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Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together.

John Petrucci

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John Petrucci
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 12
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In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice.
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