nope. have known Metheny's stuff for a while, and saw him on TV w/that crazy custom thing once.
a cousin of mine was way into some of these players when i was a kid and much of it rubbed off (Hedges and Leo Kotke were among his favorites, but i sorta gravitated towards Stanley Jordan, Metheny & Dimeola from the music i borrowed from cuz).
but am generally much more of a rock/blues guitar fan overall (esp. Hendrix).
and if there was one "crossover" player in particular that i like the most, it'd prolly be this guy:
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