In addition to this he has been awarded two honorary doctorates, a BBC lifetime achievement award, an IAJE Jazz Educators award, Top 10 albums in both the USA and UK, a record 14 British Jazz Awards and in 2002 he was appointed MBE 'For Services to Jazz Music' by the Queen of Great Britain. The Monarch is Peerless flagship archtop electric jazz guitar in pedigree of Gibson L5, DAquisto, DAngelico which were made famous by jazz legends Wes. He has collaborated with the biggest names in guitar music including Tommy Emmanuel, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, Frank Vignola, Barney Kessell, Earl Klugh, Herb Ellis, Scotty Moore, Julian Lage, Andreas Oberg, Albert Lee, Ulf Wakenius, Tony McManus, Martin Simpson and Laurence Juber.
As one of the world's most popular online guitar teachers and providers of guitar lessons online, Taylor now helps people in over 58 countries learn how to play guitar and become better guitarists. Pat Metheny says Martin Taylor is "one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument" while Jeff Beck thinks Taylor "out-shred’s all of us put together….I’ve never seen anything like it". What you will receive when you purchase a FIBONACCI® GUITAR is a quality, completely hand-crafted instrument, hand finished in the UK to the highest standards.Martin Taylor is a Grammy nominated fingerstyle guitarist, solo jazz guitar virtuoso and online guitar teacher.
Our reputation means everything to us and our goal here is for you to enjoy the whole FIBONACCI® GUITAR experience, from the quality, performance and exclusiveness of the instrument you are buying, to the excellence of the customer service you will receive from our independent Dealer network authorised to sell our products. We have the utmost confidence that what we are creating is something very special. Our approach gives us complete control over the hand finishing, and quality of our guitars. We keep production levels low and manageable, thus ensuring quality is paramount. The emphasis at FIBONACCI® GUITARS is on quality, not quantity as we are in the privileged position of being under no pressure to compromise on any quality dictated by CEO's, or shareholders in a far off distant land. With the greatest of respect accorded to the mathematical genius of LEONARDO FIBONACCI®, the evolution of the ‘GOLDEN RATIO’ and all things ‘PHI’, other than musical scales, we do not play any ‘numbers’ game. All final assembly, painting, nitrocellulose lacquering and hand finishing, using genuine quality components, takes place in the UK. All of the hardware products specified for use on a FIBONACCI® GUITAR are guaranteed to be genuine branded parts, produced only by authorised manufacturers.
In fact, it is the case that there are numerous recent album releases with recordings of FIBONACCI® prototype guitars ‘sprinkled’ all over them as part of this ongoing research and development process.Īll of the materials specified to produce a FIBONACCI® GUITAR, are seasoned and responsibly sourced without restriction, from various suppliers around the world. It ensures that the new designs are exposed to a wide variety of players, and are tested in a ‘real’ and demanding environment for refinement, before going into production. Our studio is critically important in the development of new products. Located in London, one of the World’s most vibrant international hubs for music, FIBONACCI® GUITARS is heavily influenced by its surrounding environment, and is settling nicely into its new facility adjacent to our independent recording studio. The Monarch is the flagship and made of all solid woods and undoubtedly the best value in the jazz world delivering a great guitar with great chordal note. These collaborations continue at FIBONACCI® with all of our designs now independently manufactured and branded under FIBONACCI ® GUITARS, or under the artist's own signature.
Notably, releases such as the Martin Taylor Maestro & Virtuoso Signatures, the Retromatic ‘P’ & ‘B’ series, and most recently, the Jezebel and Retromatic 131 range. FIBONACCI® GUITARS evolved as a result of a difference in direction taken between Peerless Guitars in Korea, and its marketing and product development team based in the UK.įor many years now, the team behind FIBONACCI® has been instrumental in collaborating with various, artists, designers and luthiers in developing, and delivering to market, many of the recent releases previously manufactured, under license, by Peerless.