I hope this gets to Joe. I know this is a long shot but it's the only shot I have. I was wondering if you would be so kind Joe to consider signing a guitar I built to be auctioned off for charity. Before you ignore the postl at least take a moment to look at the signatures I already have. Premier Guitar Magazines CEO Peter Sprague has agreed to donate some space in his magazine to promote the auction. I hope I can add your signature to the list. I live in San Jose California and have built guitars for other celebrities. I know you're going to be in town and this would be the a good time if you decide to sign the guitar.

The auction will be for a guitar that I built that has been signed by a number of artists. You can see the guitar in the raw and the signatures on my web site at the link below. The money will be donated to the Lucille Packard foundation at Stamford university for children's cancer research. The auction will held in about 6 months while I try to get additional signatures. Which has been difficult to this point.

http://www.biscegliaguitars.com/The%20Jake.html

Here are just some of the signatures are some know guitarist: 1. Carlos Santana 2. Greg Kihn 3 Dave Meniketti and all of the Y&T band past and present. 4. Eric Martin 5. Laurance Juber These are just some of the signatures I have so far.

The Guitar was named after a little boy named Jake Dagnino a friend of my wife's little boy. He was 11 when he lost his battle to Leukemia. The proceeds will be donated to the Lucille Packard foundation in Jake's name, where he was treated. A brief story about what a wonderful little boy Jake was is here:

http://www.biscegliaguitars.com/Jakes%20Page.html

Please take a moment to read it. It was written by the father of one of Jake's little friends Katie who was going through the same treatment.

The guitar will become a permanent addition to my line of guitars. For each guitar sold one hundred dollars will be donated to the hospital.

Quickly, Jake was waiting for a bone marrow transplant for quite sometime. When they finally found a donor, Jake got his transplant just in time. Jake was doing well for about a month then something went terribly wrong and Jake died soon after.

I hope you will seriously consider my request and pass this request onto Joe. I will completely understand if you can not. I have spoken briefly to Greg Kihn, of the Greg Kihn Band, in San Jose, where he has his own weekday morning radio show, about giving me some air time. I'm almost certain this will happen.

Thanks for your time.