Hey, not to be a dick or anything, but a lot of guitarists need to get their
noses out of books. There is a book for every single thing out there. You
should really try to figure things out on your own because you will
understand them a lot better. You should transcribe to learn improvisation
because all of the books are written by people who transcribed a lot and made
generalizations from the solos.
I do recomend the Jazz Theory book. Also check out "The Advancing Guitarist"
by Mick Goodrick, and "Approaching the Guitar" by Gene Burtoncini. If you
have those you should be all set with the material. Also, if necessary get a
Real book. Other than that, spend your money on CDs. That is the key.
Guitarists have millions of books and still sound bad because they dont
listen to the masters.
So stop buying all these books and check out CDs before you go any further.
Now, I'm not saying books are bad, but the real stuff is in the recordings
Sam
