“All of those guitars were underneath my bed in Hollywood for 10 years. If they found out, we’d be in jail”: The inside story of the ‘Outlaw Guitar Collection’ – bootleg custom shop guitars made from stolen Gibson parts

For more than 10 years, master luthier Roger Giffin and vintage gear rental specialist Brett Allen have been sitting on a secret that could have landed both of them serious jail time.

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