I was sitting playing my guitar yesterday and my brother had a few of his mates in the house as well. And when I went in the kitchen for a drink of juice, one of my brothers mates (who's been playing guitar fro 3 years) said I was really good on the guitar. He then asked how long I'd been playing and when I said 5 months his jaw almost dropped. He said I was really good for only starting 5 months ago and said he'd never realised I was beginner unless I had told him. I said I wasn't especially talented, I just practised quite a lot. And that's when it I asked myself, when do you know your not a beginner any more. Is it how long you've been playing? How many songs you know? How well you can play?

I see myself as a begginer even although I know a diverse range of songs. I can play all the chords and scales cleanly and quickly. I don't stick to just lead or rhythm guitars parts and switch between them. I have a very good vibrato technique (due to me playing Cello when I was younger) I can play hammer-ons and pull-offs with ease. And just last week I mastered Stairway to Heaven (albeit the solo is a little stripped down but still very recognizable). But I still see myself as a begginer. So, my question is, when did you guys think to yourself "I'm REALLY good" and you felt within yourself that you were not a beginner any longer.