This is not a bad series but beware it is not for a brand new guitar player. I highly advise a new player to go with Mel Bay volume one and go from there. Once you reach Mel Bays volume 4 or 5 then you can look into this series for more insight.

The Fretboard Logic books are the best guitar books, period. The name says it all. Other books show you a scale or a chord and you just have to see it, then memorize it. These books show what to play, where to play it, but also, most importantly, WHY you play it as such. As the name implies, he shows us the logic behind the fretboard patterns and the guitar's unique tuning. Speaking of which, after reading these, I hardly ever play in drop-anything tuning anymore because it feels like I'm screwing up perfection.

I will admit that the books might seem a little bit daunting and confusing if you've never picked up a guitar. But after you pick up the basics, these books are all you need.

I have not seen the DVDs so I can't comment on them. But if you only buy one guitar book in your life, make it Fretboard Logic SE. It's the only one you'll ever need.

Not a bad book but it is not for new players! Good for more advanced players that have a solid foundation on theory!

Quite simply that is what this method is. To the point. Each of the three books builds upon the last in developing patterns and formulas that are simple to understand and incorporate into any playing style. I have been trying to play guitar for 13 years and I can confindently say that this book has finally made sense of the instrument. Mr. Edwards seperates the guitar from other instruments and explains why it is important to have knowledge of the instrument before theory will really start to make sense. I am currently in the middle of the second book and have peeked into the third, where he really starts to tackle theory. For a self published series the author has really developed a resource that has opened up the guitar in ways that I never thought that would be possible. Buy the box set, you'll get more bang for your buck (I got it when it was on sale for $55 but all of us can't be so lucky). This series comes with the highest recommendation.

Because this book is magic-tastic. Most guitar books are crap. The Grimoire books are great- but players need to be able to evaluate where they are on the neck as well as the options they have in choosing where to go next- the Bill Edwards books teach that... Yeah- the CAGED sequence is not what you were taught as a kid and you might have to do some unlearning... but you need to- because it is how you SHOULD have been taught. Not only does the book provide a very simple method of using what you know already to get results- it provides you with the knowledge to de-construct what were previously mystery riffs on your own guitar and then tell others where and what they are... which is, after all, what music theory is supposed to be all about. I had to think a lot harder than this at the UGA school of music to learn a LOT less