Originally Posted by: binfordtoolsSince I have been trolling around all of the various guitar sites I keep noticing these "play guitar in 30 min." websites. Or the "guitar secrets reveled" guides that I can buy. They all pretty much say the same thing; "why spend countless hours learning music theory that you will never need when you can be playing songs in 30 minutes?"

I assume that these are crap-o-la scams. What are these “secrets” that I should be paying $59.95 for?

You will always need music theory.