Your method has caused me to think about how many other methods in the arts and sciences could be explained all over. It is a revelation for my guitar playing. I am mostly interested in improvisation and you have given me the key to even enter that realm.

Hi, there, everyone!

Greetings from London. I got the PT package and the slide guitar DVD about a month back. I've been reading the forum ever since, and have had several "a-ha!" moments.

I've been playing for 28 years (I'm 37 now), and have always felt that I was "missing something" -- until I started working through the PT mindset. The weird thing is, it hasn't told me anything I didn't already know -- but all the things I did know, I had never thought about in that way before. It seems to be the "thinking of it in that way" that makes all the difference.

My playing is definitely changing rapidly since PlaneTalk. My wife commented the other day that my lead lines "were getting really sophisticated" -- which I think is due to (new) mindset. ...... I just can't believe this never occurred to me 15 years ago! It really is a revelation.

There is still a long, long way to go -- but at least I know which way I am facing! I'm looking forward to getting involved in all the great discussions that go in here, and to lots more "of course!" moments.

Z313

I had Planetalk for a couple of weeks or so now. No gimmick, no tricks, no gizmo. Just easy to understand way to see your fretboard.

I've played guitar for years and learned quite a bit of theory. In fact, still learning theory, confusing as ever. Planetalk has organized it for me by showing me how to see my fretboard. So simple that I'm surprised that I didn't see it.

I should've got Planetalk years ago but I thought it's just another learn the guitar gimmick like the others.

It's not. It's the mindset worth learning. You won't have it any easier than this.

I got my package and I'm floored with such a simple concept. Good job Kirk. Since I'm familiar with the CAGED system I can see your method.

Hi Kirk,

I've been playing guitar in my Church's guitar choir for a couple of years now. This past Sunday I had the opportunity to branch out and improvise a little bit of lead in between the chorus lyrics of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee". It's a pretty straight forward I-IV-V song but I had a lot of fun coming up with the lead and performing it in front of the congregation. Lately I've been reflecting on how much I enjoy playing the guitar since I bought your book and became a member of this forum. I'm absolutely thrilled with how far my playing has advanced. I thought it was appropriate that I drop you a line and let you know how pleased I am and to give you a heart felt thanks!

All the best,

Cliff

Hi there Kirk,

Thanks for sending the PlaneTalk items and your CD so quickly. The package took a week to arrive here in the UK and after only a few days with your material I have been fully persuaded that your system is the simplest and most useful way of viewing the fretboard that I have seen.

When I began playing 5 years ago in my mid-40s, I systematically began learning all the various CAGED shapes in all the keys and also how the modes applied to them. Currently I can play them all but - and this is the crucial thing - not fluently. It takes a great deal of thought for me to apply my knowledge to the chord structure of any given song and in live situations as soon as I start a solo I get out of my depth and I resort, like everyone else, to pentatonic scales.

Despite this, I had still made a great deal of progress but what I learned from you in my first skim through your book has made a world of difference to my playing ... a freedom that I could have barely dreamed about .... Genuinely brilliant simplicity!

I am sure that you must get an enormous number of emails like this but I suppose that one more cannot hurt. I have not looked at the slide guitar DVD yet as I have been far too excited with my new found "genius". I am sure that it is as good as your other material.

Thanks again,

Gary

The package arrived last Saturday and I’ve had my nose in the book ever since. I really appreciate the time and effort (and willingness) you’ve demonstrated by making this planet a better place in sharing your knowledge so others can benefit. I’m an avid fan of The Adventures of Tintin, so I’m appreciating the format you chose. It’s both informative and sprinkled with humor (which helps to disarm those silly notions we have about the unknown). I teach keyboard on and off and use an approach that stresses chord shapes in the root and inverted positions. Your approach has transformed me into a happy, excited student on a journey to break the fret board code. For as much keyboard as I have played throughout my life (including recording technology to work with), I have always wanted to become as good, if not better on guitar. I’m 43 and figure it’s never too late to take a run at it!

Thanks again!

Kirk, I haven't said this to too many people, but you've changed my life. Wow do I wish I bought this package years ago! There is nothing close your instructional technique. I sincerely hope this is just the beginning. I've never felt like I could "play" the guitar. I could only memorize what I've learned and replay it. Thanks a lot for everything. You're a genius.

Oh Kirk this is good, soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good its unbelievable. Not going to watch the dvd for a week going to let my mind ponder with the info in the book. I just keep thinking about this its great, every 2 seconds it becomes more more clear that this is the way to think about the guitar layout. ... Thanx for a great product

Just had to write this after reading/looking through the material once again. I've only had it a week or so and I might not understand it all but the penny has well and truly dropped. Your method is brilliant. I never thought I would see such a clear 'picture' of how the theory relates to the guitar. In sharp contrast to most instruction methods I have tried PLANETALK (at least to me) takes hold of the dull and daunting and makes it stimulating, logical and above all FUN. I see the connection between it all. Now I want to get on with playing and not worry I am missing a vital part of some mystical puzzle. What a relief. I know I have work to do but that background frustration of not really having a grip on what is really going on has gone. I might not be able to do it but at least now I can see it. The rest is practise.

Cheers

JOHN