Good player, but not as talented at being involved in the actual creation of memorable music.
Wrong, Beck was in a class by himself. Any actual guitarist would tell you that. As Rick Beto put it “he was one of one. His phrasing and note was sense unreal.
I agree. I am not a guitarist, but I have heard him pull amazing sounds from his instrument. However, he wasn’t as melodic as Clapton, and didn’t have the musical vision or the ability to lead a superlative band like Jimmy Page. I just hope Jimmy, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones can put aside their differences to make music together before one of them leaves us.