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Jan Akkerman - shaved the necks of his Les Paul guitars to suit his unique specifications.

John Beland - refinished his Les Paul Standard and did extensive inlay work on his Guild acoustic.

Charo - shaved the neck of her Jose Ramirez classical guitar to suit her unique specifications.

John Denver - made a new soundboard for his Guild F-612, inlaid a three cluster mother-of-pearl design on a new ebony fingerboard, made keyboard-type binding for the body and neck, and refinished the entire instrument.

Rick Derringer - added a pick-up to his 1959 Les Paul Junior, bevelled the body, shaved the neck, and refinished it in pearl white.

Phil Everly - refinished his proto-type Everly Brothers model guitar in walnut.

Bobbie Gentry - custom-built a 14-fret joined-at-the-body classical guitar for her (Valdez #1).

Daryl Hall - custom-built three hand-carved mandolins with a full two-octive and 24-fret fingerboard.

Davey Johnstone - added 2.5 inches to the cutaway on his Gibson double-neck and refinished the entire instrument.

John Lennon - replaced the crushed soundboard on his Martin D-28.

Rick Nelson - played a CF Martin D-28 restored by Valdez.

Ray Parker, Jr. - custom-built an electric guitar which includes an MXR Phase 100 with fuzz tone and fuzz box incorporated into the body.

Bonnie Raitt - replaced the soundboard on her Guild F-50.

Gene Simmons - custom-built the first "Kiss Battle Axe" and the "Kiss Skull & Crossbones".

Jim Stafford - built all guitars for his ABC television summer series including a classical with single cluster cluster pearl inlay and our original polyester pickguard.

Al Stewart - hallowed out his Stratocaster to make the first Thin-Line Strat.

Stephen Stills - repaired the broken peghead of his 1963 Firebird VII and finished the neck in white.

Marvin Tarplin - refinished the top of his 1957 Les Paul custom.

Bill Withers - replaced the soundboard on his Martin D-35.