There are always going to be players better than you or I, unless your name happens to be Andres Segovia, Chet Atkins or Stanley Jordan. And yet how many have never heard of three of the greatest who ever played. Jordan especially; he playes the guitar like it's a piano, tapping with all eight fingers.
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On the other hand, as Frenssen said, sometimes being adequate is better than being great. Has anyone ever accused any of the Beatles of being truly great solo musicians? Good, yes; great, no.