[Drew68]

One of the great 3 Yardbird guitar slingers...

And while he never reached the level of fame that Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page enjoyed, he was arguably the most skilled guitarist of the three.

[FreeReign]

...he was arguably the most skilled guitarist of the three.

Yup.

[D Rider]

I saw all three in a concert in the early 80’s. They played separately and then together. Jeff Beck was clearly a class above.

[oldvirginian]

“And while he never reached the level of fame that Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page enjoyed, he was arguably the most skilled guitarist of the three.”

I once heard a very good local guitar player say that Jeff Beck was the guitar player Eric Clapton secretly dreamed of being.

Wonder how far Page would have gotten without Zeppelin?