VERY Dodgy pressure selling techniques, little substance
Got to agree with the other reviewers, stay well away from this company! I used PayPal so they can't take more money thank god!!
Signup goes like this, sign up for just $47 then you get bombarded with VIP Club, Texas blues etc. before you even get chance to see any lessons.
you login for the first time, yep VIP Club again with a very special offer just for you! It all looks like those dodgy facebook slimming adverts you see - very very tacky!
You let that ride and next thing there is an email in your box buy this DVD for just $6.95 shipping only, but within the purchase there is a well hidden charge $27/m subscription (cancellable of course - yeah right) .
I find their practices sickening, their courses are frankly just "showing you what to do" and no real substance. As a beginner the first 7 videos are showing you how to do slides and hammer ons and pullofs. What the heck happened to how to hold the guitar, pick properly etc. WAY too much is rushed through way too fast.
Response from Guitar Mastery MethodJan 29, 2025
We’re finally active on Trustpilot, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We’re truly sorry to hear that our approach didn’t meet your expectations, and we take your feedback seriously.
Our goal is to offer structured, high-quality lessons that provide real value to our students at all levels. We understand that our teaching style may not work for everyone, and we appreciate your perspective on the pacing of the beginner lessons. Your feedback helps us improve and refine our courses to better serve all skill levels.
Regarding the emails and offers, we aim to provide additional learning opportunities, but we hear your concerns about the frequency of upsells and will continue to refine our approach. Transparency is important to us, and we always strive to make membership terms, including the VIP Club trial, as clear as possible.
We never want anyone to feel frustrated or misled. If you have any unresolved concerns or need assistance, please reach out to us at [email protected]—we’d be happy to help.
We truly appreciate your feedback and wish you the best on your guitar journey.
MB
Michael B.
This company is a scam
This company is a scam. They fraudulently charged my credit card for 300 dollars.
STAY AWAY
Mjbeem
Response from Guitar Mastery MethodJan 29, 2025
We’re finally active on Trustpilot, and we’re truly sorry to hear about your experience. We take concerns like this very seriously and want to ensure that any billing issues are resolved promptly.
We never intend for anyone to feel misled or unfairly charged. If you believe there was an incorrect charge on your credit card, please reach out to us immediately at [email protected], and our team will investigate the issue and work with you to find a resolution.
Your trust is important to us, and we sincerely apologize for any frustration this has caused. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and will do everything we can to make it right.
HK
Hans Klein S.
1 star is still too much for Guitar Mastery Method.com
I would seriously warn aspiring members to stay far away from Guitar Mastery Method.com
This is a extreme commercial organization uses extremely hard selling methods that have only one goal and that is to steal your hard-earned money.
They promise unrealistically, but deliver little. They are really not interested at all in your guitar progression, but only in your money. It is an extremely commercial business model that is against illegal.
They charged my account 8 times in 3 months for the VIP membership. Subsequently filed a complaint and in response I was informed that by ordering a DVD I was automatically linked to a new VIP membership, even though I was already a VIP member. Of course thats no reason to charge me 8 times for the Vip membership. (Can’t they see it in their administration???)
However, I have not given any permission or signed up for a course anywhere. It is all extremely sneaky, without knowing it yourself you just registered for a course. Once they have access to your account, it will simply be charged with courses that have not been ordered, just so you know. It's not so much the money that bothers me, but much more the really bad mentality of Guitar Mastery Method.com
And I have seen that I am not alone, I have read this also in a bad review (trust pilot) before. Very bad customer service also, even an small excuse could not be given. They give a nothing about their customers. I did receive a full refund, but that was not easy, only after a lot of effort I received my refunds and less than a second later all my courses were blocked and that was even 10 days before the expiration date of the courses.
Also, you are really bombarded with recruitment emails every day, making you totally insane.
A well-known trick of Guitar Mastery Method.com is to lure you to a Free lesson, in which secrets are revealed so that you can make a lot of progress in a short time. When you take the class, it is boring and nothing new is shown, but at the end of the video you are tempted to take a course in which the secrets are revealed. At the 1st click you pay the main price, you pull out, then you get a discount, then you pull out again, you can follow the course if you immediately decide for little, in short, hard selling par excellence, don't fall for it !!!!
I have followed several Guitar Mastery courses, they are not really bad, but they are certainly not fantastic either. A lot is always promised, so you could make a gigantic progression in a few weeks, but that is of course all nonsense.
I have been playing guitar for about 25 years and know that making progress is a matter of a lot of practice (up to 2-3 hours a day) and also very, very hard work, that is life's work, with a lot of passion, you don't get good after following a course, but that is wrongly presented by Guitar Mastery.
I followed the Guitar Mastery 101 course, Guitar Mastery Method (Charly Wallace) promises beforehand that after following this course you would make a gigantic progression. Unfortunately, the course turned out to be very basic, the footage looked bad and outdated and in the end you don't learn much from it.
Then followed the Texas Blues course, this may be one of the better courses of Guitar Mastery Method.com, but beforehand it is promised that you can play almost as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan afterwards, but of course that is again extremely big big nonsense of course.
Stevie started playing the guitar when he was 4 years old and only became so good after 20 years and also he was extremely talented, you can't learn that with a simple course, just forget it!
Wallace from Guitar Mastery Method is also not a Blues player, you will notice that in the course and he is also very little passionate about teaching. (More interested in Money)
Also followed Classic rock course, but found it very basic and you don't learn too much from it. The guitar teacher Owen Vickens is not my favorite, the best teacher at Guitar Mastery Method who is passionate is Eddie Haddad.
In short, don't get started, don't spend your hard-earned money on Guitar Mastery Method.com, that's just total wasted money. There are really much better courses on the internet and I personally think Justin is one of the best and free and very, very passionate. So ..... never order a DVD from Guitar Mastery Method.com, because the chances are really very great that without you knowing it you have registered for one or more courses, so stay far away from it!
Response from Guitar Mastery MethodJan 29, 2025
We’re finally active on Trustpilot, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your detailed feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear that your experience with GMM didn’t meet your expectations, and we want to address your concerns.
We understand that unexpected charges are frustrating, and we’d like to clarify that when purchasing certain DVDs, a free two-week trial of our VIP Club is included, as outlined in the terms at checkout. After the trial, the membership transitions into a $27 monthly charge unless canceled. That being said, we never intend for anyone to feel misled or unfairly charged.
We checked our records and confirmed that four refunds were issued in August 2020 to resolve your concerns. While we’re glad we were able to process those refunds, we sincerely apologize for any difficulty you experienced along the way. If there are any remaining concerns regarding your account, please reach out to us at [email protected], and we’ll do everything we can to assist you.
We also appreciate your feedback on the courses. While many members find great value in our lessons, we understand that different learning styles require different approaches. Our goal is to provide structured learning paths for guitarists at all levels, and we take all feedback seriously as we continue to refine our content.
Again, we’re sorry for any frustration caused, and we appreciate you sharing your perspective. We wish you all the best on your guitar journey and truly respect your dedication to the instrument.