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The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

Andy Summers

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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Photographer
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