Phil & I were friends in Madison, both being Madison natives, students @ UW.   I moved to NYC in 1961, and Phil came there shortly after. We shared a pad on E 5th St. Both of us eventually returned to Madison. I sold him an elderly Gibson SJ that a friend had mistreated. Phil refinished it, installed a new back, then I ended up getting it back from him, still have it in 2018. Phil moved out west, and I lost track of him. Clearly Phil's skills with instrument repair and making improved substantially when he loved out west.