Clapton...

poopot

why is he considered one of the greats?.

To my mind he is vastly overrated...

Bridgehouse

tone1

I just wanted to get in before this thread is closed by the mods......How very dare you

TINMAN82

His MTV unplugged might be my favourite album ever.

GoldenEraGuitars

It’s all subjective.

Kittyfrisk

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

soma1975

*Adds poopot to 'the list'*

bloomer

he came along just in the nick of time before Hendrix landed

proggy

I agree, I feel the same about Townshend and Rory Gallagher.

poopot

bloomer said:

he came along just in the nick of time before Hendrix landed

Now see... there’s another one that’s a little overrated!...

koneguitarist

Great musician, great writer, not the greatest guitarist but in his prime, bloody good. 

Bridgehouse

Kittyfrisk said:

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

Frinton was always classier

poopot

Bridgehouse said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

Frinton was always classier

Peter frinton?

Kittyfrisk

For what it's worth, on Clapton, I'm Poopoticus...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u93bhAimFFU

Bridgehouse

poopot said:

Bridgehouse said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

Frinton was always classier

Peter frinton?

Better than the river Nile

poopot

Bridgehouse said:

poopot said:

Bridgehouse said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

Frinton was always classier

Peter frinton?

Better than the river Nile

How very dare you... Nile Rodgers could just be the greatest guitarist that ever walked this flat earth!...

Kittyfrisk

Bridgehouse said:

poopot said:

Bridgehouse said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

Frinton was always classier

Peter frinton?

Better than the river Nile

Better than the river Nile? 'Night boat to Cairo'   

Kittyfrisk

poopot said:

Bridgehouse said:

poopot said:

Bridgehouse said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Thought you said Clacton. It's been a while, but I quite liked it in the 60's.

Frinton was always classier

Peter frinton?

Better than the river Nile

How very dare you... Nile Rodgers could just be the greatest guitarist that ever walked this flat earth!...

And only using the neck pickup 

bacchanalian

If the thread title were "What guitarists are overrated"? we would end up with a relisting of the guitar players in the "Guitarists who have left you speechless" thread.

Clapton said he wasn't that good but felt he did contribute to the development of guitar tone in rock and blues.

There are quite a number of guitarists who I don't like particularly but, even by my own definition, they are one of the greats.

randerson

I feel that the bast example of Clapton at least to me, is his improvising work on Crossroads with Cream at the Albert Hall. Fluid and melodic in a way that I haven't heard many blues based guitarists even to date, and certainly none in his era. Singable melodic lines that to me, transcend the pentatonic limitations of his improvising language.

His tone too in that era, is worth noting and the mere fact that "he came along just in the nick of time before Hendrix landed" is the point. Who were his peers, his influences? None that sound like that solo in Crossroads. Sure you hear can hear BB King et al, when Clapton plays over a 12 bar these days, but he's bringing something different and previously unheard of in the Albert Hall recording. 

He had to order banjo strings for his electric guitar to get his preference of string guage, as the electric guitar as an instrument was literally still being 'invented' when he was woodshedding.

Sure, I heard him live 2 years ago and he sounded tired and old (as did the whole band I though bar Steve Gadd) and he's never really sounded the same to me post Cream but then, who knows how Hendrix would have survived the 80's.

Rant over.

P.S. I never got the fuss about Jimmy Page..

Danielsguitars

F off crapton and that rodgers bloke too, everyone knows Jimmy's the best