Think I'm gonna have to agree with ya on there, Skull... as much as I love Satch too, but having seen Vai at G3 in 2001, I was completely in awe. I couldn't imagine how Satch could possibly follow that set. Satch played a great one, but it couldn't top Vai. I've seen a lot of great guitar players live, and no one has even come CLOSE to matching the crazy shit Vai was pulling off. And I'm not talking purely SPEED either, I'm talking about his sheer command of the instrument. He can conjure any sound out out of his instrument...

Just thought it strange how Don Henley, from the prior post, primarily a drummer, has more guitars than most strictly-guitar playing friends of mine... I only have 4, a Fender Strat, Ibanez RG 7-string, an ESP H-302 (my baby), and an Ibanez classical electric-acoustic. Never been too big on effects, been trying to figure out how to work my new TC Electronics G Major... but my Mesa Boogie dual rectifier does the trick - best amp I've ever played out of, byfar.