Originally Posted by: K-LogBut if you are not working to "Master" the guitar then what is the point? [/QUOTE]

Point is, you can't just generalize, and "master" the guitar... you need to pick a path, then you CAN master that..


[QUOTE=K-Log] I wish there was a practice book that had tabs of the different things a learning guitarist needs to master before moving on to their specific art or skill practice.

I think this book lays out a really good practice routine, and is probably exactly what you're looking for. Be sure to read the stuff at the start, because its important. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0634083651/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0634049011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=04XVD5KEBRG8KXCX72FE

This book is also very good... it will really give you a broad range of ability:
http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Soloing-Contemporary-Improvisation-Included/dp/0793581869/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324269988&sr=1-1

I few things about the last text... its not sexy... the information is great, but its straight to the point. So, when you go through a chapter, it might take you a month just to get proficient enough to move on to the next. I think to complete the whole book in a about a year would be realistic. What I did was scanned each exercise page of the book, and then made up cards that were different colors representing warm-up exercises, scale exercises (just memorizing scales) and then pattern exercises (patterns that can be used with any scale). I glued the scanned pages to the cards and it worked really well.. just chose a few from each section, then switched them up or added new ones when I was read. I didn't get through the whole thing, and had to take a break because of getting carpal tunnel syndrome. Oh, and the soundtracks on the CD are really cheezy, but really good to learn to jam with... the licks they give you are pretty "out of the box"... not just some blues lick or something.

By the way, the "Guitar Fretboard Workbook" doesn't overlap either of the other texts; its all on its own and I'll bet when you get it you'll be raving about it once you get into, it really sounds like that's what your after.

So start with all that stuff... and then think about where you want to go from there.