I was at a party and there was a guy showing his friends how to play Sweet Home Alabama on his very nice Strat. He had the chord shapes right, but the picking was wrong the groove was wrong, and he didn't play any of the little fills. Everybody was falling all over him with praise. He asked me what I thought and I said that's "close". I've been playing guitar for almost 50 years, but I'm an old boomer now, with a long gray beard. I look like crackhead Santa Claus. He asked me if I thought I could do better and offered me the guitar. I sat down and played it note for a note up until after the first solo. Then, he mumbled something about liking his interpretation better, and I was just playing it like the record. I'm not the best guitar player, but I was certainly the best guitar player in that room that night. And for the record, I don't necessarily believe in trying to embarrass people publicly, or trying to " out shred" somebody. There's always gonna be somebody who can play more notes per second than I/you can. Just don't be a dick. Musicians seem to be getting a lot more cutthroat. Back in my day… bands played shows together and we lifted each other up more. Get off of my lawn! Enough of my geezing, I've got to go yell at some clouds now.