Old issues of wood and steel

[Stevie_d]

Called Taylor Customer Service today looking for the older Wood & Steel archives. They have nothing earlier than 2011.

I just purchased a 2004 915ce L7 and wanted to read about them in the fall 2004 (vol 42) W&S.  I read in a an old thread where the older ones were available for awhile. Does anyone happen to have this in pdf form?

[greg947]

I have volume 42 of W&S in pdf.  Let me know where to send it and I will.

[Stevie_d]

Thanks.. PM sent.

[madx2]

This is what I love about this site.  People willing to help and share their knowledge and resources.

Keep it up, everyone.

[TaylorGirl]

This is what I love about this site.  People willing to help and share their knowledge and resources.

Keep it up, everyone.

You beat me to it....I was going to say the very same thing. A great group of forum members here.

[hoosfoos]

Over the holidays, I got interested in old copies of Wood & Steel, and spent some time digging.  Between what's on Taylor's website, and using the wayback machine (https://archive.org/web/), I was able to get PDF copies of every issue starting with Vol 28, Spring 2001 through the present time.

Does anyone have PDF copes of older Wood & Steel issues, before Vol 28?

[SDTaylorman]

Called Taylor Customer Service today looking for the older Wood & Steel archives. They have nothing earlier than 2011.

Wow! That's a real shameful situation for a company with such a rich history and heritage already. Sounds like someone's in need of an archivist/historian. Taylor....you out there? I know people that can help.

This is what I love about this site.  People willing to help and share their knowledge and resources.

Keep it up, everyone.

Absolutely agree 100% but Taylor shouldn't have to rely on their customer base to support each other in this way. A good archival scheme would cover this exact situation.

[hoosfoos]

bumping this thread from a few months ago.

In case anyone is interested, here is a link with Taylor Wood & Steel magazines, from Spring 2001 through the present. Volume 28 - 96. These PDF's are all digital downloads from Taylor's website, and not scans.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hawkfygnk49fq1u/AADXZdXQMyhno89OcWOsxllYa?dl=0

But I'm really hoping that someone has PDF's or scanned copies of issues earlier than Spring 2001 (i.e. volumes 1 -27).  Anyone?

[boneuphtoner]

bumping this thread from a few months ago.

In case anyone is interested, here is a link with Taylor Wood & Steel magazines, from Spring 2001 through the present. Volume 28 - 96. These PDF's are all digital downloads from Taylor's website, and not scans.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hawkfygnk49fq1u/AADXZdXQMyhno89OcWOsxllYa?dl=0

But I'm really hoping that someone has PDF's or scanned copies of issues earlier than Spring 2001 (i.e. volumes 1 -27).  Anyone?

Fantastic!  Thanks so much for sharing!

[davids714]

I was going through my old issues of Wood and Steel and found that I have most copies, including copies of early W&S's that were on newspaper-like stock from 1995-2008. Of those early 55 volumes, I have all but 5 volumes. (I even have volumes 1-3, which is kinda' cool.) Of the later magazines (2008-present), I think I have them all. It's been fun watching Taylor Guitars develop over time in their conceptions of the acoustic (and electric, sorta') guitar and the company's relationship with players and with the ecology. I've gone through them a few times so I may just start putting them on ebay or here if there's a sales section and see if another Taylor enthusiast is interested.

[Earl]

I have posted before on this.  I am a bit of archivist (not the same as a hoarder).  At one point I had most of the newsprint W&S issues from 1996-forward saved.  But when we moved from Alaska back to America, the movers were charging us by the pound, and it became necessary to be merciless.  Most of them went to recycling in 2007.  The idea of a classified ad here is a good one.

Aside:  During that moving process I called Stan Werbin at Elderly Instruments and he gladly paid shipping for my old collection of their catalogs.  He said that he probably had all of them, but for the price of media mail postage, it was worth having them sent to Lansing from Anchorage.  I first started getting their catalogs in the late 70's and still had most of them.

[TaylorGirl]

Aside:  During that moving process I called Stan Werbin at Elderly Instruments and he gladly paid shipping for my old collection of their catalogs.  He said that he probably had all of them, but for the price of media mail postage, it was worth having them sent to Lansing from Anchorage.  I first started getting their catalogs in the late 70's and still had most of them.

Stan (and the whole crew there) is such a nice guy. Calling them regarding the Elderly catalogs was a great idea. I know they couldn't get their whole stock in the Elderly catalogs and I realize that it's better to go online to check out inventory and availability now-a-days, but I sure miss sitting down and thumbing through their catalogs. Mine would get dog-eared from looking at them so many times. I never kept their catalogs (I started going there in 1974 and still darken their door way too much), but I did save the last couple, just out of nostalgia.

[SDTaylorman]

I was going through my old issues of Wood and Steel and found that I have most copies, including copies of early W&S's that were on newspaper-like stock from 1995-2008. Of those early 55 volumes, I have all but 5 volumes. (I even have volumes 1-3, which is kinda' cool.) Of the later magazines (2008-present), I think I have them all. It's been fun watching Taylor Guitars develop over time in their conceptions of the acoustic (and electric, sorta') guitar and the company's relationship with players and with the ecology. I've gone through them a few times so I may just start putting them on ebay or here if there's a sales section and see if another Taylor enthusiast is interested.

PM sent.

[Earl]

Susie, definitely agree that Stan & Co are wonderful folks.  It was probably 1977 when I first got on their mailing list.  Last time I was actually in the store, I offered my customer number to the sales clerk.  I said, "xxxx" and he waited for the extra digits.  They are up to six digits or more now, and he had never encountered such a low number.  All of my Martin guitars (now long gone) and our Rainsong came from Elderly.  When we still had family in Michigan and were visiting routinely, a day trip from Ann Arbor up to the store was always part of any visit.  It is probably a good thing for my wallet that they are far away now!

I used to get all of their catalogs (instruments, CD's, etc were separate issues) and kept most of them.  I still look forward to and often re-browse the annual catalog that I get.  Thinking about it it has been a while, and there was nothing included with my last order a couple of months ago.  Maybe they've stopped doing print catalogs in this digital age.   

[TaylorGirl]

Susie, definitely agree that Stan & Co are wonderful folks.  It was probably 1977 when I first got on their mailing list.  Last time I was actually in the store, I offered my customer number to the sales clerk.  I said, "xxxx" and he waited for the extra digits.  They are up to six digits or more now, and he had never encountered such a low number.  All of my Martin guitars (now long gone) and our Rainsong came from Elderly.  When we still had family in Michigan and were visiting routinely, a day trip from Ann Arbor up to the store was always part of any visit.  It is probably a good thing for my wallet that they are far away now!

I used to get all of their catalogs (instruments, CD's, etc were separate issues) and kept most of them.  I still look forward to and often re-browse the annual catalog that I get.  Thinking about it it has been a while, and there was nothing included with my last order a couple of months ago.  Maybe they've stopped doing print catalogs in this digital age.   

Though they still technically have customer numbers, with their new system, they aren't as dependent on them. They no longer issue catalogs.