i am not baught guiter but my friend is having guiter then i practices on his guiter.this is very good for music lover.
I know this is a late response to your initial post, but I run a guitar teaching website that is video based. 100% free I actually run it with my college classical guitar professor. Anyway, not really a shameless plug since its relevant but this is my site www.StrumHum.com
Well, as long as it is your passion, you will know the basic chords right away. Use the internet and go for it.