I'm not up to band standard, but Sue is getting there so it's not beyond imagining that this gear will get used to gig. It will certainly find it's way into a rehersal room at some stage. I'd love to gig, but I'm cr@p, so I'm not sure it will happen.
Sorry, but this is the biggest pile of horse shite I've read in a while. Forget what you think you know about playing in a band. It's FAR more about how the band members interact and the type of music you write (and don't forget stage presence!) than it is about any one player's technical ability.
Look at me, I'm total sh!t but I a) really enjoy playing in a band and b) see people enthusiastic about our stuff when we play. Sure I'd like to get better (and I'm working on that, slowly), but frankly to write off
even the possibility that you could set up a band, write music, and play it live/record it because you
think you're not up to some predetermined, arbitrary standard is, frankly, a woeful misjudgement!!!
Stop overanalysing your playing, and start enjoying music. Find some like-minded people who primarily want to make music and have fun doing so, and... ooh wait! A Band! Then never look back at this silly, childish, self-deprecating view!
A truly great guitarist does not a truly great band make.
Roo