How awesome is Jeff Beck?

This 72 year old (and still growing) guitarist can play all styles flawlessly and continues to push himself despite all the acclaim and success he has achieved. He is arguably the most innovative and original of the British guitarists to emerge in the sixties and his playing has never deteriorated, unlike his contemporaries (and friends) Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Keith Richards due to extraneous personal problems (drugs, tinnitus, etc). It's almost as if he is a guitar, with a mind that knows how it should ideally be played. Oh, and he builds a mean Hot Rod too.