I too had looked around before I decided this was the best place. There is some good stuff out there but GT is the most organized. You can start in one place and follow a path that you should be on. You dont have to know anything about guitar to start here actually. If you start at fundamentals 1, it shows you how to hold the guitar and pick. It doesnt get more basic than that! From what I have read, there are quite a few members here who are older, just getting back to the guitar, or just starting it new. This is the place to be.....like Dirty Bill said....sign up and if you dont find it to be what you need to can cancel. But I doubt you will....
Enjoy and see you around the boards!