The one thing I tell every guitarist who actually wants to understand the instrument

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I’ve been playing for about twenty years now, and whenever someone who’s serious asks me how to actually learn the guitar instead of floating around on random tutorials, I always give the same answer. **Steve Stine’s** ***Fretboard Mastery*** playlist on YouTube. The twelve-video one. That thing is the closest thing to a golden ticket I’ve ever seen for understanding the guitar in a real, human way. If you treat it right, you can build an entire foundation on it: • Go one video at a time. • Do **one video per week**, no rushing, no skipping. • Any time he says something you don’t understand, look it up. Stop and learn that exact thing. • Rewatch as much as you need. • Wander off and find other teachers explaining the same concept in different ways. • Then always come back to the playlist and keep moving forward. It gives you a backbone. Something to return to. Something you can measure progress against. And honestly, most people never get this because they’re constantly jumping around from one random trick lesson to another. If you really want to learn guitar in a way that actually sticks, this is the best advice I can give. It works, it’s attainable, and it doesn’t