Well, kassie, you walked into a hot-button deal here. Even us old guys are starting to give some ground to on-line stuff (when it's good), or other "canned"/recorded instruction, but will still opt for going with a real person in the room to learn with, as that's so immediate (as in, "OK, but not quite - try this".) I suspect the best learning (if lucky) would be a combination of the two. (Frankly, if I were shopping for lessons, I'd want to find a guy that recommended some websites to supplement things with, at least after a couple of months. Anybody doing that?...)
The Big Deal to me is just how sharp and hard-working the student is. We seem to get more than enough of young ones who, after some serious internet efforts, are still totally lost, not able to even tune a guitar, etc. That's very frustrating for some of us, as we could make that go away in such a short time if there in person.
So I'll just leave you with like two thoughts. Give the best and most experienced here your attention, as they are - the best and most experienced. Take a look at the "Top Contributors" list on the forum over at the right side. And/or maybe note the BA data other contributors have made (like TommyMc, running at like 64% despite not having that "little Gold Crown"). You're gonna get a lot of "take lessons"...
Number two: do what you like and can afford, but if/when things don't seem to be working, get some help in-the-room, then the sooner the better. If I were that person, found you can't tune, can't change your own strings, are fooling around with drop tuning, shopping for your fourth effects pedal, but can't play a barre chord, etc., that might be a couple of very interesting but hopefully productive hours.
I often tag stuff here with a 'tune. Long week here, so I'm firing this up, some guys who likely had a few lessons, way more time 'jammin and giggin', and did OK:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu3vkHwxE...
Hey, everybody starts off playing like a child with a toy that looks pretty but doesn't want to work right. 'S'all good. Later on, if you stay with it, have some real fire, maybe show some talent, and really want to become excellent, absolutely go for solid professional lessons.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20141024114009AARaQM8
The Big Deal to me is just how sharp and hard-working the student is. We seem to get more than enough of young ones who, after some serious internet efforts, are still totally lost, not able to even tune a guitar, etc. That's very frustrating for some of us, as we could make that go away in such a short time if there in person.
So I'll just leave you with like two thoughts. Give the best and most experienced here your attention, as they are - the best and most experienced. Take a look at the "Top Contributors" list on the forum over at the right side. And/or maybe note the BA data other contributors have made (like TommyMc, running at like 64% despite not having that "little Gold Crown"). You're gonna get a lot of "take lessons"...
Number two: do what you like and can afford, but if/when things don't seem to be working, get some help in-the-room, then the sooner the better. If I were that person, found you can't tune, can't change your own strings, are fooling around with drop tuning, shopping for your fourth effects pedal, but can't play a barre chord, etc., that might be a couple of very interesting but hopefully productive hours.
I often tag stuff here with a 'tune. Long week here, so I'm firing this up, some guys who likely had a few lessons, way more time 'jammin and giggin', and did OK:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu3vkHwxE...
Hey, everybody starts off playing like a child with a toy that looks pretty but doesn't want to work right. 'S'all good. Later on, if you stay with it, have some real fire, maybe show some talent, and really want to become excellent, absolutely go for solid professional lessons.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20141024114009AARaQM8