Yeah......they all are great in their own right, especially Clapton and Beck. BUT You forgotten/left out, JIMI HENDRIX.......that's almost considered Blasphemy when talking about guitar legends.

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Even in purely that genre, there are a ton of guys who kick Clapton in the nuts. Eddie Hazel playing Maggot Brain comes to mind immediately.

YESSSSS!!!!

Please...someone that's a big fan of Clapton's point me in the direction to this Guitar God mode...because I just don't hear it either!

When he's in the confines of a band like The Yardbirds, Derek & The Dominos, Cream or Blind Faith he plays his ass off. Solo? Sorry but the only stuff I really like by him is "Wonderful Tonight", "Lay Down Sally" and "Promises"...all of which aren't guitar masterpieces.

I'd take another Yardbirds alumni member for his place every damn day and that's Jeff Beck. Put his work next to Clapton and he's done more without a pick than Eric has with Bluesmasters at his side.

Yeah...helps keep your pants up and shortens the neck for people that only play between the 1 and 5th frets!!!!

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attention to Beck for some reason. I even went to see SRV and Beck during one of their tours when they would

rotate who opened the show. Unfortunately the show I attended SRV opened and I left before Beck took the stage.

what a big mistake!

I'm a huge Clapton fan, seen him live about 8, 9 times or so. Some of his "Clapton is God"

stature is from some of his very early stuff. To this day, a lot of guitar players reference his improv on Crossroads as being the stuff of legend.....

And the bass player for the Beck show on tv was some young lady who could really play, and I mean REALLY play. She could give Stu Hamm a run for the money. Or Geddy Lee for that matter.

clip from that show:

See, I took your OP to heart.

Page? All ANYONE needs to do is sit down with some headphones and listen to the BBC Sessions to hear what that guy can do. Listen to his stuff with the Yardbirds, the Honneydrippers and The Firm as well as his solo stuff if you must, but he is one of the greats.

Taylor? He rescued the Rolling Stones at a time where it was going to be sink or swim. His infusion in that band made it possible for a guy like Ron Wood to join later. When you compare the material written with Taylor vs Jones, Wood...yes we'll even throw in Keith it's the Taylor material that makes the bulk of any tour setlist and any fan's "Greatest Hits" compilation. Crap, the fact that when Keith FINALLY recorded a solo album who did HE have playing on it? That's right...Mick!

Beck, I've already noted as a superior artist that's taken his Blues background and never stayed in one gear. Often daring his fans to follow him on his "walk". One of my favorites is "There & Back" and the reviews for that were scathing! I can still find something worthwhile and applaud him for branching out...yet staying true.

Peter Green? Really...with the ones you mentioned in your OP...in my mind only Page comes close. I really wish more people would take the time to listen to what was Fleetwood Mac. It had raw power. It would blow their freaking minds away. That or they'd be in total disgust because there's no mush-mouthed warbling hottie singing God know what while The McVie's & Buckingham are backing up with the same unintelligible echos of a neutered blues-infused band.

I's STILL begging...when it comes to the Clapton stuff...that makes him a Guitar God...where is it? Like I outlined before...it seems like other greats he's been lucky to work with can wring it out of him. On his own? It's devoid of any feeling and lacks any dimensional soul. It's the plain yogurt in the entire dairy section. Even Buttermilk has flavor...plain yogurt? You have to have something else with it...stirred up...mixed in...swirled and served cold for it to be anything. Where is this stuff that gets him included with the Greats? See, they have solo material or all they really have is what they did with a band and what they did in that band was what made them. Clapton does this dance always with bands/bandmates and traipses off to the solo...in and out. When he's out? He is out. Please point me in the direction, because I've got it all and I don't know...I don't hear it.

YEAAAA!!!

AWETHUMB!!!!

Good for ya!

I'd rather drive rusty nails through my ears with a hammer than listen to a Blues Guitar God mope on about how his kid fell out of a skyscraper window!

At some Crossroads in the Mississippi Delta...Robert Johnson is waiting to kick Clapton in the nuts for being such a whining bitch!

think of.

there are sooo many great guitar players that aren't heard of. How many of you have seen Danny Gatton? There isn't much on youtube about him but you do get a little taste of what he was about. Another local guy is Tom

Principato. I know, "never heard of him"...but he can play!

No, I wasn't adding any new ones...Or jumping forward in time to state that someone now who's had the advantage of hearing the whole catalog and building on the backs of the former...nope. I really have a hard time hearing this solo stuff that's so good that makes everyone bow down. I'm coming from the point that he's a lazy but talented man that NEEDS better musicians around him to inspire him to step up his game. On his own he'd rather mail it in and just coast in to town on fumes.

Agree, with the THEN PLAY ON...always something playing on in the background for me...I have associates that pop in just to see what I'm spinnning on an almost daily basis. We usually sit and talk about various artists and similar tastes. It's all good..

You gotta be kidding. Try telling that to Tommy Emmanuel. I think he's proven he's on another level than almost any other player in the world and, wadda ya know? He uses a capo sometimes! If you care to read something about his take on them read this:

http://www.totallyguitars.com/acousticsnapshots/tommy-emmanuel-on-set-ups-strings-and-capos.html 

I love it when guitarists get all uppity and self-righteous about the purity of their playing compared to others....funny stuff.😂