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I learned more in three months of guitar lessons than I had in a year playing by myself. Granted, this was before I had easy access to the internet. But honestly after three lessons, I felt like it was getting to be a bit much for a dude who just wanted to pick a guitar around a campfire. There are a lot of good sites for learning guitar, etc., but there are also a lot of bad ones. If you want to get lessons, many places allow you to start with three lessons or so. This way you can decide after that time if it really is something you want to learn, and you don't have to sign on for weekly lessons for a year.

If someone I know wanted to learn guitar, I'd let them borrow one of mine for a couple months and point them to a couple websites. If after that time they were still interested, I'd probably tell them to take a few lessons. It's really how involved you want to get. I just like to be able to pick with other people in a casual setting. That's enough for me.

*Edit: Should've been three month's of lessons, not three lessons.