The following list represents the most popular and, in our opinion, the most useful set of resources you can find to teach yourself to play the guitar. The list below comprises guitar books, guides, software, DVDs, CDs and online tutorials and videos. Some are digital products, meaning that you can immediately download the software, videos and tutorials or watch them online. Others are hardcopies, where the books, CDs and DVDs will be delivered to your door. The best products give you a combination of all these formats.
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Learn and Master Guitar |
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Cost:
- Original Edition - $249
- Expanded Edition - $299
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At No1Reviews.com we can recommend no better product than Steve Krenz's Learn and Master Guitar to help make your musical voyage as enjoyable and fulfilling as possible. This set of 10 DVDs (20 in the expanded version), 5 CDs and an immaculately printed and well laid out book is as comprehensive as it gets - everything you need to take you from your first tentative strums to a fretboard shredding guitar god...
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Learn and Master Guitar
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Team Method Guitar |
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Cost: Full package - $209
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Second on our list of the best Guitar instruction products money can buy is another absolute gem. Team Method Guitar is a package with a unique selling point; the idea behind it is that students will gain a far more complete and rich learning experience from multiple tutors who specialize in different areas. This way, each tutor can pass on their own insights and expertise, resulting in a particularly comprehensive coverage of all areas of guitar playing...
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Jamorama |
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Cost: From $39.95
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Jamorama is an immensely popular online guitar package from Ben Edwards, the author of our No2 product in this category, Team Method Guitar. The teaching and presentation styles are quite similar but Jamorama is a more basic package and doesn't have the level of depth offered in Edwards' more recent product. So why then, you might be wondering, does Jamorama feature so high up on our list? The answer is quite simple; with its incredibly low price point and straightforward teaching style, Jamorama.com is the ideal product for the casual guitar player...
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Jam Play |
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Cost:
- Monthly subscription -$19.95
- Quarterly subscription - $49.95
- Annual subscription - $139.95
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If you've learned a bit of guitar in the past and are now looking for a cost effective and convenient way to hone your skills and expand your knowledge, you need look no further than JamPlay.com which is a slick, professional and extensive online resource for guitar learning. With over 173 hours (and counting...) of immaculately produced video lessons spanning more than ten musical genres and stacks of supplementary material and theory, this is a great solution for the serious learner looking to take his playing to the next level...
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Guitar Tricks |
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Cost:
- Full membership - $12.95 per month
- One year subscription $129.00
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GuitarTricks.com is the longest running and most extensive guitar lesson site on the web. It offers over 3000 online lessons with downloadable videos and audio, as well as a reference section containing in depth information on just about everything, from buying gear to advanced playing techniques and even setting up your own project studio. For just $12.95 a month you will gain full access to a fantastic wealth of information and the invaluable experience of 45 seasoned professionals...
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Guitar Masterclass |
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Cost:
- 3 month subscription - $29
- 6 months - $48
- 12 month- $90
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GuitarMasterClass.net was founded in 2006 by Swedish professional player and instructor Kristopher Dahl. From the beginning, the idea behind GuitarMasterClass was to build up a supportive learning community and provide all the resources that Kristopher himself used to reach his current level of mastery. As such, there's loads to see and do on GuitarMasterClass without even having to sign up or pay a single cent. In fact, with no registration required, you can access over 1000 free instructional videos...
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eMedia Guitar Method |
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Cost: From $49.95
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eMedia Guitar Method is a fully intergrated instructional software package designed to take the chore out of learning to play guitar from scratch. This latest version (4.0) includes over 160 lessons and 70 popular hits from artists like Bob Dylan and Steve Miller. There are also 50 large format and superb quality videos featuring professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. The overall quality of this package is absolutely superb; everything is beautifully presented, streamlined and easy to follow with lots of benefits for the first time learner...
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Teach Me Guitar Deluxe |
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Cost: $24.49
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Teach Me Guitar Deluxe is another software package aimed squarely at beginners and casual learners. With that in mind, this is a quality product that will give you a good grounding in the basics of guitar playing, but nothing more. The product achieves its aim of taking the complete beginner who might not even have held a guitar before, and instilling in him or her the necessary confidence and skill to take the first steps towards complete mastery of the instrument. If all you require at the moment is a cost effective and casual way of simply getting started, then Teach Me Guitar is well worthy of your consideration...
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Guitar Tips |
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Cost: Lifetime membership - $47
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The site offers access to 70 different lessons with embedded video and audio demonstrations, diagrams, pictures and detailed written descriptions. The course ranges from the raw basics to advanced lead techniques and compositional methods. The information offered is far reaching, detailed and genuinely useful. If you're
not worried about slightly lower production values, and just want
access to stacks of insightful and well organized material for a great
price, Guitar Tips is well worth a visit...
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Magix Guitar Workshop |
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Cost: $19.99
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Magix Guitar Workshop is a nice little package that covers all the basics for playing classical, country and rock and pop style guitar. The software is very nicely presented and professionally designed for this price range. All the videos feature split screen close ups on each hand and the navigation is smooth and intuitive. There's a lot to recommend Magix Guitar Workshop,
but there are a couple of irritating drawbacks that prevent it from
being a great product...
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