I never said you sucked. =p
I suck. Not exponentially by any means. I can play the likes of the "Fur Elise" or his "Moonlight Sonata", but I can't solo for a sh**.
My trouble is that I've never had lessons. I'm completely self-taught with no discipline. I can rip away at your favourite Jimi, Clapton, or Led Zeppelin song; but I can not improvise. My knowledge of the fretboard is not so advanced. I know where the notes are and I know my keys, scales, and modes. However, I don't "realize" them yet, if you will.
Like one's whistle. I can whistle all day long any tune that comes to my head because I have been whistling since I was a kid. Most other people can, too. We've come into tune with our whistle. I haven't come into tune with my guitar. It's still apart from me. That sucks. Especially since I have such potential for it.
In any case, I must disagree with you, Juliet. When my neighbor comes over, picks up my $850 Dean Dime-o-Flame and pretends to play it... Yeah, that's not special.
Well, it is... But a different kind of special. =p