Guitar Handbook - Essential Guide for Beginners & Advanced Players | Learn Chords, Scales & Techniques | Perfect for Practice, Lessons & Performances

Before you purchase, be sure you know which edition you are ordering. The original (pub. 1982) is invaluable, but the revised edition (pub. 1992) is even better. The covers pictured do not assure which edition you are ordering. You must check the ISBN. The book provides the technical application for all things guitar for the beginning, intermediate, as well as the advanced guitarist. I am a teacher (though not specifically music). The book's pedagogy is well laid out with the text, illustrations and diagrams serving to inform and encourage increased familiarity with the subject. The chapters are arranged so that it serves a reader's immediate quest and then continues to function as a resource for years to come.So , how does Amazon improve on such a satisfying product experience? John Garrison at MajRThrift went the above-and-beyond distance to guarantee that the book I sought was the one that he delivered. It took extra diligence, because it turned out not to be the book he had in stock. (That ISBN element is especially critical with a used book.)Subsequently, he invested countless hours tracking the publishing data, contacting publishers and other book sellers. He found it. It was worth the delay.Now that I have the book, it remains for me to do the study, practice, and dedication to realize my aspirations: expand the sounds I imagine and bring them to be shared with other musicians and audiences.Five stars for Ralph Denyer and his book. Six for John at MajRThrift, who facilitated its arrival at my door.Tom Blanks, teacher, reader, guitar learner