[giantsloth]

Guitars (or any musical instrument) are essentially REPLs and therefore do provide instant feedback and often gratification.

Learning to do anything well takes a lot of time, so that statement is true == true. Learning to have fun with something often happens (and in the case of a guitar) quickly.

Lowering the barrier to accessing guitars, mixers, computers and software to get a recording up is the real challenge, because that takes cash.