Originally Posted by Luby

no one is self-taught nowadays. Self-taught = transcribing songs by ear and/or watching musicians play live, etc. If you learned how to play from online lessons, you're not exactly self-taught, because it's the person(s) in the videos who gave you all the tips, techniques, theory, etc. However, regardless of how much someone teaches you, it's up to you and your practice to make yourself a good musician. I don't think you need official lessons to become good, lots of great guitarists never had a lesson.