I lost the first book and slide rule ...ordered it 4-5 years ago I think. I have been working on things with the dvd I still have, and never felt more musical. my initial attempts were "weak" and just not the right time for my focus. now making great progress...terrific approach you've put together.

All the best, Jesse

I had Planetalk for a couple of weeks or so now. No gimmick, no tricks, no gizmo. Just an 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 think the best 2 things I have done in my life is to have laser treatment on my eyes and to have bought PlaneTalk as I think if I'd never brought PT I would of chucked my guitar away . Must be 10 years ago now .

Thanks again, Kirk

The whole PT idea is so spectacularly right, simple and wonderful that complicating it seems so wrong. It is truly a brilliant concept and has improved my understanding of guitar playing beyond all recognition. I just can't thank you enough!

Hi, I'm sure you've heard this many times before, but I just wanted to say that your way of organizing the fretboard is extremely useful. CAGED is nice & gives an overall pattern, but it has _none_ of the _detail_ that your concentration on those 3 shapes gives. Sort of ironic that _simplifying_ to 3 shapes in fact allows so much more detail! And just the fact that your shapes are repeated so many times & places on the fretboard made me realize how much in common there is both up & down as well as across the fretboard. It organizes the whole instrument wonderfully. And that's not even considering the ease of finding other chord types from those 3 shapes. Great organizational tool! Thanks a bunch, gary

Hello, the name is Ian and I have been playing guitar since I was in the 6th grade. I am now 22 years old and have quite a musical history. I have taken both guitar and piano lessons, taught guitar lessons (to earn extra $$ while in college), and have taken several musical theory courses at the University of Pittsburgh, my alma mater. For the past 6 years I have been honing my guitar skills and focused highly on improvisation, especially in live performances. For a long time I worked on coming up with my own 'theory' of improvisation, using all my acquired knowledge and experience. I could improvise very well, but I could not figure out what exactly it was that I was doing...one could call it following my ears, I guess. Then one day I stumbled upon your web site and wanted to see what it was you knew that I did not. I was amazed that I already knew all the concepts and theory that you describe, but never put it all together. You showed me exactly what I had been searching for. In the last few months my improvisation and playing have improved drastically, and at a time when I thought I knew everything. Just goes to show that you can never know it all. I wanted to thank you very much for putting it all down, and in such a fun & easy way. Sometimes I go back and reread Plane Talk and I continue to draw new ideas from its pages. Thanks again, and keep on pickin'!

Kirk - Been reading your book PlaneTalk, studying the forum threads, and playing guitar a lot better (and with understanding!) for it. I always knew I had at least some innate ability, but I only seemed to learn through brute memorization and repetition. And if I got lost during a solo...forget it! Now I'm finally developing a 'sense of direction', and can pretty much find my way out and back home again. Thanks very much.

Kirk - I recently purchased your book Plane Talk (PDF format) and am currently making my second pass through it. Even on the first quick read-through, concepts that have eluded me all these years of playing were finally clarified. So thanks, I expect to get a lot out of it.

A fresh and new approach to helping young and old have a better understanding of music and the guitar. Well done Kirk.

Hi Kirk, Thanks for sending the book so quickly. I've gone through it twice now and it's coming together. I never took any music lessons in school or anywhere else and don't have a natural affinity for it. I love it and dream of being able to do what my son can do ... listen to a song and play it almost immediately. You've opened my eyes! I'm not where I want to be yet, but thanks to you I can at least see the path. Take Care