If you are already past the levels of being a beginner then it is time for you to develop your own style. This is very important because sooner or later, you will be recording or be performing your own songs and it is very much important to have originality, and not some rip off of other styles of other guitarists. It’s good to imitate legends but it is better to have your own thing going on. You see, it defines you more; it defines your taste of music and what you are really made of. You see, your own style is like your own scent, people are able to smelly our for what you play. If you smell similarly like Slash, well, you are just another Slash rip – off indeed.
But if you are original in your style, you can definitely brag about it or be proud it. But to tell you frankly, this is the most difficult thing to do. being original is not easy, many original styles has been rip –offs of some style long ago that is why most artists scrap the idea of becoming purely original because of its difficulty. Anyway, it’s up to you if you want to be original or not just as long as you don’t copy anyone word for word and note for note.