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I'd recommend his books in any case, would have saved me a lot of hassle when starting out.
Having said that,scale theory, chord construction etc is what it is regardless of your instrument and while you do need practical advice for your instrument, sometimes a more abstract approach can help. You might find books aimed at piano players or sax players to be good with the concepts, even though they won't tell you where to put your fingers.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Even a cheapy kid's one from Toys R US or Argos would probably do the trick.
If you can't hear it, you don't really know it, even if you know the mechanics behind the theory.
Beware of theory. A little is good, but don't take too much and OD on it.
the other pitfall with learning theory, especially from books / mags / written online is that you can read about the subject, but you're not exactly sure of what you're listening for..
it's great to have it written down for reference, but there's no substitute for having someone take you through this stuff so you can see and hear it with context..