I sense that you can really "play"... sans the 'fancy chops' that tend to mask the unskilled finger. Would be interesting to listen to you.
Come to Sagada sometime, and stop on by... I'm in this kinda self-imposed exile mode, don't leave here much.
I guess if "play" means "something done for fun or recreation", then I really play. But I'd be nuts to come on here and say I'm good, because I'm sure there's people here who do stuff with a guitar that I can't dream of.
Maybe it's an old guy thing or something, but right now playing fast or fancy just doesn't mean much for me, I'd rather take a 3-chord song and try to find a way to do a little more with less, if that makes any sense. Maybe part of that is just having a guitar that sounds really really good...
I brought a great acoustic over about 100 years ago, Epiphone PR765, got stolen in Manila in '91, still wonder where it ended up. Just remember one early morning n the late 80's, after one of those late 80's sleepless nights... sitting on the front porch at Sct Limbaga in the QC, Pepe Smith picked up that instrument, picked up a glass, tuned to open E, and the next 2 hours I'll never forget. Nobody else heard it, everyone else around was asleep or unconscious... but for me what I and nobody else heard on that morning was what it's all about. maybe I'll get there someday...