SoCal_Ian
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Welcome Ben! Yes, lots of us also play or played electric. Nothing wrong with that. Lots of commonality in the learning so not an issue. At some point after that they morph into very different instruments in sound and play but TAC will set you up with a great foundation for learning the guitar…of any sort.
The main things are that you play daily and to enjoy the journey!
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It sounds like this question has been resolved but I wanted to post this link as it explains and shows the differences in the Taylor line. All guitar makers stick somewhat to the Martin D sizes but seem to vary from there. Taylor has their own take as shown in the video. Warning: watching this video may cause GAS in the viewer.
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Technically the “warning” comes when you sign up. It mentions automatic renewal that will occur unless you change that setting in your account info. I can understand that you hadn’t done that because you basically left the site but let this be a warning to others in the future. Change the setting and you’ll likely get a “don’t forget to renew” email or access will simply cease until you pay again. Better that than a “surprise” renewal you’ve forgotten about. I do that with all autorenew subscriptions on day 1.
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As stated, the lessons are all now basically “use it or lose it”. Another thing we lost with the site change unless you get to that lesson each day and create a huge messy list of favorites. Not really the best solution IMHO.
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It’s been a bit since you posted @bob.atch & @Marty69. I’ve been thinking about learning this one too. How’d it go? Any tips? I’m wondering how doable it really is. Thanks!
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Glad to hear you worked it out @Kevin H!
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Such a great rendition and I appreciated the singing as well @Daniel_Morin. I really enjoyed jamming along with you live then and again just now though I have to disagree with the prior comment about watching lefties being easier. It always confuses me more but that could just be me. Thanks either way Daniel for the fun tune!
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That’s some FINE fingerpicking there @Alfred! Don’t look now but your practice is showing. 😀
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Nice one! This has been on my list forever but so many different versions online but I can’t find one I’m confident is correct. Even the “official” tab books differ.
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Fender manufacturers guitars in Corona, CA near L.A.. I’m not sure they do factory tours anymore though.
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I still get the regular emails on Monday and Tuesday @sodakguitar . If you’re not getting them you need to contact TAC support.
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Oh, I know what was said. That 2% number got thrown out there and I guessed that of the thousands of TAC members that still represented a good number of people. As with most things and especially internet related things, the majority stand by, listen and learn while a few drive the engine. That shouldn’t be taken as non participation but rather just the way things are.
We’ve been told that these changes were asked for (ex. song vault issues) by a majority of members but I, and others, do not recall that happening at all.
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Well said @AttyTJ. As stated, many changes happened and for the most part members were told, not asked, what they were or, more likely, changes just happened and we are left to deal with them. The community aspect of TAC, the main reason I paid to switch to lifetime membership, is now gone it seems. Worse yet, it seems this was the actual intent of changing the site. They say TAC was becoming “clicky” with insiders doing most of the discussion and others left out and that members asked for these changes. Former mentor here and I assure you we had a meeting but that led to nowhere before they then decommissioned us all with the site change.
As a lifetime member I’ll stick with TAC and hope for more, BETTER, changes down the road. But I rarely even get on here and even more rarely post anymore. I’m fine with change but these changes don’t seem to motivate me anymore. I wish that weren’t the case and hope others are getting more out of the new site than I am. Apparently TAC ownership believes that’s true but unless that’s a “silent majority” based upon the ratio of posts and the commentary after the change I respectfully disagree.
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Not comments per se @Crabby but links to your answers and a more expanded explanation on my “truss rod is not really adjusting action” statement:
https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/trade-secrets/how-to-measure-your-guitars-action.html
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Huge bubble buster here @DeannaS but you really didn’t change the action per se. You adjusted the truss rod which changed the neck relief which had an effect on the guitar’s action. While that might sound the same it’s really not. You changed the string height in certain areas of the guitar but not across the length of the fretboard. If it worked then that meant your guitar needed an adjustment and that’s great but not really a way you can consistently rely upon.