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    Is it true that Tony Iommi, guitarist of Black Sabbath had an accident with his fingers when he was young?

    Question #128311. Asked by rushfreak. (Dec 10 12 11:41 AM)


    janwoo

    		Yes,he worked in a sheet metal factory and lost the tips of his middle and ring finger on his right hand, when he was 17.He plays the guitar left-handedly.

    Dec 10 12, 12:07 PM
    rossian

    		He was inspired by Django Reinhardt, who also injured his fingers, from his biography on the official website:

    http://www.iommi.com/biography.php

    Dec 10 12, 1:52 PM
    hansdelbruk

    		In order to continue playing, he improvised his own prosthetics by melting soda bottles to the tips of his damaged fingers and dropped the tuning of his guitar so the strings would not be as tough to depress. My source is "Guitar Player" magazine.

    Dec 11 12, 9:10 AM

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