i went to college and got a degree in Jazz Guitar. LOL a lot of good its done me
. so i actually know quite a lot about guitar.
You can teach yourself but if you have a good teacher to show you around you are going to learn a hell of a lot faster. as long as you practice a lot everyday you will catch on fairly quick, if you just think your gonna pick it up for a couple min every once and while and be the next wes montgomery well lol thats just not going to happen.
Tabs are easy to learn as long as you know what numbers are lol. i despise them because there are a lot of flaws to them etc. Actual notation is tougher to learn for sure. and to tell you the truth you probably dont need to learn it, unless you want to get real serious.
any other questions. just ask