Realistically - Where does Lindsey belong?

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He's my all-time favorite personally, but as far as objectively speaking, I still think he's at least a top-20 guitarist. He's a much cleaner player than, say, Jimmy Page (Page played incredible riffs, but his solos tended to be quite sloppy, especially live), and his style of playing is so unique. I may be wrong on this (Chili could probably tell me), but I think he's one of the only lead guitarists of his generation who's style wasn't derived from the blues. While I'm sure he had an appreciation of them, and was influenced indirectly by them through players like Clapton and Green, his playing came more from his love of folk and California pop (Beach Boys, Byrds).