220:. Hanks learned to play, and tune his guitar, purely by ear, and picked up a delicate finger-style method of guitar picking. Hanks later stated "Most people, when they hear me play, they think it's two guitars, because I play the bass and the other strings at the same time. They say, man that's two guitars, and I say no, me, it's just me by myself. They say, don't believe you, it sounds like two guitars to me."
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