1-On-1 Private Lessons
Scale the Fretboard With a Personal Summit Guide by Your Side
Stop climbing alone. Work 1-on-1 with Berklee graduate and creator of The Pentatonic Way, Neil Santos, to navigate the toughest terrain on the neck, master chord-matching in real time, and reach total soloing freedom.
THE MOUNTAIN & THE TRAIL
Don’t Let Fretboard Fatigue Stop Your Climb
Most intermediate guitarists stall out at the lower camps. You memorize scale boxes, collect isolated licks from YouTube, and try to guess your way through chord changes, only to find yourself back at “Box 1” every time you solo.
To conquer the highest trails, you don’t need more random map snippets; you need an experienced Trail Guide walking the path with you.
Live, Real-Time Jamming on the Trail
Standard video lesson apps suffer from audio lag, making real-time jamming impossible. By leveraging Farplay technology, we completely eliminate latency. We can jam live, trade call-and-response solos over backing tracks, and fix finger placement on the fly, exactly as if we were sitting around the same campfire jam session.
THE VIP SUMMIT EXPEDITION PACKAGE
What’s Included in Your Expedition Pass:
4x 60-Minute Private 1-on-1 Trail Sessions / Month
Personalized, high-touch coaching focused directly on your current sticking points, technique, and musical goals.
Zero-Latency Live Jamming via Farplay
Strap on your guitar and jam in real time. Practice chord-matching, blues turnarounds, and modal pentatonic superimposition live.
Full Access to Our Entire Curriculum (Bonus)
Unlocks your complete knowledge center: The Journey Map curriculum, The Woodshed interactive lick library, and The Outpost workshop archives.
Weekly Fretboard Feedback & Monthly Q&As
Join live group coaching calls to submit videos, review trail logs, and get extra accountability between private sessions.
🚶 Meet Your Trail Guide: Neil Santos
I created The Pentatonic Way after watching far too many intermediate players spend years trapped in rigid scale boxes, frustrated that they couldn’t translate theory into real, fluid music.
After graduating from Berklee College of Music in ’01 and spending over two decades teaching guitar, I realized that standard guitar lessons were missing a crucial element: visual, intuitive navigation on the neck.
When you work with me 1-on-1, you aren’t getting generic, one-size-fits-all guitar lessons or endless collections of licks to memorize. We plug in together live over Farplay, analyze your specific playing in real time, and map out the exact step-by-step route to give you total control over the fretboard.I’ve spent the last decade mapping this terrain so you don’t have to wander. I’ve found the hidden passes and the clear routes to the top, let’s reach the summit together.
- Berklee College of Music Graduate (Class of ’01)
- Author of The Pentatonic Expedition, The Guitar Simplified, and The Lefty Guitarist’s Survival Handbook
- Host of The Guitar Underground Podcast & Creator of The Pentatonic Way
🧭PRICING & TRAIL APPLICATION
$300/month
(Limited Trail Slots Available to Ensure Dedicated 1-on-1 Guidance)