[starsailor]

Originally Posted by tina_

... and now I'm going to struggle, big time. I guess I'm not the perfect student I'm good at scales but a bit thick at most other things. Some things I pick up very quickly and others I can't do at all.

I'm not the perfect age to get real interest of from a guitar teacher either. Does anyone else get the idea that they become a £ or $ sign when they enter the room? This would be great if I was rich!

There is one guitar style I love and I'm not doing too bad at that, imo which might be very different from anyone elses (slide). Without a half decent teacher I think I'll struggle though.

Maybe I'd be better putting my efforts somewhere else or maybe not .... does anyone have any ideas? I'm not gonna learn this stuff from monthly guitar mags and I don't use Paypal.

I'm getting a lot of negative vibes from your post Tina, so the best thing to do is focus on the positive aspects and sling the negatives in the bin where they belong, a perfect student is quite rare and the best teachers are the ones that can get the best out of pupils who struggle a bit more that's the acid test for a Teacher. If you and the Teacher didn't connect and you were working hard to improve then the Teacher must be partially at fault because they failed to help you with the weaker aspects of your playing
There's no such thing as a perfect age, there are guys in their 70s on here who have only taken up guitar recently, if they can give it their best shot all of us can. If your guitar teacher didn't give you attention because of your age then they're not much of a Teacher any way.
Now lets focus on the positives, you're good at scales and you do pick up other things quite quickly, so you have a list of things you can do, so you need to focus on the things you're not good at and practice them a little bit at a time, gradually you'll improve.
You're good at slide and the most positive thing is you can actually play guitar, there are plenty of slide players on here who would be willing to help you, I'm sure Kirk wouldn't mind.
You can ask any question here and someone will be able to help you out and there is a slide forum as well.
There are also a lot of free lessons on the internet, all it takes is a google search to find them.
I hope you don't quit because it sounds like you've laid the foundations for being a guitarist all you need to do is build on it, as Jomi says learn a few easy songs and tunes and start enjoying the guitar and the abilities you have already gained.
We all have doubts about ourselves but a bit of self belief goes along way, hope you get on ok and stick around if you get in a rut, stuck or just fed up someone here will be willing to help out

All the Best

Chris