Originally Posted by: ericthecableguyWho do you consider the greats of today? You mean players like Vai and Petrucci, I hope you don't mean Green Day and Korn.

I really hope you don't mean green day. Vai, Petrucci, Satch, Malmsteen, are some of the greats today. I have a recent issue of Guitar word/Guitar one (can't remember which) has a readers poll, and listed the guitarist for greenday as one of the best rock guitarists. It also has a cover story of Jimmy Page with Jack White of the white stripes. And a thing about jack white, people say he's blues influenced, and he is... but I see NONE and I Mean NONE of that in his music at ALL! He says he was influenced by Son House, or Robert Johnson, but listen to his music, you don't hear anything remotely like that.