[Baconator]

I have this book on its way. From the sounds of you guys it'll be on the 'to-do' list for a while since I have plenty of other things I need to work on that I think should come first. I'm of the opinion that even moreso than fuzz/distortion boxes you can never have too many technique books as long as you don't try to rip through all of them at same time (and that disclaimer works for both books and dirt boxes). I just bought it now because it was on sale and I'm a sucker for guitar-related sales.:tongue:

I just took another look through The Advancing Guitarist and have found a few things that I'd like to work on in there before doing much else - especially the stuff at the very beginning which is aimed at improving fretboard knowlege. The 'unitar' excercise alone should keep me busy long past when the book arrives - playing through 7 modal vamps using just one string at a time sounds 'intriguing'.:confused-smiley-010

Cool - my 100th post!

 

[Baconator]

I got my copy last week. I don't think I've ever been so humbled trying to play scales - I kept having to tap slower and slower on the tap tempo button of my black box :tongue:. I think this book may have to sit on the shelf for a bit since I have other seemingly more important techique fish to fry, but The Advancing Guitarist is there to keep it company. It's funny though: TAG seemed waaaay out of my league when I got it a few years ago, but when I was leafing through it the other day I can see how just in the first few pages I could spend months working through some of that stuff. The difference between it and SoS is that TAG is something that I could use without worrying so much about technique per se as much as gaining more of a musical handle on modal playing - at least in the first section. Once I can motivate myself to work out some of the 'modal vamps' he suggests to get started with and record them I'll be off to the races, but that might take another year or two :tongue:.