Pleks.

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Milestones

Rare Pleks earned by finishing lessons — 1, 10, 30, 50, and 100. Each one is a surprise until you earn it.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete your first lesson.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete 10 lessons.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete 30 lessons.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete 50 lessons.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete 100 lessons.

Rare

Secret picks — each card reveals itself the moment you earn it.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Make your first forum post.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Make 25 forum posts.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete every lesson in the First steps course.

• Secret Plek

  Rare

  Complete every lesson in the Music theory on the fretboard course.

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  Day One

  Rare

  You picked it up and you played.

  Log your first practice session.

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  Warmed Up

  Rare

  Three days running.

  Practice 3 days in a row.

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  Habit Formed

  Rare

  It's not willpower any more — it's just what you do.

  Practice 7 days in a row.

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  Clocking In

  Rare

  Five hours in the chair.

  Log 5 hours of practice.

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  Backing Track Debut

  Rare

  First time it sounded like a real song.

  Clear the Week 1 gate on The First Eight Weeks.

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  Iron Fingertips

  Rare

  You played through the sore week and out the other side.

  Clear the Week 2 gate — the callus wall.

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  In the Pocket

  Rare

  The strumming hand finally took over.

  Clear the Week 3 gate.

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  One Month In

  Rare

  Three songs back to back, and the tape to prove it.

  Clear the Week 4 gate — the month-one checkpoint.

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  Beat the F

  Rare

  Everyone's wall. Not yours.

  Clear the Week 5 gate — the F chord.

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  Fingersmith

  Rare

  Your picking hand grew up.

  Clear the Week 6 gate.

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  Full Song

  Rare

  Verse, chorus, and the joins in between.

  Clear the Week 7 gate.

Super Rare

The big ones. Earn one to find out what it looks like.

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  Unbreakable

  Super Rare

  A month without missing a day.

  Practice 30 days in a row.

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  Woodshedder

  Super Rare

  Twenty-five hours. This is how it actually happens.

  Log 25 hours of practice.

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  Player

  Super Rare

  Not learning guitar any more. Playing it.

  Clear the Week 8 gate — the graduation performance.

• Secret Plek

  Super Rare

  Make 100 forum posts.

• Secret Plek

  Super Rare

  Complete every course in a learning path. (More lessons coming soon.)

• Secret Plek

  Super Rare

  Awarded personally by the teacher.

• Secret Plek

  Super Rare

  Return after a long break — the teacher hands these out personally.

• Secret Plek

  Super Rare

  The teacher's special award — handed out rarely, for something truly exceptional.

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  Founding Member

  Super Rare

  Here when the doors opened.

  Join as a founding member when memberships open.

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  First Ascent

  Super Rare

  Planted the flag before the crowds arrived.

  Join xpex by October 31, 2026 — then this Plek retires forever.

• Secret Plek

  Super Rare

  Worn by the teacher.