Below is a typical II-V-I progression played by a professional guitar player:
It is really complex from theory point of view, but really simple if you know how it sounds...
When you hear a pro you notice he's using a musical language, a sound vocabulary.
The real problem is how to create a personal vocabulary.
What you need are reference books that will guide you in a journey in jazz technique exploring different chords, progressions looking for anything that will sound good and personal for you.
It's only by playing right notes, right chords and right progressions that you will be a better guitar player and you'll discover your personal language.
This is exactly our philosophy: in our books we tried to provide you with most samples as possible to teach you different way to use a chord, arpeggio and so on.
The only think you have to do is sit down and start to play and select what you like, what is right for you and what no. This is the only way to develop your style, your taste, your technique.
We call this learn by playing. Is there anything more fun than this? Is there a better way? Be sure, you'll be a better guitar player!
No special knowledge is required because you'll understand immediately what you have to play at first look.
If you want to start to discover how it is simple to play complex chords and progressions in a minute, understand what are right scales and arpeggios to use for improvisation on a specific chord and so on go to our free downloads section and download some sample chapters.
Anyhow you can choose a specific aspect of jazz guitar that you want to discover and start to study it deeper with corresponding book:
Have a good playing.