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Title: Hello from Southern California
Post by: kevinmat on June 29, 2019, 11:39:37 AM
Greetings from California - just a few hours drive from the Taylor factory in El Cajon! Though mostly an electric player I recently traded in a Music Man Luke III for a beautiful Taylor 618e Grand Orchestra and really glad I did. Its opening up so many different possibilities. Just need to get used to the medium strings  :P or change them out for a set of custom lights or lights, I guess I'll just have to experiment.

I've been playing for (too) many years, but you know what ... there is always more to learn and new directions to head in.

Looking forward to getting more involved in the forum!

K
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: TaylorGirl on June 29, 2019, 12:11:11 PM
Welcome Kevin, looking forward to your involvement here. Saw your pics in the other post, it is beautiful! Congrats on your new 618e!
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: Strumming Fool on June 29, 2019, 01:42:32 PM
Welcome Kevin - that's a beautiful 618 you have! Enjoy your stay....
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: Soof on June 30, 2019, 11:32:04 PM
Welcome Kev!  I started with the 13s that came with my Taylor. Then went down to 12s  Now I'm down to 11s and for me, this is the best gauge.  My fingers are very happy.  Plus, there's really no loss in sound.
Glad you joined us.
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: Guitar Cowboy on July 01, 2019, 01:15:02 AM
Welcome,  from a fellow 618 owner.
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: kevinmat on July 03, 2019, 08:04:12 PM
Quote from: Soof on June 30, 2019, 11:32:04 PM
Welcome Kev!  I started with the 13s that came with my Taylor. Then went down to 12s  Now I'm down to 11s and for me, this is the best gauge.  My fingers are very happy.  Plus, there's really no loss in sound.

Hey that's really interesting - I'm about to go through some string changes, hadn't thought of 11's but I have some so I'll throw them in the mix.
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: kymountainman on July 04, 2019, 11:49:07 PM
I'm new also kevinmat.  Glad to meet you! 

What county in SoCal do you live?   

I was just in Orange County, Santa Ana a couple weeks back visiting family.  My intent was to visit Taylor on Friday, but wasn't aware of the "1:00 Only" Factory Tour time, so I passed and will revisit in a couple months. 
Title: Re: Hello from Southern California
Post by: SoCalSurf on July 05, 2019, 08:16:01 AM
Welcome! I live in Orange County. Hopefully our paths will cross some day.