lilB, Prince is great. No doubt! I remember having to defend him to other close minded guitarists in the '80's, when two-hand tapping, and sweeping were the "sound" of the day! Prince has the best compressed clean sound ever. His rock playing( on songs like Bamby, and "Why you wanna",etc...) shows his greatness in that genre as well. BUT... LETS NOT GET IT TWISTED HERE- Prince can't be better than Hendrix or Robert Johnson. For that matter, Jeff Beck neither!!!! They came before him, and revolutionized the instrument. Have you ever heard Band of Gypsies-"Machine Gun"? What about "Wired"? "Hot Tamales(and they're red hot)"? YOU MUST investigate all of the pioneers on your instrument. Prince himself will tell his sound his influenced by Santana, who fell in love, with and was influenced by Jimi and BB King. Prince IS great, but lets keep it in context!