Wow, that is such a cool story. The Taylor I have has a low action but the radius of the neck is slightly bigger than my strat or ovation. Had the weirdest time adjusting to just the slightest increase in size. Affected my barre chords from the 6-7 th fret down but I’ve been able to adjust the neck and it turned out I just needed to adjust the neck.
I’ve told my wife that if the Internet had been around when I was a kid I would gave been in a band playing guitar. It’s so amazing the stuff I’ve learned to play over the last 7-8 years with tabs, videos and interviews about different tunings and tapping techniques.
I agree with you point on the Internet, and tabs and lessons.
Remember working by sound for hours on a lick? Now you can find it on YouTube (good and bad versions), sites like www.guitarinstructor.com (a great site, if you've never seen it, but not free - check out the video songs and styles lessons), or tab sites.
Enjoy your guitars.