caption associated_acts years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument image article_title birth_name occupation
jens ludwig performing live in 2010 edguy avantasia 1992 -- present germany jens ludwig non_vocal_instrumentalist 30 august 1977 guitar jens ludwig 2010.03.20.jpg jens ludwig
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jens ludwig

jens ludwig -lrb- born 30 august 1977 -rrb- is the lead guitarist and co-founder of the german power metal band edguy .
jens has played nearly all the band 's lead parts and guitar solos since their inception and is the only member of the current line-up other than tobias sammet to have any songwriting credits .
he also contributed lead guitar work for sammet 's avantasia side project , on both `` the metal opera '' and `` the metal opera part ii '' .
he has an endorsement with gibson guitars , marshall amplifiers and martin blust strings
