Having played less than 2 weeks i can certainly relate to the part about being new.

I myself signed up last night and i will explain why.

Being close to 40 and having small hands i figured playing guitar would always be beyond me.

I looked through several sites over the last week and found some that looked interesting and it boiled down to this website vs one other.

These are the reasons i went here:

1: Registering i found alot of useful information in the 24 free lessons

2: I love that i can download the lessons as .flv (flash file format) and play them back without having to be online.

3: I did the free lesson with fingerpicking by Lisa Mccormick and my girlfriend heard me playing and was amazed that i was able to do that from just that one lesson.

4: Having struggled with learning the major chords for the last week and a half i went through the guitar fundamentals and in a few lessons and a couple of hours i made more progress than since i started. (Big shout out and thanks to Lisa Mccormick and Chris Schlegel :D )

5: The videos are nice and great quality and filmed with lots of closeups to show you exact positioning etc.

6: The instructors that i have watched so far all have a great way of explaining concepts in a way i can relate and understand.

7: just browsing the sheer amount of information i know it will take me a long long time to digest it all though i look forward to that journey.

Its worth every penny to me, i am almost positive it will be for you as well.

Even if the later stuff is way way beyond me i already got more than my moneys worth.

Hope this helps

Best Regards

Noxxio/ Casper