Jimmy Page is very sloppy compared to the Jazz, Swing, and early Country pickers I listen to. Those guys were all improvisers with incredible chops. Very beautiful melodies. Fully expressed lines. Incredibly fast notes with clarity and purpose. Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Barney Kessell, Joe Maphis, Jimmy Bryant, Hank Garland, Tal Farlow... just too many great players out there to mention them all. Les Paul with his trio and on those Bing Crosby recordings is another great. Anyone who's went on to study these greats is going to notice that in comparison, Page, is pretty sloppy when playing live. That being said... i still enjoy listening to him. He's a great composer and came up with very many parts/songs that have stayed popular for 4 decades now. He has a great mind for melody. I got into playing guitar in high school after listening to albums Jimmy Page and Keith Richards wrote and played on. They both are terrific composers which most of the time is more important than technical skills.