I will be another to add a nod of affirmation to the thoroughness and organization of Lisa McCormick's teaching methods. She is outstanding. Before enrolling at GT, I did review both sites and GT seemed to be the most comprehensive for a beginning guitarist. I can't fully evaluate JP except by thier free lessons which offer very little. GT did give lessons that could be useful and evaluated. No mystery here, to have chosen GT.

The one drawback to on-line instruction is that there is a huge desire to progress too quickly, without really gaining the necessary skills that are admittedly, quite well outlined. Even still, I have the tendency to "audit" some of the instruction, without actually doing the repititions to fully aquire the skill. For example, I am nearing completion of level 2 fundementals and although I have a firm grasp of the concepts of music theory and can easily move around a variety of chords and embellishments and even have a reasonable fluency in bar chords, I still find it very difficult to play fluently in the play-alongs.

I had fallen into a practice rut and decided to try out Tony Polecastros AcousticChallenge. All to quickly I realized that this site was gear more for advanced players, but I have actually gained some skills and I found that it has a very unique method of motivation and incentive. GT might be able to implement some incentives at various levels within (and in particular) the Fundementals section to achieve merit by submitting a video for review. It wouldn't be required to go to other levels, but only to achieve the status. I know for me, I would want to acheive the status, and certainly would put in a little extra time on the practice submission.

Just a thought. I think it would take GT from being great, to being even greater.