Originally Posted by
Phamilton
I want to take guitar lessons, real live ones with a real human teacher, no Skype. I don't think I want to haul my guitar and gear around on my bike.
Addressing just this one point in your initial post, decent guitars and amps can be had at extremely low prices via either Amazon or Craigslist, to name only two potential sources. I'd buy one of each and drive them over to leave with the guitar teacher so that I could ride my bike to my lessons.