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Now for this reply, @Brian2501 .
Perhaps it was for the best that @Cadgirl and I missed your reply back on August 22nd. If we had replied and you became more engaged in the forum this decision would have been even harder.
So, yeah, I’m gonna get right into the hard decision. It’s a tough one for me. Before my 90 day money back guarantee ran out, I traded up my annual subscription for a lifetime membership. And I bought Fretboard Wizard when I originally signed up, so I really got the best possible deal. I have had to share my thoughts with others who were facing the annual renewal and the associated cost. I really feel for you. To me, it’s a lot of money. It was a stretch that 1st year, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to handle the cost for long as I was right at retirement. That was part of my reasoning.
Ok, so that’s the 1st thing you need to factor in. Just how much of a hardship would it be to pay for one more year and the Fret Wiz course? That would be my suggestion for 2 reasons. That 3rd year seems to be the big payoff. That’s when Tony’s method seems to really sink in and gives us what we need to “leave the nest”. And Fret Wiz is the best guitar centered “theory” course any of us have run across. It’s pretty light on theory, and all of the theory is directly applied to the guitar, so it’s really tough to even use the word. It doesn’t apply very well. The term practical does apply very well.
Fret Wiz gives you the understanding you need to carry on your guitar journey in any direction you want. You can start writing songs. You can get into making multi-track recordings. You can delve deeper into music theory. You can learn the entire fretboard and play whatever style you want so much better. You won’t need a course on capo’s as you can now figure it out on your own. You can throw away your chord book, as you can find chords on the fretboard on your own.
Is Fret Wiz worth the money? Yeah, big time. But would it be worth paying for if you could only take it once? That’s tougher, but yeah I think it still would, but you wouldn’t get the benefit you could/should. You used to be able to buy a membership by the month. If that’s still an option and you can’t come up with the bucks to go for Fret Wiz and another year, I’d go for that option.
How about what happens if you are really tight and the best thing for your finances is to just bow out. Will you really be missing out? Will it cripple your progress and barricade your guitar journey? Is there no other option?
No, it won’t be the end of your progress. Yes, there are other options. If you can afford it, the best way forward would be Fret Wiz and TAC, I do believe that. However, if you can’t afford it, you can gain the same theory for free from YouTube. It’s not the easiest thing to do and it will be pretty hit and miss. And you’ll end up learning more about theory than just the “practical theory” that Tony teaches. But there is nothing unique in any piece of the Fret Wiz course. The magic is you get it all in one place at one time. It’s like a gourmet meal. There is no food or spice in the meal you have had before or could get else where. But, oh, the flavor of that chefs magic recipe! Tony’s Fret Wiz “recipe” is amazing, but your guitar journey will not be crippled if you can’t afford it.
One more time, I’m gonna say something about buying Fret Wiz for only the time left. Bad idea, but yeah, I guess I’d have to say it’s still worth it. I hate to even say that, but I have to. It would be like paying the price for a gourmet meal and then rushing through the meal, gulping down the food, and leaving in a rush with it half finished. Yeah, you got your doggie bag (the pdf file), but man, it just doesn’t sit right. I would not call it money well spent even if I must say “it’s worth it”. But I believe if you can’t come up with a way to let the information digest and take some or all of it over again, then find another way.
Here’s my suggestion: send me a pm and we’ll talk more if you can’t afford Fret Wiz and a few more months membership.
Fret Wiz is the best guitar course available in my opinion. But there are options, of that I’m certain.
You can tell how tough a question this has been for me to field cause I just can’t seem to end this. I want to amend this statement or that. But I can’t. These are my opinions and sugar coating sh** doesn’t help. It’s still sh**.
MG 😀