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Glenn McDougall, a highly regarded guitar manufacturer from Saskatoon, died on the weekend after a battle with cancer.

Peers, customers and admirers shared their praise for McDougall and his company, Fury, established in 1962.

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He was just days short of his 8oth birthday, noted Myles Goodwyn from the band April Wine, in a Facebook post.

“I’ve known Glenn for about 12 years, in that short time we became very good friends. I sure will miss him,” Goodwyn wrote. “My condolences go out to his widow, Janet, and all his children and grandchildren. As well, his many friends and admirers.”

Sheldon Dingwall of Saskatoon’s Dingwall Guitars knew McDougall for 40 years after meeting him as a 16-year-old.

“We all have the same story: we went in for an hour and came out eight hours later and had our minds blown,” Dingwall said in an interview.

“He was a mechanical genius, without a doubt. His ability to conceptualize machines that would do multiple operations, I think would be on a level with any of the top engineers at GM or Ford.”