yup, shawn lane is definitely the fastest ive seen so far. i wouldnt recommend any of his major albums though. try to get his instructional videos...... amazing!! but he's fast because of his wierd approach to scales. if we're talkin about how many notes per sec, i think frank gambale is a top contender. as for yngwie, i think michael angelo is faster than him, plus angelo has endurance in his passages. i think impelliteri sounds dirty, makes you wonder if hes hitting the notes correctly. with that in mind, i think petrucci kicks ass. speed and ACCURACY is his thing plus i think hes getting faster everyday. hey anybody remember that kid who used to say that he can play 53 notes per second?? whatever happened to him?? he posted that tread here about a year ago