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'''Jim Triggs''' is an American [[luthier]], described as the "P.T. Barnum of guitar makers."[ He grew up in [[Kansas]], where he taught himself how to build [[mandolin]]s and violins. He began building guitars in the early 1980s, influenced by such luthiers as [[John D'Angelico]], [[Stromberg Guitars|Elmer Stromberg]], and [[Lloyd Loar]], and went to work for [[Gibson Guitar Corporation]] in 1986][ as one of the master luthiers in Gibson's custom shop.][{{cite book|last=Laskin|first=Grit|title=A guitarmaker's canvas: the inlay art of Grit Laskin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0FdrMqslXIC&pg=PA26|year=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-0-87930-756-1|page=26}}][{{cite book|last=Cusic|first=Don|title=It's the cowboy way!: the amazing true adventures of Riders in the Sky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbtWmpLVuuQC&pg=PA235|year=2003|publisher=UP of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-2284-7|page=235}}] He is known mainly for [[archtop guitar]]s and mandolins.[{{cite book|last1=Vose|first1=Ken|last2=Jean-Bart|first2=Leslie|title=Blue Guitar|url=https://archive.org/details/blueguitar0000vose|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Chronicle|isbn=978-0-8118-1912-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/blueguitar0000vose/page/77 77]}}] |
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'''Jim Triggs''' is an American [[luthier]], described as the "P.T. Barnum of guitar makers."[ He grew up in [[Kansas]], where he taught himself how to build [[mandolin]]s and violins. He began building guitars in the early 1980s, influenced by such luthiers as [[John D'Angelico]], [[Stromberg Guitars|Elmer Stromberg]], and [[Lloyd Loar]], and went to work for [[Gibson Guitar Corporation]] in 1986][ as one of the master luthiers in Gibson's custom shop.][{{cite book|last=Laskin|first=Grit|title=A guitarmaker's canvas: the inlay art of Grit Laskin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0FdrMqslXIC&pg=PA26|year=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-0-87930-756-1|page=26}}][{{cite book|last=Cusic|first=Don|title=It's the cowboy way!: the amazing true adventures of Riders in the Sky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbtWmpLVuuQC&pg=PA235|year=2003|publisher=UP of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-2284-7|page=235}}] He is known mainly for [[archtop guitar]]s and mandolins.[{{cite book|last1=Vose|first1=Ken|last2=Jean-Bart|first2=Leslie|title=Blue Guitar|url=https://archive.org/details/blueguitar0000vose|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Chronicle|isbn=978-0-8118-1912-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/blueguitar0000vose/page/77 77]}}] |