I looked up guitar tricks and am not familiar with any of it. I have many that I like and many that I don't. When I want to learn a song, I will look at several videos teaching it and then pick the one I think I will have the best luck with. Mostly the strumming portion that fits the song is where I have no imagination and also how many measures each cord is played during the verses.
Finding good exercises that advance fretboard knowledge is pretty hard to come up with and also hard to know which ones just spin your wheels and don't give maximum advantage for time spent.
Not to discount the many I have watched but just that I am finally advanced enough that this guy makes a little sense to me now and so I have been watching him the last week. You know you tube, you watch one thing and more of the same comes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swx9BWJemUQCheers
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