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Darrell Lance Abbott, or Dimebag Darrell, was the late and great guitarist for Pantera. Dime was shot and killed onstage on December 8, 2004, while performing with the band Damageplan. Dimebag_Darrell.jpg It's been my dream to visit his grave one day, and if I'm lucky, I might get to do so in a couple of weeks. I'm rather excited for that. Dime was an amazing and talented guitarist, and he deserves to be here in the Metal Legends section. May he rest in peace.

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i completely agree! no one can get squelies like that' date=' his tone aswell, it confused me, so trebbly yet you can't hear the pick stroke at all, it always baffled me[/quote'] yeah man. i wish i had his tone. lol its just fucking sick! i actually visited his grave in 2009. it was fucking magical. you could feel his presence, his love. i still cry thinking about his death.
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Re: Dimebag Darrell I was like " WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, THIS IS GODLY! WHY HAVENT I HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE ?! I GOTTA LISTEN TO MORE PANTERA!" And i was a little 8 year old. listening to pantera for the first time. Oh, 5 minutes alone, thank you for introducing me to the awesomeness of pantera :3

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Re: Dimebag Darrell Cemetary Gates was the first metal song I ever heard and it just blew my mind, the way Dime went from playing clean to that brutal riff, when I first heard that I just wasn't expecting it, I now own every Pantera album, and two weeks ago I bought a guitar from his signature series, the Dean Razorback Skulls, the first song I played on it was Walk, which conincidentally was also the first song I chose to learn I wish I could have met Dime in person or seen Pantera live. R.I.P Dime we miss you

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Re: Dimebag Darrell and the first song I play whenever I'm using that Razorback Skulls is still Walk, and the tone is so close to the way Dime played it I get goosebumps, i said it about Ronnie James Dio and I'll say it about Dimebag, so long as we keep their music alive they'll never truly be gone,

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