Hopping on the bandwagon here, I got the class and even just going through the first module, there are things that I likely would have never gotten around to figuring out on my own. At best, it would have been through hours of tinkering and honestly months if not years down the road. It's forcing me (or allowing me) to learn how to get the most out of this device rather than just punching up a preset, playing it, and settling for whatever came out of the speakers. So for that it's worth the money to me, and makes owning an Axe FX actually seem like a worthwhile investment, not to mention making crafting my own setups and sounds actually informed and more enjoyable, not just scattershot and filled with a lot of uninformed guesswork.