He only gets a 3 from me. His skills are very impressive to people who aren't guitarists. I've talked to a large number of professional guitarists who have kind of a low opinion of Clapton. And this wasn't mere jealousy or anything, because most of those guys gave huge accolades to Hendrix and Page. I like the blues and I like really skillful guitar-playing, but Clapton hasn't done a single interesting or challenging thing in over thirty years. He did good work with Cream but he had two exceptional musicians with him to make him sound good.
