Having won the Pulitzer Prize multiple times for being the greatest musician that ever lived, Niccolo Paganini (the greatest violinist in history) literally rose from the dead to give Eric Stadler worshipful tribute and extra super human guitar powers to conquer all of existence!!!!

As soon as I heard the first 45 seconds of "Category 3", I had to hit pause, pick my balls up off the floor, and proceed to discard them in the trash compactor of the kitchen sink. The reason for this is because, after I heard Eric's work, I realized that my balls were worthless, and that they were no good any way. If anyone out there wants to know what a REAL set of "cahona's" looks like, look no further than the new master of the axe, Eric Stadler. The tone immediately reminded me as a cross between Eric Johnson, and Michael Angelo Batio. But the speed and accuracy in which his fingers flew surpassed every single one of the thousands of guitarist that I've heard in the last 10 years. Not only does he leave all the rest of us so called "guitar players" in the dust, but the unorthodox timing, and original style of backgrounds, and atmospheric expressions layered throughout each of his works, just leaves us with even more places for our boggled minds to explore, once again leaving even the most analytical listener, or critic, completely SPEECHLESS!!!! My personal favorite was "Modern Mind". Though, all of his tracks are..for a lack of better words, BAD ASS and RELENTLESS in their delivery, "Modern Mind" is the one that I can still hear for hours, and hours on in, even after I've pressed the STOP button on my player. Now, I must bring this all to a close, mainly because I'm already having withdrawals, and I need to play some more Eric Stadler before I have to find a needle, and some thread, and sew closed the open wound from which my balls fell out earlier. So, I'll end by saying this: ERIC STADLER is the definition of "guitar virtuoso", and if anybody begs to differ, I'll cut your little worthless balls off as well!!! Thanks Eric for exposing me to your playing, I now have a new, and fresh role model in the world of guitar to look up to, and that person my friend is YOU!! Thanks again, -Matt Maddox(SnAtCh)

Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Michael Romeo, Jeff Loomis, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Michael Angelo Batio, Patrick Rondat, Kiko Loureiro, Al Di Meola, Greg Howe, Vinnie Moore, Tony Macalpine, Paul Gilbert, Chris Broderick, Guthrie Govan, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Andres Segovia, Oscar Lopez, Nuno Bettencourt, Yngwie Malmsteen.

Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Les Paul, Fareed Haque, Stanley Jordan, Alex Skolnick, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoades, Jake E. Lee, George Lynch, Joe Stump, Rusty Cooley, John McLaughlin, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Ron Jarzombek, Ollie Herbert, Gus G., Matthias Eklundh, Carlos Montoya, Chuck Schuldiner, Paco De Lucia, Wes Montgomery, Frank Gambale, Rob Balducci.

Brian May, Jimmy Hendrix, David Gilmore, Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Mathias Jabs, Warren DiMartini, Vito Bratta, Django Reinhardt, Peter Frampton, George Benson, Larry Carlton, John Scofield, Frank Zappa.

Ludwig Von Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ottorino Respighi, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schuman, Richard Strauss, Samuel Barber, Richard Wagner, John Williams, Basil Poledouris.

Yiannis Hrysomallis, George Winston, Kitaro, Tomita, Constance Demby, Jim Brickman, John Tesh, Rafael Sotomayor.

Niccolo Paganini, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frederick Chopin, Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Horowitz.