Yep...Brent's a top shelf picker alright! Sure would be great to have some more choice for lead guitar in ballads and rock oriented directions though. Brent's forte is fast country....nobody can beat him in that idiom.Suggest you listen to Albert Lee and Vince Gill too. Vince can really burn up the fingerboard! Very clean and tasty player...highly under rated. Have you heard James Burton on Emmy Lou's "OOO Las Vegas"? Some serious pickin' goin' on there!For rock I think that guy in Pink Floyd is a more effective school of playing...Clapton....etc...it's not necessary to play as if you're about to be shot ALL the time.