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Title: Great book for beginner or intermediate guitar players
Review: As a beginning guitar player, I found (and still find) this book to be very helpful. David Mead, who has been a guitar instructor for many years, writes it in a very light-hearted way. However, the instruction that he gives is very serious and is a good foundation for beginners. Mr. Mead explains the essentials of what you need to know about chords, scales, reading tabs, etc. The core of the book is the 10-minute workout itself. This is based on scales, chords, arpeggios and speed/endurance, etc. Basically, you start out with five fairly simple exercises that you must complete in two minutes. As you become proficient, the exercises become more complex. These exercises combined with the other material in the book should have a beginning guitar player able to hold his/her own on about 6-8 months. It is no "secret shortcut" book. You earn everything you learn, it's just set up in a logical progression and is based on cumulative practice.
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