[Blues4U]

I agree with Page being all over the place on tone. I saw some clips on youtube on the Page/Plant tour where his tone was stellar, it was the best tone and the best I have ever seen him play (I never saw him live, i'm talking about all the movies and clips) It was really a thick,ballsy rock and roll tone. I liked it. He also sounded good on those live recordings with the Black Crows.

That last Clapton clip was great. That's sort of classic strat blues tone. I just feel his current tone is just a little tweak away from being good. A little too much lows and a little light on the treble and it's really too compressed and mushy at the same time if that is possible. It's just sort of weird for me to describe what I don't like about it but I know what I don't like about it when I hear.

I have noticed that Mr Clapton isn't always into his performance as much as you would think he should be. I haven't seen a modern clip where I thought he sucked, he always plays well and does his thing. He just seems to be doing his job some times rather than getting in the groove and playing his ass off. I also understand he has been doing this as long as I have been alive and I am 44.

I think the fact that Mr Clapton is still recording and gigging tells me he still has a few more stories to tell.

I agree with Gmac, Clapton has evolved into a great songwriter, great.

Buddy Guy's tone changes about 3/4ths of the way through his shows. It goes from classic blues/strat tone to crap. It has every time I see him. I think he tweaks things a little about half to 3/4 of the way into a show and things go to shit. I love the guy and I see him every chance I get to because I always leave with a smile on my face. Buddy is carrying the torch like he promised.