Bob Taylor explaining his NT neck joint

Hear Bob Taylor explain his revolutionary NT neck joint found on Taylor guitars.

[brucew.]

This is a Great idea... if you've ever had to have an acoustic guitar neck reset done it is expensive, time consuming and hard to get right. This is really super for a working musician who may not have the time or money to fart around. Bob Taylor is a genius. Thank you Bob !!!

[notebender]

I solved my problem with my AD17's action. Went for the reset of the neck and found finger tightened only bolts. I tightened them and wow, what an improvement! Got tone and action. I was wondering if there is a specific level of torque that should be applied? I applied a firm tightness but not much more.

[MOAB-UT]

It's a brilliant design because it makes the guitar very easy to do a neck adjustment vs. a glued joint. I don't notice any appreciable difference in sustain from one type of joint to the other.

[mrburns]

I've been playing electric guitar for 26 years and never owned an acoustic that didn't eventually develop a "belly" and high action. I gave up on playing acoustic guitars until i heard about Taylor necks. I'm about to pull the trigger on a 214ce deluxe :) It's reassuring to know that i can easily shim the neck myself if it becomes necessary in the future

[claudiorossi]

thanks a lot for this video, how can we get these taylor shims in Italy

[LA-zcrg]

Reason I bought a Taylor that and it’s sound of course ✌️

[Ragnar-Viking]

This Man wastes no wood and pretty much owns it all too. 3 scarf joints just in the neck alone. My question is? Why are many Taylor's needing neck resets ? Even after buying them new 😢

[ddt]

I bought 114ce 1 week ago. Tried to lower the action by shaving saddle to max but still 1mm higher than recommended. Iam from Asia so no service centre to do this.
:(

[redbed]

I bought my Taylor 410ma LOF in December 2000, It has never been worked on because it has never needed to be worked on. Except for the strings, it's original.

[johnhodges]

If the retanglular shim is parrellel in thickness how does this alter the angle?

[wayman-sr]

Is this the same procedure for the Baby series

[fasteddie]

my 12 string needs the neck tweaked....

[shaunrish]

I would have thought for the money these things cost, the neck would be made to fit perfect
before any shims are used, but of course that would require some skill, and just as a foot note 95%of fenders
do not require shims, only some vintage strats and stuff where parts and so on have been swapped around

[edge]

Blah blah blah, my 414ce still plays like a $300 cheap acoustic. Funny thing is, my “cheap Chinese” Guild F 250ce plays and sounds much better…….

[cbalyn]

Bob Taylor borrowed (aka stole ) the neck system from Roy Noble of Little Rock, California.

[alext]

Next time, bring a microphone. And does this man know he's on camera? He disappeared and is mumbling to himself.