I’m hesitant to comment too much here, as I obviously have a direct interest.
One question for @wdperkins
Would you be expecting to pay a reduced rate for a session of ‘mentorship’ vs a session of ‘teaching’?
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On the up side you can charge double for fixing the mess this makes!
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“Would you be expecting to pay a reduced rate.” In short no, but I would expect to pay differently. I would expect to pay, in total, less than the cost of weekly lessons, but more than a few lessons a year. I also thought of it as a JG product that I would subscribe to with a monthly fee, not an independent relationship with an approved instructor.
(I wrote, and deleted, a number of details of how I imagined it working because I imagined it being largely information driven with reporting from JG on video consumption and practice session data. I assume though that that capacity doesn’t exist.)
if i understand correctly you want it as a monthly fee to use it whenever you want for less then the cost of a teacher ?
I envisioned it more as a student engagement system. The way your question is phrased it sounds like you hear it to be a loophole to somehow get free private instruction, which wasn’t the intent.
its not free since you said you pay a monthly fee 
I can see where @wdperkins William is coming from. I have noticed and it getting worse, people are joining the forum who haven’t taken or even watched any of Justin’s lesson and are giving advice that directly contradicts the lessons.
Most of them are accomplished players but that doesn’t mean they are right or qualified to hand out advice about lessons they have never watched.
So I understand where William is coming from.
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Some food for thought … One of the reason that can prevent some people from booking an approved teacher lesson once a week may be the exchange rate which is complicated in some countries. 35 pounds/lesson becomes almost 70 $ CAD/lesson when you count the exchange rate and the fees that the credit card adds on top of the rate for exchanging the currency.
Local music school would be similarly priced to the price in pounds, but it’s the exchange rate that makes it almost double for some international students. But, I know that currency troubles are not your fault haha. 
I just wanted to share that aspect ! 
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Thanks for all the thoughtful responses. There have been several questions and comments about instruction, but I really didn’t intend for it to be about instruction, more about engagement, encouragement and direction. I assume that a JG mentor would direct students to video instruction or possibly approved instructors where appropriate. And it was just a thought I had while enjoying a Smithwick’s and avoiding my blues homework, so it may or may not have merit. 
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William… Maybe it’s then really an idea to experiment with a Learning Log? 
Check for example my Learning Log post 325 onwards, I have received e.g. today a lot of encouragement, links to videos ( thanks again @DavidP hadn’t watched that one yet), and someone even took pictures for me (@Lisa_S 
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Sure you are much more advanced than me… But given that quite many people who went through Justin’s lessons some time or other are blimming as well, what do you have to lose?
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The topic is certainly an interesting one.
Direct interest declaration again before I comment.
Not just in answer to comments made by William, even though it is to his post with a quote that I reply.
Most of my students take lessons two-weekly. Some once per month. Very few weekly.
The exchange rate and fees for transfer are a factor - that can be slightly or fully mitigated by the 10% discount for block booking five or more.
Many students fully or partially want mentoring in regard to Justin’s lessons mixed with direct teaching over and above those lessons. Whatever the need, I nearly always enhance sessions with some kind of complementary teaching (be it skills, practice exercises, repertoire, riffs etc.). I tend to go above and beyond and often spend several hours writing and creating resources for students based on whatever was covered in a lesson. These can be chord or scale diagrams, Guitar Pro tab, written exercises with audio examples etc.
A number of my students send me audio or video recordings of themselves between lessons as a tool to analyse and discuss during lessons, picking up on strengths and areas to improve.
Is this mentorship or teaching or both?
It is true that the approved teachers / moderators cannot possibly keep abreast with every topic in order to ensure that advice offered to beginners is in line with and not contrary to Justin’s teaching and learning approach and philosophy. It used to be possible in the old, smaller, forum, but not here. We rely on people passing on advice from a position of knowing Justin’s courses and methods due to having learned by them.
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There are tools allowing you to not pay conversion rate fee and just pay for actual rate. Revolut has a limit of up to £1000pm.
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