Q- How many guitar players does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A- One to do it, three to say "I can do that"!

On the topic of actual competitions, I entered a fingerstyle competition a few years ago, kind of a dare. I placed 9th out of 27, not so bad. But I didn't like to one bit, the clique of competitive guitar players is weird; a bunch of kids and bald guys strutting around beating the crap out of their guitars trying to impress the judges with flair rather than soncrafting. Although there are some amazing performances at these events, it's really not my thing.