It doesn't hurt to try! I'm 30 and I just started learning guitar (both acoustic and electric) 1 year ago with no experience playing music, and so far doing ok just by self-learning.
My suggestion to you if you are serious to learn is don't buy the cheapest guitar set from unknown brand. At least buy an Epiphone, Squier, or Yamaha. For amp get something like Blackstar Fly 3, which is a portable amp.

Also, make sure to buy from a reputable shop and ask them to setup the guitar before shipping it to you. This is very important, or else you will be discouraged. Don't simply buy from some random seller on Lazada. I highly recommend Music Bliss, as I've been to their physical shop, and their technician is pretty good.

To manage your expectation, don't expect to be able to play any songs decently for the first few months. You need to keep practicing and build your techniques before you will feel the joy of playing guitar.

As for learning material, nothing beats justinguitar.com. It's 100% free.

This post has been edited by imnotabot: Nov 10 2020, 03:02 PM

Cheaper no-name brand is risky though. Will the guitar be setup properly out of the box? If you buy Squier/Epiphone/Yamaha from reputable shop, you can ask them to do quality check and setup the guitar properly before shipping it to you.
But I do agree that you should generally avoid the cheapest model. At least get a Squier Affinity, not Bullet.

This post has been edited by imnotabot: Nov 10 2020, 03:15 PM

These 2 guys taught me so much about guitar for the past 1 year!
I think Justin is better for learning fundamentals, while Marty is great for learning songs.

If TS prefer local, there is Az Samad, who is a famous Malaysian guitarist that graduated from Berklee, but his materials are in Malay: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT6H...41W1RCzSj7v38Ml

From my 1 year of experience learning both (still beginner), one thing that stands out the most is muting. When playing through amp, especially with overdrive or distortion, vibrating open strings will make your playing sound shitty, so you will need to learn string muting.

The best thing that ever happened to me is finally being able to play RHCP Can't Stop riff cleanly You can see tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fqm5OuONaE. Notice that in the main riff, you only play one note per strum, but you need to strum all strings to get a percussive sound to it. So while you fret the note with one finger, your other fingers need to mute the other 5 strings.

This post has been edited by imnotabot: Nov 10 2020, 05:10 PM