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- ↑ "VIDEO: Premier Builders Guild Johan Gustavsson, Koll and b3 guitars compared". MusicRadar . 14 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Thompson, Art; Darrin Fox; Michael Ross. "Six High Value 6-Strings". Guitar Player . pp. 96–109.
- ↑ https://www.namm.org/files/presskits/PBG%20Online%20Press%20Kit.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Summer NAMM '10 - Premier Builders Guild" . Retrieved 2018-09-10.
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