[roylor4]

First, I think it's great that you picked up the guitar and have kept at it. I too, am self taught and play regular gigs around town with my wife.

As Larry said, no performance is truly perfect. You never know how many takes or splices were actually done in the original recordings to get it to sound as clean as possible.

IMO, it's not about not making mistakes - it's making them smaller and less noticeable and playing on. I have played song perfectly during a performance - but i have never played a perfect set and never will.

Just keep at it and remember that as the player of the song we all know what we are doing right and wrong - most listeners will never even hear it when we make an error.