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hifiguy

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11. He should be top ten.

Reply to mackerel (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 02:38 PM

Mar 2015

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In the same breath with the likes of Fripp, McLaughlin, Howe, Hendrix, Blackmore, Gilmour, Beck, Page and Eric Johnson.

I've always thought Clapton is wildly overrated.

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He should be top ten. hifiguy Mar 2015 #11

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