The Precision Technique

I absolutely love The Precision Technique video and the exercises, it is exactly what I needed.

I studied for a few months in 1997-98 with Gary Bruno in Southern Calif, and he really got me heading in the right direction. Since then I knew I still had issues with my picking, speed, etc. I previously had ordered all your Source Code books except for the Precision Technique. I was actually going to forego ordering it. What a HUGE, HUGE mistake that would have been. I am in a gypsy jazz group, and play some other gigs, but have been so frustrated for years not being able to execute lines accurately at high speeds when it was my time to solo on a chorus. I knew I needed some resource that would take me through all sorts of fingerboard acrobatics for my picking had as well as fretting hand. The Precision Technique is EXACTLY what I needed. I completed the first 8 exercises and what a difference already. I had started The Jazz Lines book before and am so glad I stopped and ordered this book. Not only are you a monster player, but a monster teacher also. I thank God for your abilities and feel like I have been set free in a way to finally progress. As a test I started to learn your solo on Mister Twister's Fanfare just to see what I could do and got the first few measures of it down without much difficulty. It will be great when I go thru The Jazz Lines book and can begin creating better lines for myself. For the price of your books, the value is incredible. Thanks so much, and I will definitely come to meet you when I get out that way. God bless and thank you, thank you!!

I recently purchased The Precision Technique, even though I mostly play just 'arrangements' and I play strictly fingerstyle (splitting my time between a classical guitar and a ES-175D jazzbox). I was having problems 'making the transition' to the classical guitar because of the differences in string tension, size, and spacing. But (since I mostly play the jazzbox) I was not doing the exercises on my classical guitar. After only a week of work splitting my "PT Time" between both guitars, I now find after playing my jazzbox, if pick up the classical and simply play one of the exercises I know one time (have worked through 3 of them so far), it is like I have been playing the classical all day! I thought that Mr. Conti might be interested in this different use for PT. It is useful even though I don't use a pick and it is most useful in helping me move between guitars quickly. Great Stuff!

I have many of your DVD's. I have all of the sourse code DVD's. I am doing well with most of them. I am 85 years old, so even a little boost from each of them goes a long way. I can notice improvement in all areas of my playing.

A month with this material has done more for my technique than the countless hours spent with the cardboard box full of technique books now exiled to my closet. The Precision Technique synchronizes the right and left hands. The Wohlfahrt pieces run from 20-40 measures, so it isn't simply repeating one short figure up and down the neck: while each exercise might have a particular focus (-shifting positions with the first finger, or crossing several strings, giving the pinky a real workout) they all involve the integration of several aspects of technique. Beyond the Wohlfahrt exercises, Conti adds six of his own that focus on moving up and down the neck, double stops, and a few other goodies. Make no mistake, work is required. But unlike other material on technique I have tried (and tried) this material rewards work with real results because the material delivers the goods: vastly improved technique! Thank you, Robert Conti!

Hi Bob, I love your Jazz Guitar materials and they are helping me make a mid-life come-back to Jazz playing! Your Precision Technique is amazing. After about 2 years of work with your stuff, I joined a Big Band doing mostly old-school swing. It's mostly four-to-the-bar comping but some opportunities for soloing and more modern chordal comping. Thanks again for what you do!