I’m with you on that DW....and David Gilmour is one of those four, and still alive and well...
Add Prince to that list. I used to badmouth Tele’s until I saw him play stuff like “Let’s Go Crazy” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on his Tele and just smoke.
Someone (an engineer, perhaps?) once said that Gilmour could take a $20 guitar and make it sound like a Stradivarius. Great tone and timing.