2022, 11:36:47 AM »
All great responses, but I'm sticking with a "Trailer of Taylors" . I like the way it rhymes!
« Last Edit: February 28, 2022, 10:58:44 PM by Strumming Fool »
My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2022, 02:49:21 PM »
Found this out something called the Venereal Game:

The Venereal Game is the provocative subtitle of James Lipton's 1968 classic, An Exaltation of Larks (reprinted in 1977, and later expanded in the 1993 "ultimate" edition). Venereal, in this sense, comes from venery which in turn comes from the Latin venari, to hunt or pursue, rather from the sexual connotation.

And further,

The game of inventing words to describe assemblages of animals or human beings is over 500 years old. The earliest collections of such terms are to be found in The Egerton Manuscript (1450) and, more definitively, The Boke of St Albans (1486), a collection written by Dame Juliana Berners. The modern source books for this information are An Exaltation of Larks . . .

So, after viewing examples of words associated with such groups, the word chosen to describe the grouping is not necessarily a word used to describe a collection of things, but a fanciful word which may be loosely related somehow to things being described. Like a pride, a murder, or a gaggle. Would a gobble of turkeys be an applicable thing? I have no idea.

But having said that, and also finding out that no one has seconded any of the given suggestions so far, and by the unilateral proposition of SF seconding his own suggestion, I will simply apply the same principle and declare that I like the Tonality of Taylors the best and will henceforth use that as a description if the occasion arises.

Besides I like the loose association of sound to a brand name of guitars.
I also liked the idea of a band, but it is in itself a term of connection.
And a trailer is something you can use to carry things, like a bag with wheels on it.

I generally like stuff that is both clever and imaginative, like a 'canvas of salesmen' or a 'suit of lawyers'. But that's just me.

Don
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« Last Edit: March 02, 2022, 02:54:37 PM by donlyn »
* The Heard:
85 Gibson J 200  sitka/rosewood Jumbo
99 Taylor 355  sitka/sapele 12 string Jumbo
06 Alvarez AJ60S  englemann/mpl lam m Jumbo
14 Taylor 818e  sitka/rosewood Grand Orchestra
05 Taylor 512ce L10  all mahogany Grand Concert
09 Taylor  all walnut Jumbo
16 Taylor 412e-R SE  sitka/rosewood GC
16 Taylor 458e-R  sitka/rosewood 12 string GO
21 Epiphone J-200  sitka/maple Jumbo
22 Guild F-1512 s/rw 12 string Jumbo

* Tenor Ukuleles:
Kala KA STG
Kala KA APT5 CTG 5 string

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2022, 03:06:38 PM »
So, after viewing examples of words associated with such groups, the word chosen to describe the grouping is not necessarily a word used to describe a collection of things, but a fanciful word which may be loosely related somehow to things being described. Like a pride, a murder, or a gaggle.
OK then.

How about a Timbre of Taylors or a Timber of Taylors? One pronunciation, but one spelling associated with the tone of a guitar and one associated with the wood of a guitar. Pretty clever, huh?  8)
« Last Edit: March 02, 2022, 03:17:40 PM by TaylorGirl »
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Taylors: 914 ○ K24ce ○ 414 ○ GSMeK+
Pono Guileles: Mango Baritone Deluxe ○ Mahogany Baritone

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2022, 08:30:53 PM »
Good one, Taylor Girl!

Here's another - a purfling of Taylors.  Purfling surrounds a guitar's surface as our Taylor guitars surround us!
My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2022, 08:33:59 PM »
Susie,

Yes, that's a good one.

Hey SF, I dare you to say "trailer of Taylors" 3 times fast. I meant to add that before I went to work, but was in a hurry and rushed things.

Be well all.

Don

* The Heard:
85 Gibson J 200  sitka/rosewood Jumbo
99 Taylor 355  sitka/sapele 12 string Jumbo
06 Alvarez AJ60S  englemann/mpl lam m Jumbo
14 Taylor 818e  sitka/rosewood Grand Orchestra
05 Taylor 512ce L10  all mahogany Grand Concert
09 Taylor  all walnut Jumbo
16 Taylor 412e-R SE  sitka/rosewood GC
16 Taylor 458e-R  sitka/rosewood 12 string GO
21 Epiphone J-200  sitka/maple Jumbo
22 Guild F-1512 s/rw 12 string Jumbo

* Tenor Ukuleles:
Kala KA STG
Kala KA APT5 CTG 5 string

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2022, 08:36:49 PM »
SF, that's clever too.   ;)
Susie
Taylors: 914 ○ K24ce ○ 414 ○ GSMeK+
Pono Guileles: Mango Baritone Deluxe ○ Mahogany Baritone

Have been finger-pickin' guitar since 1973!

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2022, 08:55:25 PM »
Susie,



Hey SF, I dare you to say "trailer of Taylors" 3 times fast.



Don

Take my word for it - it's much easier than one might think !
« Last Edit: March 04, 2022, 11:54:30 AM by Strumming Fool »
My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
2019 614 - torrified sitka spruce/flamed maple
2020 714 - lutz spruce/rosewood

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2022, 12:37:18 AM »
Hah, I tried and failed.
Maybe I'm just getting old.

Oh wait . . .

Too late.

Don
* The Heard:
85 Gibson J 200  sitka/rosewood Jumbo
99 Taylor 355  sitka/sapele 12 string Jumbo
06 Alvarez AJ60S  englemann/mpl lam m Jumbo
14 Taylor 818e  sitka/rosewood Grand Orchestra
05 Taylor 512ce L10  all mahogany Grand Concert
09 Taylor  all walnut Jumbo
16 Taylor 412e-R SE  sitka/rosewood GC
16 Taylor 458e-R  sitka/rosewood 12 string GO
21 Epiphone J-200  sitka/maple Jumbo
22 Guild F-1512 s/rw 12 string Jumbo

* Tenor Ukuleles:
Kala KA STG
Kala KA APT5 CTG 5 string

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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2022, 07:48:48 AM »
Along with the whimsical angle of naming, I'll offer

a "talent" of Taylors. . .  8)
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Re: If geese can be a gaggle, what to call Taylors?
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2022, 08:04:15 AM »
Nice.

If I'm not mistaken, that's also a word (talent) the ancient Romans called one of their larger money units.

Don
* The Heard:
85 Gibson J 200  sitka/rosewood Jumbo
99 Taylor 355  sitka/sapele 12 string Jumbo
06 Alvarez AJ60S  englemann/mpl lam m Jumbo
14 Taylor 818e  sitka/rosewood Grand Orchestra
05 Taylor 512ce L10  all mahogany Grand Concert
09 Taylor  all walnut Jumbo
16 Taylor 412e-R SE  sitka/rosewood GC
16 Taylor 458e-R  sitka/rosewood 12 string GO
21 Epiphone J-200  sitka/maple Jumbo
22 Guild F-1512 s/rw 12 string Jumbo

* Tenor Ukuleles:
Kala KA STG
Kala KA APT5 CTG 5 string