Basics 1 - The Wolf Marshall Guitar Method

Even though this is just Basic 1, anyone desiring to learn to play guitar from scratch needs this entire course, including the Power Studies volumes. I first purchased these volumes when they were new on the shelves in the early 90's and have had much success through the years playing just as a hobby. I actually became pretty good, but never wanted to actually be a Rock Star. I've re-purchased the entire course because the originals are now thousands of miles away, as I'm in the military overseas. You can even get a couple of these for the Kindle App, but of course, that doesn't include the audio tracks (highly recommended). Power Studies 3 seems to be way over-priced from what I can see these days, but if you can get it, it will be worth it in the end. Best of luck to all!

I am a Guitar instructor and use this book with my students. It works well because it is centered around learning rock guitar and has a smooth learning curve. It focuses on open position power chords, riffs, and elementary lead playing. This book book should be used with supplementry material so it may not be a good self learning book. I also recommend if you buy this book you buy the version with the CD so you can hear what the examples sound like.

Basics 1 is an excellent teaching tool for rock guitar students ages eight to fifteen. It provides students with a good understanding of rock rhythms, meter, and simple rock riffs. It also exposes the student to the ever popular 12 bar blues and 1, 4, 5 chord progressions.

I bought this siries of books when I first started playing 8 years ago, it just didnt work for me. The teaching style in the book just didnt click with me

This is a book I started to study this year. I am really having fun while doing the exercises in this book. Still, sometimes I realize that it repeats itself a lot. It teaches you the basics of rock. This book is generally on power chords on the 6th string.