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FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE GUITAR NECK
AND
BREAK THROUGH YOUR GUITAR PLATEAU
A clear guitar system that connects chords, scales, and arpeggios
so you can stop feeling stuck,start seeing the fretboard clearly,and play with more confidence.
If you’ve been playing for years but still feel like the guitar neck never fully clicked,
you are not alone.
Most players are taught isolated shapes, disconnected licks, and
random theory fragments.
The DREW BENTLEY METHOD helps you understand how the
instrument actually works so the fretboard finally starts to make sense.
For nearly 30 years, I’ve taught over 100,000 in-person lessons. I’ve developed
a structured method designed to cut through the overwhelm and help guitar players turn
confusion into confidence and make real music.- Drew Bentley
The guitar lessons with Drew have been a great experience.
I have been playing for 27 years and quickly noticed
an improvement in my playing and musical understanding.
He is very knowledgeable in music theory, rock, blues, jazz
and practical techniques to improve ones playing.
I am very impressed with his ability to read the
student to teach the guitar in a way that is easy to
understand and to get the absolute most out of every lesson.
He provides a how and why understanding so that the lessons are easy
to remember.
The lessons have been focused on meeting my
interests and renewed my enjoyment in playing.
=Dave
Drew is the real deal. I took lessons from Drew
over the span of several years in my mid-high school days
and through college.
He is a top notch player with a refined and eclectic
taste in music that reflects in his playing.
He draws from a formal music education,
years of experience recording and playing
in the local music scene, and a passion to continue his
own learning.
What makes him such a valuable teacher
is the fact that he can boil this knowledge
and skillset to meet you exact where you are
musically. He is patient, insightful and
encouraging. Now that I have graduated from
college, I plan to be getting into the local music scene
myself.
I owe a good bit of where I am at today to Drew!
I couldn’t recommend him more strongly.
=Steven
I have been taking guitar lessons with Drew Bentley
for over 5 years now, and he is one of the
all around best teachers I have ever had.
He has helped me to become a much better guitar
player and I have learned so much in my time taking
lessons. He has a great way of explaining difficult concepts
and is an unbelievable musician who can help you grow
as a guitarist and musician and reach your goals.
For anyone looking for a guitar instructor, look no further.
– Anthony
➜START THE FREE FRETBOARD FREEDOM CHALLENGE
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You’ve been playing guitar for years, but you still feel stuck.
You know a few pentatonic boxes, but you cannot move around the neck
with confidence.
You can play songs, but you do not really understand how the fretboard connects.
Music theory has always felt confusing, overly academic, or disconnected from
real playing.
You want to jam, solo, and play rhythm guitar with confidence,
but things still feel fragmented when the chords change.
If any of that sounds familiar, you are exactly who this site is for.
Most guitar players are not struggling because they lack effort.
They are struggling because no one ever showed them
a clear system for seeing how chords, scales, and arpeggios connect across the neck.
A CLEAR SYSTEM OF UNDERSTANDING THE NECK
After more than 28 years of teaching guitar, Drew Bentley developed a structured approach that
helps players understand the fretboard in a practical, musical way.
Instead of memorizing random patterns, you learn how the instrument is organized.
You begin to understand how these three core elements connect:
CHORDS
SCALES
ARPEGGIOS
Once those relationships become clear, the neck stops feeling random.
You begin to see how positions connect—and how to move with intention
instead of guesswork.
That’s the foundation of the Drew Bentley Method.
➜START HERE FOR THE FREE FRETBOARD FREEDOM CHALLENGE
Start with the Free Fretboard Freedom Challenge.
This short lesson series gives you an immediate win by helping you see
the neck in a more organized way.
You’ll begin connecting positions, recognizing octave relationships,
breaking out of isolated box patterns, and navigating the fretboard
with more confidence.
➜START HERE FOR THE FREE FRETBOARD FREEDOM CHALLENGE
➜COMING SOON! GUITARIST BREAKTHROUGH BLUEPRINT
Guitarist Breakthrough Blueprint is the complete path for players who
can already play but still feel stuck.
It brings the core ideas of the Drew Bentley Method together into one
step-by-step system—connecting the fretboard, chords, scales, rhythm,
lead, and improvisation so you can stop collecting disconnected
information and start understanding how your playing fits together.
CONTINUE YOUR PROGRESS WITH
AVAILABLE NOW! THE DREW BENTLEY METHOD ONLINE
“The Drew Bentley Method Online isn’t just another collection of
guitar lessons. It’s the closest experience I’ve created to studying
with me every week—a clear path forward without the cost of private
lessons.”
-Drew Bentley
Method Online gives you new structured training every week so you can
keep building your fretboard knowledge, musicianship, and practical
playing ability.
It’s built primarily for the late-beginner to early-intermediate player
who knows some chords and scales but still wonders how everything
connects—and how to turn that knowledge into actual music.
We begin with the foundations and build from there, giving you a shared
musical language and a clear progression instead of random lessons.
Start where you are. Build the connections. Keep moving forward.
Explore The Method Online
Deep Dive Courses
When you’re ready to go deeper, focused courses let you strengthen
specific areas without losing the larger path.
Explore subjects including Pentatonic Pathways, rhythm, blues,
technique, practice, and more.
Drew Bentley is a professional guitarist, recording artist, studio owner,
and educator with more than 28 years of teaching experience.
After helping thousands of students, he saw the same problem repeatedly:
players were learning plenty of things, but no one was showing them how
those things connected.
The Drew Bentley Method was built to solve that problem.
Watch free lessons on fretboard understanding, rhythm, pentatonics,
improvisation, and practical musicianship—and experience the Drew Bentley
Method before joining a course or program.
READY TO START UNDERSTANDING THE NECK?
Start with the free Fretboard Freedom Challenge and experience the first
core ideas of the Method for yourself.
➜START THE FREE FRETBOARD FREEDOM CHALLENGE