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Dimebag Darrell
Pantera's guitarist who revolutionized groove metal with crushing, razor-sharp riffs and screaming harmonics. His Dean ML through a solid-state Randall Century 200 created an aggressive, scooped tone with surgical precision. His right-hand technique and use of the whammy bar influenced an entire generation of metal guitarists.
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