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Eddie Van Halen
Revolutionary guitarist who invented modern rock guitar technique. His 'brown sound' — a modified Stratocaster-style guitar through a variac-powered Marshall Plexi — changed electric guitar tone forever. Pioneer of two-handed tapping, harmonics, and tremolo bar tricks.
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