i got started playing from a freind of mine and we hook up usually once a week or whenever theres a friendly get together
of course i'm also on here ALOT
my buddy goes over my head sometimes and i'm only able to pick up bits and pieces but here i can just go over and over the lessons i checked into lessons from a pro but like neal said half hour lesson =35$ my suggestion is DO NOT give up on lessons from here but also try to find someone you can jam with and maybe pick stuff up from them too
i hope i made sense and hope i helped
dennis