I get what your saying. You want to get to the point where you no longer consider yourself a "learner" but an actual "player".

Well, like I said earlier it still comes down to practice. It takes many years and perhaps a decade or two to reach the level you are inquiring about, but IT CAN be done no matter what age you start at. It's just gonna take a lot of sacrifice, time and devotion to it. I'm 58 now and if I had started at your age there is no telling where I could be right now, there was nothing physically limiting me to being an accomplished guitar play during those years but only if I had put the time and practice and the desire into it. If all I did was noodle around with it from time to time I wouldn't get very far.

The difference is I'm ok with where I'm at. You just have to figure out where you wanna be and what you want to accomplish with this.

Moe