Chord Connectors are color-coded, movable scale sticks that lay on your desk and show you exactly where to play - in any key, for any song. You see it, you play it. That's it.
Understand the guitar fretboard visually
See how chords, scales, and songs fit together in real time
Know the right notes every time, in any key, for any song
Father's Day Special
The guitar player in your life has been stuck long enough. Chord Connectors is the visual fretboard learning system that shows exactly where to play; in any key, for any song. This Father's Day, give them the map they've been missing.
Save $20 on any Chord Connectors kit. Use code DAD20 at checkout. Valid through June 21, 2026.
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Not sure how Chord Connectors work? This short video walks you through the four-step setup, shows real song maps being built, and proves that most players are playing something new within 20 minutes of their first session. No theory background required.
Most guitar players understand the concept. They watch the lesson, they follow along - and then they pick up their guitar and the fretboard goes blank. Their fingers block the view. They can't see which notes are 'right.' The lesson vanishes.
Chord Connectors solves that. It's a physical, tabletop system of wooden scale sticks - color-coded, dot-patterned, and designed to lock together like a map. Each stick represents a scale. Arrange them on your desk based on the chords in your song, and you've got a visual guide to every good note available to you - in real time, in any key.
You're not memorizing anything. You're reading a map. And once you see the map, your fingers follow.
Every kit is built to get you playing - not studying.
Start small and add on, or go all in with the full map.
From the Creator
Hi, I'm Wade Nelson.
I Built This Because I Was Stuck Too
Fourteen years ago I was trying to learn scales the way everyone says to - memorize them. It wasn't working. Frustrating, slow, and the moment I'd think I had it, I'd lose it again.
Then someone said, 'Scales are just templates.' That was the moment everything changed. If scales are templates, I could print them on a stick. Move the stick, change the key. No memorization. Just orientation.
I started stacking sticks side by side, and that's when I saw it - a full map of every good note on the fretboard. Chords made sense. Theory clicked. I was having the time of my life.
There was nothing on the market that did what my Chord Connectors could do. So I made them available to you.
Chord Connectors is a physical, tabletop guitar learning system invented by Wade Nelson. It consists of color-coded, moveable wooden scale sticks that lay on your desk and build a visual map of the guitar fretboard. Each stick represents a scale. Arrange them based on the chords in a song and you can see exactly which notes to play in any key - no memorization required.
Instead of memorizing scale patterns, Chord Connectors gives you a physical reference that shows which notes are correct in any key. You read the dots on the scale stick the way you'd read a map your fingers follow what your eyes see. Most players are playing the right notes within 20 minutes of their first session, without needing any prior theory knowledge.
Chord Connectors is designed for any motivated guitar player who wants to make sense of the fretboard. It works for complete beginners who have never thought about scales, intermediate players who understand theory but struggle to apply it, and guitar teachers looking for a hands-on visual aid for their students. If you know the chords in a song, you can use the system.
No. You do not need any music theory background to use Chord Connectors. You need to know the chord names in a song — which you can look up in seconds — and follow a simple four-step setup. Many players find that using the system naturally teaches them music theory over time, because the patterns become visible while they play.
