There’s a stage in every guitarist’s development where the early wins stop coming. The basic techniques are down, a handful of scales are learned, some chords are under the fingers — and then progress slows. This is the intermediate plateau, and it’s where a lot of players get stuck for years.
The frustrating thing is that the plateau isn’t a lack of talent. It’s a lack of direction. There’s no shortage of things to learn at this stage — the problem is knowing which things will actually move the needle, and which will just add to an already overwhelming list of things to practice.
50 Guitar Hacks for the Advancing Guitarist is built specifically for this stage. Not for beginners finding their feet, and not for advanced players refining an already solid game — but for the guitarist in the middle who knows enough to know what they don’t know, and wants a clear, practical path forward.
The book’s 50 hacks, mini-lessons and insights are designed to be dipped into rather than worked through linearly — pick the ones that speak to where you’re stuck, apply them, and move on. Some will unlock things immediately. Others will plant seeds that pay off over months of practice.
What the book covers:
- Practical solutions to the most common intermediate plateaus
- Technique refinements that make a disproportionate difference to how you sound
- Fretboard insights that connect things you already know in ways you hadn’t considered
- Practice strategies for making faster, more consistent progress
- Creative approaches for breaking out of ruts and predictable playing habits
- The mindset shifts that separate players who keep improving from those who plateau indefinitely
Who it’s for:
Intermediate guitarists who feel stuck, players who practice regularly but aren’t sure it’s translating into better playing, and anyone who wants to break into genuinely advanced territory on the instrument.
Available on: Amazon Kindle and Paperback | Google Play
Also in the Guitar Hacks series:
50 More Guitar Hacks for the Thinking Man’s Guitarist — the follow-up
50 Guitar Hacks for the Thinking Man’s Guitarist — the book that started the series