If you can handle listening to a good ol' country boy who absolutely stomps most of the modern shredders, dig up some old stuff by Jerry Reed. He was playing a zillion-notes-per-second nearly 40 years ago, and he was playing [u]clean[/u]! No distortion, delay, or fancy effects to hide behind. Even now, his stuff sounds amazing. When he gets into chick'n pick'n, his sense of rhythm will snap your spine! :D (In a good way, doncha know).