i am not seeing all the post for some reason but i see most of them. Anyways paul gilbert does sound faster that yngwie and michael angelo. I seen a clip of him playing a guitar solo and towards the end he does these extremely fast alternate picking runs. Its sounds faster than yngwie or michael. His fingers look cooler too. i honestly think paul is better than both. Speed will only get you so far though. Steve Vai my favorite guitarist has speed but he also has alot more. It's going to be interesting seeing yngwie, steve, and joe satch go at it on the G3 tour. I think yngwie's playing will bring out an even more aggressive side of steve and joe's playing which will be very fun to watch.