Reddit mentions of Fretboard Theory (Volume 1)

I've been "playing" for exactly 28 years, as well. Got my first guitar when I was 13. If only we had youtube and places like /r/guitar back then! I was well into my 30's before I ever opened up a theory book, or even considered practice as a structured exercise, versus dicking around and playing my favorite tunes from tabs.

My playing has gotten so much better and better informed in the last ten years. It's only now that I realize how many years I wasted noodling aimlessly with zero results, in my youth.

My advice to anyone just starting out, devote at least half of your playing time to structured exercise and learning. Follow a free internet program like http://justinguitar.com, or get some decent instructional books like Fretboard Theory and put in the work, now.

An analogy I like to use is that it's like stepping into a gym without a plan or a workout routine and just bouncing from one station to another, lifting things without any set goal aside from just being their and doing stuff. If you follow a regimented routine, laid out by people that have already figured this stuff out, you'll see faster, bigger, and more certain gains, versus going it alone in a vacuum.

>I'm not willing to put up with super Basic stuff on the process, because I know I would get dismotivated

You sort of have to, though. I was in same boat as you. Started playing when I was 13, didn't bother picking up a theory book until my 30's. I've since read all sorts of stuff, but had very little time to practice. Had I only dedicated myself when i was a teenager with no obligations and all that free time!

Anyways, out of all the crash course in music theory for guitar books out there (I've read several), this is by far the best, IMHO:

http://www.amazon.com/Fretboard-Theory-1-Desi-Serna/dp/1508566593

Depends on what you like. I was big into metal and hard rock when I was starting out. Black Sabbath is easy enough that you could be playing songs within the first couple months, if not just weeks.

If you're interested in actually learning guitar and not just memorizing songs I'd recommend working through these as well:

• Fretboard Theory
  
• A Modern Method for Guitar
  
  You'll want to take the Berklee book someplace to get it spiral bound. Also note that it's not a tab book. You'll have to read standard notation. It starts off super easy and gets progressively harder, page by page. A looper pedal for the duets will be helpful.

> So, what i'm asking of you here is if you could make a guide for me that Gets me into the whole music thing, not guitar only. I want to know about scales, keys , and basically everything.

There are plenty of good resources in the FAQ; I think it's asking too much for people to just give you a syllabus for learning all of music theory for guitar. Go through a course like justinguitar or musictheory.net, and you'll learn quite a bit. Not to mention, there are tons of great books out there that you can spend the next year or more mastering the content with him; for example, this is a great book and the material in there will take you a long, long time to master.