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I'll start with.....
EVH
Gary Moore
Eric Johnson
add others you know who have it.....

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..oops I forgot Paul Gilbert.

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Pete Townshend.
Jeff Beck (after an unfortunate encounter with Matt Sorum's cymbal at a GnR gig in Paris).

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I could be wrong but I think Ted Nugent can only hear out of one ear.

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Brian Setzer
Eric Clapton is nearly deaf nowadays too...

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Roger Miller of Mission of Burma - he wears shooting-style earmuffs onstage like Gilbert Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü/Sugar - he's said that the only way he can sleep is if he turns the TV or radio to static and cranks it all the way up

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Brian May...he's one of the few that i've never heard of having it...or at least i've never heard him mention in in interviews but he always plays 3 fully cranked ac30s...boosted. Thats gotta be real loud.

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I seem to recall hearing that James Hetfield has it as well, but that shouldn't surprise anyone.
While we're on the subject, let me give a plug ( :badump: ) for Etymotic ER-20 earplugs, which have the clearest frequency response of any off-the-shelf (i.e., not custom-molded) earplugs out there. I bring a pair to every rock concert I attend, and I wear them on stage as well. Three days of ringing ears after a Dream Theater concert in 2000 scared me straight on that matter.

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Did someone say something? ;)

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Andy Partridge of XTC. Gained it after an engineer accidently turned up the snare drum on a recording whilst AP had his headphones in. Severely messed up his life.

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I believe Beethoven had it. Ok, not a guitar player but famous (and then some).

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I've had it since my early teens..... it really sucks ass.

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About 35% of rock/pop musicians have prenature eharing loss.
More than 50% of classical musicians have premature hearing loss.

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About 35% of rock/pop musicians have prenature eharing loss.
More than 50% of classical musicians have premature hearing loss. Tinnitus isn't merely hearing loss; it's a constant ringing of the ear(s).
When one lies down at night, and the room is silent, one can still hear a constant high-pitched :ree-eeee-eeee-eee-eee-eee

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I've had it since my early teens..... it really sucks ass. Me too...30+ years of it.

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And drinking alcoholic beverages exacerbates it.

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And drinking alcoholic beverages exacerbates it. Aspirin too.

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Pete Townshend.
. Ever see 'The Kids Are Alright'? Pete is talking to Keith Moon about going to see the doctor for it, and they're both laughing their asses off......

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I do.
Oh, you said famous......................... :cool:

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Tinnitus isn't merely hearing loss; it's a constant ringing of the ear(s).
When one lies down at night, and the room is silent, one can still hear a constant high-pitched :ree-eeee-eeee-eee-eee-eee Oh, I know that very well. I was just saying...
We all have tinnitus to a lesser or greater extent. Whether you realise it or not. I have an acoustic test chamber a couple of metres behind me as I type. Go lie in there with the door closed for a couple of minutes and you will hear your own tinnitus.
Funnily enough, mine was really quite annoying this morning - unusual. Not sure if it was due to too much cofee or not enough!
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