Hello everyone, I guess I am another new guy on the site for today at the least, my name is John, and I just got my new Taylor, so I guess I am part of the club, until I mess up I guess, been playing my old vintage Yamaha FG 180 since 1977 , but today I stepped up to the plate and went in debt for a New 2011 Taylor 716ce vintage sunburst, with the red western cedar top, besides some guitar playing in front of the fire place and campfires, I am also an Artist, strange how that came about in my life around 1998, I do oil paintings of Florida's Rivers and Springs, and with that I saved up for my first Taylor guitar, My save the river club called, Our Santa Fe River, had a song contest, and asked if I would write a song about the river and compete, I was very hesitant being I never sung or even played a full song in my life. So I wrote the darn song, "Keepers of the Santa Fe River" I was so nervous that I basically lost the first two verses of the song on stage as I shook, but I pulled it off and took first place, So that got me on a roll with writing the next song for the next contest, add a little harmonica and I think I can pull it off again. As with this new Taylor, most expensive piece of wood I ever bought for myself, I hope to keep the inspiration going.
So that's my hello to the forum speech. So long for now. John 123
