According to Eastwood Guitars - who created a DEVO-authorized limited edition “replica” of Bob 1’s “Peek-a-Boo” original: “If you've seen the music video for Peek-A-Boo, then chances are you've seen this guitar being played by Bob1. It was also used extensively while DEVO was touring for ‘Oh No! It's DEVO’ in '82. The guitar was a custom build by JB Player, a brand that was active between 1980 and 1990. The brand is probably best known for their endorsement deal with the band Vixen, but if you were around at that time, you might recall having seen their entry level strat-like guitars on the walls of your local guitar store. JB Player made custom guitars for a few other artists as well, and while it never made it into mainstream production, this ‘Peek-A-Boo’ guitar was Bob1's signature model.”

The history of J.B. Player goes back a little farther, and starts in the Westlake Village of California. Dana Zacuto was the brother of Mighty Mite founder Randy Zacuto. In 1981 or so Dana started taking Mighty Mite components and constructing fully-functional high-end guitars out of them. Apparently, Dana was a bit of a nutcase who always wanted to push the envelope of what could be done with guitars. One of his experiments was taking Mighty Mite's triple-coil pickup, the Motherbucker, and wiring it so each coil could be turned on, off, and out of phase. He had these pickups dropped into exotic body shapes that spoke to California's new wave scene, which was reaching critical mass as Devo played arenas and Wall of Voodoo, the Motels, and Oingo Boingo started making waves and breaking the surface.

Bob1 had two of these custom J.B. Player guitars - the “Peek-a-Boo” (as featured in DEVO’s music video and other television appearances) and his “Mr. DNA” that was altered with the Bigsby for his often violent “Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA” solos (which got tossed around - strings-broken nightly and ultimately lead to the “destruction” of the guitar)!