Each year amid the buzz of the NAMM Show, Taylor takes time to recognize some of the company’s most valued partners: our dealers from across North America. Our dealers provide an important extension of the Taylor experience by sharing our passion for guitars with their customers. That’s why we annually select the dealers in both the U.S. and Canada who stand out with exemplary performance, often going above and beyond as ambassadors of Taylor’s culture. We’re proud to acknowledge the following dealers for their efforts in 2011:

United States:

Top Retailer: Guitar Center

Top Internet Retailer: Musician’s Friend

Top Independent Multi-Store Retailer: Alto Music

Top Independent Retailers:

Sweetwater Sound, IN

Fuller’s Vintage Guitars, TX

Guitar Rodeo, MN

Wildwood Guitars, CO

Austin Bazaar, TX

Willcutt Guitar Shoppe, KY

My Favorite Guitars, FL

Jim’s Music Center, CA

Washington Music Center, MD

Dave’s Guitar Shop, WI

Grapevine Guitar Works, TX

Guitar Galleria, TN

Rainbow Music, AZ

Island Guitars, HI

Gryphon Stringed Instruments, CA

Wildwood Music, OH

The Music Emporium, MA

Tobias Music, IL

Piano’s-N-Stuff, PA  

Empire Music, PA

Canada:

Top Chain Retailer: Long and McQuade

Top Internet Retailer: Guitarworks  

Top Independent Dealers:

The Arts Music Store, ON

Lauzon Music, ON

Italmelodie, QC

Cosmo Music, ON

The Twelfth Fret, ON