[death2tyrants]

He lost the tips of some fingers in an accident at work before they made it big.

I remember reading about that. It didn't seem to slow him down any. Listening to Sabbath growing up, it influenced me into taking up the classical guitar.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

It’s part of the reason why he tuned his guitar to C# for much of Sabbath’s early career.