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Salvaged Sweetness

guitars I’ve come across, one of my favorites is the Pallet Guitar. More than 20 years ago, Bob Taylor constructed this legendary acoustic entirely from oak pallets and scrap two-by-fours found at the back of his factory, and which still resides at Taylor Guitars. The impetus behind the guitar was to demonstrate that the builder’s craftsmanship is just as integral to a great-sounding guitar as the wood used. Fast forward to the present,

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