Oh yeah, I would assume the guy you and the Rock worked with and got the guitar probably wasn't Mad Billison - I still see and talk to the good captain on a semi-regular basis...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.