The Great
Guitar Theory
Trap
Most guitar players think the more they learn…
… The more they study about scales, theory, and chords…
That eventually it’s all going to connect.
They’re wrong.
After 22 years of playing and teaching guitar professionally, recording multiple albums, and owning a private Guitar School…
I watch guitar players fall into this same trap over and over again. (I did too, years ago).
Let me explain…
When we first start learning guitar...
We all learn our first chords and a few bits and pieces of songs we recognize.
For most “casual” guitarists, that’s as far as they get - and that’s fine...
But for the select few who want to get more serious - who want to do things like improvise, jam, write music, and add your own creative touches to songs you love…
You start to “learn” more.
You might go out there and watch videos, read articles, or get advice from a friend or even local teachers...
Or you might start to learn about things like the circle of 5ths, the CAGED system, chord chasing, and countless other confusing concepts like keys, scales, modes, etc.
But for 97% of guitar players…
It’s not long before you may start to feel like you can’t “apply” what you learn…
Your playing might sound a little “dull” or “mechanical”...
And it can feel as if you’re always missing something important.
You learn more, yet instead of “connecting the dots”, things only seem to get more dis-connected.
It can feel like the more you learn, the less you “know”…
Like you’re on a hamster wheel - the harder you chase it, the faster it goes out of reach…
And the more frustrating it gets.
And if you don’t find your way out quick… the cycle continues…
Spinning your wheels and wasting practice time just “noodling”...
Getting so sick of playing the same old stuff… and so fed up with feeling limited… it drives you nuts!
You may even start to question whether you should just put the guitar down for good
“Most people go to their graves with their music still locked up inside them”
That makes me SICK! And it should make you sick too!
Because it’s so easy to avoid!
For guitar players who have fallen into this trap…
I just want to grab them by the collar and shake them and say...
“WAKE UP! You’re going down the wrong path! You’re chasing an ILLUSION!”
The biggest mistake guitar players make is that they try to LEARN their way to PLAYING the guitar...
… Thinking that if they just keep learning…
… If they just keep practicing…
… Eventually it will all connect.
And it WON’T!
It CAN’T!
Because it’s impossible to THINK your way to PLAYING well!
Legendary Guitarist Joe Pass famously said “You can’t think and play”
Because it doesn’t work that way! The two are opposites!
THINKING… is what causes all the PLAYING problems in the first place!
And somehow, all along the way, nobody bothers to tell you…
THINKING your way through all that theory, expecting it to magically make you PLAY better, is climbing up the wrong ladder!
And look, it’s not your fault! In this “information overload” age…
It’s all too easy for the basics to get covered up and forgotten…
Especially when you have publishers peddling all sorts of books like “1,001 chords to know”…
And the “Everything you could possibly know in 4 lifetimes about music theory” books...
Or those videos that say stuff like “10 scales you MUST know!”
“MUST” know? Says who?! Some of the greats made entire CAREERS out of just 1 or 2 scales!
Don’t get me wrong, there’s some good information out there. And sure, you can memorize some stuff...
But you can never “memorize” (AKA “think”) your way to PLAYING well...
Bottom line? The “learning loop” is a never-ending treadmill!
And the sooner you get off, the better.
After all… just think about it. Publishers need to keep selling books…
Colleges need to keep selling music degrees…
And online “guitar gurus” need to keep people “liking”, “subscribing”, and WATCHING their videos!
Otherwise… they’d all go out of business!
Here's a surprising fact…
Do basketball players sit in a library and study the exact angle their arms should be to shoot a free throw…
… The proper pressure to inflate a basketball…
… Or how many inches they should bend down before jumping to get a rebound? No way!
What do you have to “LEARN” to play basketball?
Dribble the ball. Shoot it in the hoop. That’s basically it!
Sure there are “rules” - but the rest comes from PLAYING PLAYING PLAYING!
Look, at the end of the day...
Nobody cares to hear how much you KNOW about guitar, they want to hear you PLAY the darned thing!
And in order to start PLAYING, you have to stop THINKING!
I’d be willing to bet that if you had to choose between “analyzing” your way through a 200-page theory book, versus just picking up your guitar and playing freely…
You’d choose to play freely every single time, right?
So the question is: “How?”...
How do they make it look so easy?
What’s that basic, “long-lost” fundamental knowledge of guitar playing that players in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s knew - before the internet?
It’s what I consider to be the simplest, most overlooked aspect of playing guitar today
That’s why I’m giving The Ultimate Lead Guitar Lightbulb Moment Away for FREE, right here on this page…
Oh, and there’s no boring or mindless “theory” whatsoever
As soon as you get your free course, you’ll immediately “get” how it all works…
And you’ll be flowing freely - hitting the right notes that sound good to you - in a matter of a few minutes…
In fact, you’ll be surprised how impressed other people will be when they hear you play - even when you just play a few simple notes.
And it’s so easy, a guitar player who’s only been playing a month could do it…
Yet it’s the ONE thing some guitar players have been searching for, for years!
Better yet...
I fully believe if you DON’T learn what’s in this free course, then you’ll never fully “connect it all together”
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