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”’Roger Giffin”’ is an English [[luthier]], sometimes referred to as “guitarmaker to the stars”.<ref name=Prown>{{cite news|title=Feelin’ Special: The Giffin Vikta|last=Prown|first=Pete|date=December 2013|work=[[Vintage Guitar (magazine)|Vintage Guitar]]}}</ref> Notable guitarists who play his instruments include [[Eric Clapton]], [[Pete Townshend]], [[John Entwistle]], [[Mark Knopfler]], and [[David Gilmour]].<ref name=Prown/> Giffin ran the [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Custom Shop]] for a while; one of the more notable guitars he built there was a copy of [[Jimmy Page]]’s “No. 2”, the basis for the Jimmy Page Signature model Les Pauls in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bacon|first1=Tony|last2=Burrluck|first2=Dave|last3=Day|first3=Paul|last4=Wright|first4=Michael|year=2000|title=Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia|location=San Diego|publisher=Thunder Bay Press|isbn=978-1-57145-281-8|page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Case|first=George|year=2007|title=Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography|edition=1st|location=New York City, NY|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-1-4234-0407-1|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giffinguitars.com/jimmy_page_pics.htm |title=Luthier Roger Giffin with Jimmy Page’s 1959 Les Paul No. 2 |publisher=Giffinguitars.com |accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref> |
”’Roger Giffin”’ is an English [[luthier]], sometimes referred to as “guitarmaker to the stars”.<ref name=Prown>{{cite news|title=Feelin’ Special: The Giffin Vikta|last=Prown|first=Pete|date=December 2013|work=[[Vintage Guitar (magazine)|Vintage Guitar]]}}</ref> Notable guitarists who play his instruments include [[Eric Clapton]], [[Pete Townshend]], [[John Entwistle]], [[Mark Knopfler]], and [[David Gilmour]].<ref name=Prown/> Giffin ran the [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Custom Shop]] for a while; one of the more notable guitars he built there was a copy of [[Jimmy Page]]’s “No. 2”, the basis for the Jimmy Page Signature model Les Pauls in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bacon|first1=Tony|last2=Burrluck|first2=Dave|last3=Day|first3=Paul|last4=Wright|first4=Michael|year=2000|title=Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia|location=San Diego|publisher=Thunder Bay Press|isbn=978-1-57145-281-8|page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Case|first=George|year=2007|title=Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography|edition=1st|location=New York City, NY|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-1-4234-0407-1|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giffinguitars.com/jimmy_page_pics.htm |title=Luthier Roger Giffin with Jimmy Page’s 1959 Les Paul No. 2 |publisher=Giffinguitars.com |accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref> |
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English luthier
Roger Giffin is an English luthier, sometimes referred to as “guitarmaker to the stars”.[1] Notable guitarists who play his instruments include Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Mark Knopfler, and David Gilmour.[1] Giffin ran the Gibson Custom Shop for a while; one of the more notable guitars he built there was a copy of Jimmy Page‘s “No. 2”, the basis for the Jimmy Page Signature model Les Pauls in the mid-1990s.[2][3][4]
