In other places a man who plays three guitars at the same time might be dubbed a trickster, the musical equivalent of a Three Card Monte dealer.

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Three other guitars belonging to his band-mates also went missing.

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Three blue guitars mark the spot where Delta blues henchman Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for mastery of the guitar.

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The colorfully bizarre building by Frank Gehry looks like a three-dimensional cubist collage of smashed electric guitars, and is Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's eccentric gift to the city.

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Olympia opens with "You Can Dance, " a sinuous, throbbing track propelled by three bass players, Flea among them, and slashing guitars.

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