Five boxes are not the whole neck. This is the map. You can solo. The pentatonic boxes are under your fingers, your bends are in tune, and over a rock track you sound fine. You also know the ceiling. The same licks land on every chord. The neck is still five islands with water in between. And when the chords move to a ii-V-I or a jazz blues, you play the key and hope. This book connects the islands. The five CAGED shapes link into one chain from the nut to fret 15, so any chord is within reach of wherever your hand is. Triads and arpeggios show you where every chord tone lives. Then you learn to follow the changes: guide tones over a ii-V-I, the 3rd of each chord over a blues. One gig stays on a single root while the harmony switches mode every sixteen bars, and you have to hear it and switch with it. The technique lab builds clean speed four BPM at a time, then adds sweep picking, tapping, hybrid picking and funk chops. The last stage is yours: you write a complete instrumental over a band track made for it, record a demo, and open the final showcase with it. The band comes with the book Every one of the 24 songs has its own full-band backing track (drums, bass, guitars, piano and organ, with synths, horns or strings on some songs), original and recorded for this book. Scan the QR code on the page with your phone, or open the companion website on your computer. It plays in the browser: no app, no download. Three tempos and a drum-stick count-in. Every new idea gets played with a band the day you learn it. What's inside • The neck, connected: CAGED from nut to fret 15, triads on three string sets, arpeggios through the shapes. • The modes: Dorian, Mixolydian, Lydian and Phrygian, each with its color note and classic vamp. • Playing the changes: 7th-chord arpeggios, guide tones, chord tones over the blues, harmonic and melodic minor, and a real jazz-blues gig. • Technique lab: the metronome ladder, sweep picking, tapping, and "Redline", a showpiece instrumental. • Expression and groove: pre-bends, unison bends, vibrato on purpose, hybrid picking, 16th-note funk chops. • Your sound: a composition template and recording workflow for your instrumental, and "Full Circle", 88 bars that hold the whole book. For players with barre chords, the five pentatonic boxes and in-tune bends, teens and adults, self-study or with a teacher. A 22-fret electric is recommended: some lines climb past fret 17. Coil-bound edition: it lies flat on your music stand.