High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stuart Mossman (May 13, 1942 - March 2, 1999) was an American guitar maker, entertainer and entrepreneur who built 6,000 guitars from 1968 to 1984 that were played by several professional guitarists, including John Denver, Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson, Hank Snow, Cat Stevens and Merle Travis. Mossman`s work is seen as the foundation for today`s generations of Luthiers who build guitars from fine tone woods.