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- 1 2 Prown, Pete (December 2013). "Feelin' Special: The Giffin Vikta". Vintage Guitar .
- ↑ Bacon, Tony; Burrluck, Dave; Day, Paul; Wright, Michael (2000). Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-57145-281-8.
- ↑ Case, George (2007). Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography (1st ed.). New York City, NY: Hal Leonard. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4234-0407-1.
- ↑ "Luthier Roger Giffin with Jimmy Page's 1959 Les Paul No. 2". Giffinguitars.com. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
