Originally Posted by: Cryptic ExcretionsAnd, to be honest, I hope that I always feel most comfortable calling myself a competant guitarist rather than a good/great/whatever guitarist. I feel better about things that way.

I think that's the best way to be about it. Wanting to a great guitarist and thinking you're a great guitarist are very different things. I'm comfortable being competant, but I'm still striving to be the best, (I seriously doubt I ever will be, but that's not the point). It's about having a goal and going for it - if you ever actually become so good you think you've got nothing left to learn, then it's time to put down the guitar in my opinion.

On a side note, one of the most eye opening things for me was watching a video lesson by Joe Satriani (think it was on guitar.com :confused:) where he messed up - out right fluffed. Do you know what he did? He shrug, he laughed and he tried again, (and kicked-ass I might say!) Even the "greatest" guitarists aren't perfect, they just don't do it as often!