Terry is another little known player with some serious credentials (graduated from Berklee, Senior Faculty at the National Guitar Workshop) and the musician’s he’s worked with almost reads like a who’s who of cutting edge guitar playing (Paul Gilbert (RacerX, Mr. Big, solo), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Marty Friedman (Megadeth, solo), Zakk Wilde (Ozzy Osboourne, Black Label Society), Allan Holdsworth, Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), Vinnie Moore, Ty Tabor (Kings X, solo), Brett Garsed amongst others).

He’s clearly a very capable player and this is a cut above the average instructional book (despite the slighlty hokey cover ^^).

Quick run-down of the topics covered:

Chapter one technique
Alternate Picking
Single-String Picking
Two Notes per String
Sweep Picking

Chapter two improvisation
Quick Theory Review
MODES
Arpeggios
Relative Pentatonics
Alternate Pentatonics
The Harmonic Minor Scale and Its Modes
The Melodic Minor Scale and its modes
A Doorway Between Scales
Melodic Minor and the Power Chord
Visualization
Four-Notes-per-String Fingerings

Chapter three rhythm
Odd Time

Chapter four practice
Concentration
Warming-Up
Get Your Mind in the Right Place

Chapter five advanced soloing
Altered Chords

Chapter six harmony review
Intervals
Triads
7 Chords
Tensions
Altered Chords
Slash Chords
Sus Chords

As you can see there’s a lot of information presented here and I’d better note that this isn’t really a book for beginners. There’s definately some material they could use but most of the theory and examples are of more use to the Intermediate/Advanced player. Having listed the contents there’s actually little more I can do to address the material because frankly its excellent – concise and clearly demonstrated as well as being indepth enough to present a lot of musical concepts to study.

(slight criticism – he chooses not to name any of the harmoic minor modes because there are varying names for each mode depending on whom you ask – I think listing all of them would have been helpful in this case).

Sadly Terry is suffering from a progressive degenerative hand condition and isn’t certain how long he’ll have left with the ability to make music so I urge you to check him out now.