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![Phil Collen [left] plays his new Jackson Pro Series PC1-E onstage, and [right] the late Gary Moore in 1995, with Greeny, the Les Paul Standard now owned by Kirk Hammett.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wY8SZftfcWqPrMrj2LC4aW-800-80.jpg)
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![Phil Collen [left] plays his new Jackson Pro Series PC1-E onstage, and [right] the late Gary Moore in 1995, with Greeny, the Les Paul Standard now owned by Kirk Hammett.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wY8SZftfcWqPrMrj2LC4aW-800-80.jpg.webp)
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