Updates with new diagrams and links. This best-selling one-stop resource is packed with practical advice on how to tackle the basics, such as simple chords and finger-picking, right through to more complex power chords, slurs, bends and slides. It also includes tips on stagecraft and performing live, and step-by-step guitar maintenance. The galleries of guitars and guitarists, the chord dictionary and scales have been comprehensively updated for this edition.

The latest addition to the best-selling Absolute Beginners series. Teachers the theory behind scales and how they are formed. Shows how to use scales in solos and when playing lead guitar. A comprehensive reference to all the most useful scales. Fully illustrated with diagrams and photos, easy-to-follow format and explanatory text. The accompanying CD demonstrates the scales and solo examples. Includes an 'owners manual' approach to the guitar making learning even easier.