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Q: TRACII GUNS: 12 PLAYERS WHO SHAPED MY SOUND

“These are the players that really did it for me,” Tracii Guns says. “I’m not taking anything away from the greats like Vai or Satriani, or George Lynch, who’s a sick guitar player, but I think I was too old for them to have an impact on me when I was a teenager.”

1. Jimmy Page2. Tony Iommi3. Jimi Hendrix4. David Gilmour5. Eddie Van Halen6. Randy Rhoads7. Gary Moore8. Jeff Beck9. Michael Schenker10. Keith

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