Jerry Garcia's Guitars: A Short History
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In particular I need to thank Micheal Robinson of Eastwood Guitars for his permission to use the clips of R.J. Ronquillo demo'ing their custom shop Wolf and Tiger replica guitars. You can learn more about them here:
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One of the reasons I love making these is that I learn so much doing it. I have never followed the Dead, separate from always enjoying Garcia's acoustic side projects with David Grissman. So diving into the history of his electrics was all new to me. To that extent, please be kind if my sources don't match yours or your memory. As I say, "please add it to the comments for everyone to enjoy", but be nice. :)
Thanks for watching.
All the best,
Keith
Additional trivia: they changed their name from the Warlocks to the Grateful Dead because there was an east coast band also called the Warlocks and they wanted to avoid confusion. Unnecessary, as it turned out, the the east coast Warlocks ended up changing their name as well - to the Velvet Underground.
That's excellent!
Would be nice if he did a video on tgem
only thing is....Jerry Garcia wasn't an asshole like Lou Reed...
Some truth in this some not so truths. But the misunderstanding is understandable and often repeated. The more likely story is that they both changed their names because of a third band.
To be more specific, their name was "Grateful Dead" no "The". Same with "Eagles". 👌
I lived in the Bay area for many years. My wife bought me a fly rod for Christmas one year and we went to Golden Gate Park to the fly casting ponds to try it out. While there, we began to hear the sound of drums coming from the polo grounds. We were curious as to what was going on, so we walked over to the polo grounds. We crested the hill and saw hundreds of people streaming into the polo fields, all of them just walking around the track. Three gentlemen in particular caught our eye: a grandfather, father, and son. They were walking the track passing a joint between the three of them. More and more people streamed into the polo fields and we finally found out what was going on. Jerry Garcia had just died. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a celebration of life such as I saw that day. I will never forget it. RIP Jerry Garcia.
That is an amazing story Royce, destiny for the right place at the right time.
Thank You for taking the time to share this.
the southern law poverty Center they lie with statistics
@@redbear4027 True, True, True.
My stomach went sour when I heard that statement about the guitar being sold for Charity for that propaganda mill.
@@hkguitar1984 I can't see the original comment so I looked it up, the splc is a terrible organisation, a sad legacy for that guitar.
@@happybenjful Indeed it is.
With Artists, especially gifted Artists Like Gerry Garcia, I wish all of them could keep Politics and their Artwork separate from each other. I understand, everyone has a Right to speak their mind, I would just ask that out of respect for your own Art to keep it free of Politics for everyone to enjoy.
Wow, am I dreaming or what! LOL
the greatest guitarist ever in my meaningless opinion. never falls back on stock licks. always improvising. always pushing forward. always melodic and tasteful. as someone put it, inside a Jerry solo "whole worlds are turning, becoming and dissolving within single notes"
Absolutely true. I am a lifelong guitarist and I hold Jerry the highest of them all. Above hendrix and srv and evh. Why? Because of melody and feel. Plus, he could also smoke anyone in acoustic and banjo and pedal steel. His music has fun and sweetness and a playfulness. Was lucky enough to see him play many times, with the Dead and the Jerry Garcia band.
Agree, but would take issue with the "never falls back on stock licks" bit.. it's no sin to play something you've heard or played before (assuming that's what you meant by "stock licks") when it's the right time for it. Example: the jam at the tail end of Tennessee Jed, when he does the sliding lick from the 4 chord up to the 5 chord going into the last 8 bars. I heard that for the first time live, and was blown away, thinking it was improvised, then later learned that he played that routinely for many years.. but it was badass, nonetheless!
This is like being handed the holy grail with Keith saying "There you go!". Man oh man...
Funny story about Jerry’s ashes in the Ganges: Bob weir decided to do that as he said it came to him in a dream. Jerry’s late wife was furious because the Ganges is or at least was the most polluted river in the world, Jerry had never been to the Ganges, never been to India and it was of no significance to him whatsoever. Some time later when they spread his remaining ashes in the SF bay, it was a very windy and rough day on the bay. Most, if not all of Jerry came right back into the boat. So really Jerry’s ashes were spread on the side of a rental boat and in the jackets of his closest friends and family.
God damn wind.
Mercy!
Always loved, never forgotten, never really gone….
Love that you did one of these for Jerry Garcia. Long shot, but I'd love to see one on Bob Weir's guitars. He has a tone all his own.
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In 2000 I was in my second year of violin making school and the school took a trip to the Smithsonian to have a hands on view of the violin collection. It was the end of a very long day and I was helping the curator Gary Sturm put instruments back into the collection closets in a back storage room. Gary told a story of when he showed the Grateful Dead the same room thinking they would be into the enormous collection of rare guitars. Gary laughed when he noticed that the Dead were way more into the mandolins and banjos in the collection! There are amazing things locked away there including a completely insane collection of kazoos, all perfectly cataloged and preserved!
Grateful Dead "Reckoning" is a Master-Class in acoustic lead playing. A lot of bluegrass pickers had way more speed and agility, but Jerry is drawing something deeper out of the guitar, it's like he breathes through it.
There's so much good music out there you can't go wrong Garcia always sounds so right
Yep. Just today I was running through the solo he plays on Dire Wolf. And it's just incredible how each note he plays, across the entire fingerboard, matches the chord progression perfectly. And that solo comes straight off the top of his head. Listen to the other acoustic shows from that fall run and each solo on Dire Wolf is unique and different. Same with every solo he ever played. He never repeated himself.
I don't know much about his acoustic guitars, but he demanded a lot from his customized electrics. The intonation had to be perfect because he played half way up the scale and stretched those strings during his lead solos that would have been readily noticed from the G and B strings at the 10 th to the 15 th fret areas. I don't know what types of frets he prefered, most likely a material that could withstand a lot of string grinding, finger sweat and whatever abuse most other pickers throw at a fret board. I never got to meet Jerry in person, but would have loved to have asked that question of him. Thanks for this video. Bob
@@humanbeing2420 Dawg Grisman was the same way -- almost never played solos the same way twice. Norman Blake was also the same. That, to me, is the mark of a true musician, not just bluegrass, but jazz also. Bluegrass and jazz are siblings, if you listen to each enough, huh?? Classical is pretty much played as written.
Great topic. Most people don't know how Jerry was responsible for a lot of what we take for granted not in pro live rigs.
…and live audio innovation.
I was a Dead Head well after most people. Some friends took me to a live show at the Fillmore the evening I arrived back "in the world" having been discharged from 4 years in the service. The concert lasted about three hours, as I recall. One dude asked me was I high and what it was I was on. I told him I'd just gotten outta the f***ckin' war. Is that high or what.... ? I was a Dead Head from that day on. RIP Jerry.
And the Dead philosophy somehow changed my life -- for the better.
“Grate” episode, thanks!
Saw the Dead approx. 150 times ‘72 thru ‘95, still miss ‘em dearly…
I saw approx 63 shows from 1989 to 1995...
The Dead's relationship with Guild deserves a video of its own.
Weir designed one of Guild's most rare/legendary acoustics around the time of Working Man's Dead, an F50R with Artist Award neck/headstock/arched back. Allegedly 6 were built by Carlo Greco and Bob still owns his. John Denver's double pickguard Guild F50R "Artist Award" which he played in the first half of the 70s is one of the Weir designed F50Rs.
Very interesting stuff about the Guilds. I had an old beat up F30 in the seventies, it was the best acoustic guitar I’ve ever had. And I inadvertently picked an old 66 Starfire lll about twenty years ago, still playing it a lot. Guilds don’t get the respect they deserve imo.
These vids are just outstounding. Jerry was one of if not the most melodic player. THE beard seemed to have arrived with the SG.
One of if not the best improvisational melodically talented players
Beard arrived with the heroin
He was a melodic player definitely!
The best as far I'm concerned.
@@sloburnjo dont think Jer really started going head over heels for that until 77-78
Thank you so much. You brought back a huge portion of my life. I haven't really thought about Jerry in many years. It has always hurt too much. He was a great friend of myself and my parents. He was an enormous influence in my life. I am off to listen to hours worth of bootlegs I have had sitting on the shelf. Thank you again.
I agree
We were an Alembic repair station… In Jackson Mississippi. This was back in 1975 or so… I say we but it was really Donald Thomas and Charlie England and we had one of the first basses that they produced with one of their preamp‘s for said bass… It was astonishing how clean it was and how accurate the instrument was. We were designing tuned enclosures for guitar and bass using resonant frequencies to design ports for speaker cabinets to improve their efficiency. We were also building copies of A2’s and A7’s for theaters and churches etc.… And we experimented with the Grateful Dead philosophy of placing the PA behind the band. That was the genesis of the in the round concept of the bluebird café. I knew it would work but I never had any idea how well until we did it. I am looking very much forward to this Jerry Garcia guitar thing! They broke a lot of ground!
The company was called Let’s Eat sound and it is still active today… Very quality stuff!
nice
I just did sound for a classic rock band (their first gig)...they asked me if I could place mains behind them...I did...I spent several hours fine tuning the system and got that "sweet spot"...it was a medium sized club. Band had worked hard on 3 part vocal harmonies...making it even more difficult. It went great! The band brought down the house...and want me to continue doing their sound reinforcement.
The Dead were an absolutely magic band. I don’t think there will ever be another guitar player like JG.
Thank you for this. I first saw the Dead in Chicago in 77, they had a run of 7 or 8 shows in a row at the Auditorium Theater. Then in 81 at Alpine meadows and I was "on the bus". I went on tour, supporting myself selling photos of the band. I ended up seeing 362 shows, including the incredible European tour in 1990. My last was the Shorline show you mentioned in 1995. Little did I know it would be my last. I am now 65 years young and look back at that time as a true highlight of my life. I was lucky enough to meet Phil and Bob, but never Jerry, but I hope to see him when I walk through the final door of this life.
The BEST solo acoustic performance was Jerry Garcia at The Capital Theatre in Passaic, NJ, late 1978, '79. It's an UA-cam upload. I was at the show and listened to it on UA-cam. We were blown away, then and I'm blown away by it, now.
This performance is required listening to any Jerry Garcia aficionado.
RIP Jerry Garcia 🌹✝️🌹
Such a unique player who blended so many styles to form his own. I was fortunate to have seen the Dead over 30 times. I was lucky enough to see the last Dead show at Soldier Field back in ‘94. Then that very day on the 9th of August 1995 Jerry died, I was on my way to Hampton Beach, NH to see Bob Weir. To my surprise the show went on as a tribute to his suddenly lost friend. I miss those days!
THIS is the video for me. What a privilege to see those guitars up close. Thank you Keith.
Growing up, my dad and I had radically different tastes in music. We could really never see eye-to-eye on a lot. However, one day in high school, I remember my dad popping in "American Beauty" into the cd player of his car, and I was immediately captivated. I think it was that moment that started us on a journey to see and listen to as many artists as possible, regardless of whether or not we both liked the music. I know Jerry Garcia was and is immensely important to my dad, and while I'm not a guitarist, I really enjoyed learning about the different guitars, especially knowing the kind of music they made and what it means/still means to me and my dad.
same here. As a teenager growing up in Chicago I was a blues nut. Could not stand GD. My kids brought it to me later in life and it siounded much better?
To me, Tiger is the most iconic signature guitar ever in terms of a custom-made instrument. Only Prince’s Cloud guitar can compare. Subtle hint for Keith’s next episode!
I just started playing guitar again about year ago because I miss jamming to the dead. I saw many shows on the west coast from 89-95 and stoked that you are covering Jerry's guitars. Always wanted to know, so THANKS @five watt world
I was quite happy to hear you mention the ZB pedal steel guitar Jerry owned. I am pretty sure that stands for Zane Beck.He was quite a steel player and steel guitar builder and innovator. Those interested might want to research him.I talked to John Cippolina on the phone when I was 15. He was quite nice and played lead for Quicksilver Messenger Service and was quite original. He knew Jerry.
Love this video. I don't think people realize just how good a musician Jerry was
I think Wolf is one of the most beautiful electric guitars ever built.
Grateful Dead was my first ever concert, MSU auditorium, early 70's, I will never forget the loud, clean, amazing guitar tone, I was in awe!!
Great video! Saw the Dead over 100 times; a lot of people (now) are under the misconception that Dead concerts were all full of hippies and "save the whales" types but, truth be told, there were all kinds of people there who shared a common connection through music. There were conservative stockbrokers in suits just getting to the show right from their trading jobs, construction workers, doctors, and lawyers all mixed in with the much more liberal attendees. Not uncommon to see a tie-died hippie chick dancing with a guy in an Armani suit as Jerry and the band were rippin' on Sugar Magnolia. People were able to put politics aside for three-plus hours and agree to enjoy their shared common bonds of music. Today that would never happen. That's what I miss the most about seeing the Dead...
This was a great video, loved it! You should do a brief history of the Wall of Sound they used back in '73-'74, which would kind of be the antithesis of getting the most sound out of the least gear, as that was the about the most gear ever used in a live performance.
Winter 2004 and again in 2007, I spent a month in Reno flight training in the mornings and several times walked over to the UNR campus planetarium Imax theater and geology museum, wondering how they managed to keep the Wall of Sound from collapsing in the winds there. After returning home to Alaska, I discovered that those live concerts were recorded and being published in small lots, and managed to purchase the CD set of the concert held in the Harry Adams Fieldhouse at the University of Montana in 1975. The documentation was quite extensive, including the contract that specified the (astounding!) number of hours they would be allowed to play.
D'Angelico Guitars worked with Bob Weir to issue his signature design guitar several years ago, which may still be listed in their catalog.
Yes please! Wall of Sound would be great
Saw 2 shows with the Wall of Sound...nothing else compares...not even close!
I had sent a letter to the address listed in the Skull & Rose's album...they sent me a diagram of the planned Wall of Sound system...and sampler mini-records of upcoming albums.
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for me its "Seastones". love the Wall of Sound!
You’re a tremendous writer, Keith. Wonderful storytelling ideas and decisions.
I'm a hardcore fan and know all this stuff by heart. I'm a fan of your stuff though so great to hear you explore it.
Keith, thanks for this amazing retrospective of Garcia's guitars! This is one that I requested and I'm sure I'm not the only person who asked for it. Jerry and the band were always an amazing alchemy of sounds, technique and vibe. Their live shows were as captivating as anything I have ever witnessed. Jerry was so gifted in so many areas of musicianship and his untimely death was a sad loss.
One of the best Deadumentaries I've ever seen and I never knew Jerry used a Les Paul - fantastic stuff
Some of the happiest and most meaningful moments of my life (not including my wedding day or the bringing home of my children) were spent attending Grateful Dead concerts or Jerry Garcia Band shows. Jerry Garcia was a singular artist and I will cherish the moments I spent with him in the venues where I saw him! He opened my mind and musical experience.
I'm a huge Jerry Garcia fan, so I'm very glad you made this video! His McIntosh amps were some of the loudest and most powerful guitar amps ever made!
Great video. Europe '72 was my 1st Dead album ( I got it when it was first released) and is still my favorite of their albums. Ever since then, I've always been interested in what guitars Jerry used. I was aware of a lot of the stuff you presented, but I ways enjoy getting new details and information. Thank you for sharing Jerry's gear with us.
Europe 72 my favorite album...has the very best China Cat Sunflower /Rider.
Keith, you really deserve an award for the work you put into your videos! You bring great information without bias. The joy that Jerry brought so many people, is amazing when you consider he passed away 27 years ago, and the band is still very popular. The knowledge he had linked with Alembic, Turner, Irwin, to create the on board effects loop, the Alembic Blaster along with the mods that were done along the way were just brilliant. I was not a huge fan of the midi sounds, but that was a personal thing. To me Wolf and Tiger were the ultimate guitars followed by the Travis Bean and the alligator. The addition of the Humbuckers and splitting the coils on the DiMarzio’s gave him such a great range of sounds, along with hands of magic that showed how great players use their touch. I was lucky enough to see the Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia band many many times. Even got to see him play solo acoustic once at the Capitol Theater in NJ, where he really played alone. The other solo shows had John Kahn on bass. I am thankful for every show I saw, tune I heard, well as mile
driven or flown to spend a night with my friends both on stage and in the audience. Thank you again Keith for a job well done.
Jerry got me into guitar when my dad showed me the Dead close to 20 years ago, thanks dad, and thanks Jerry ✌️
Another terrific video. We can alwys count on this guy. Another guitarist he should cover would be Bob Weir. He went through as many changes as Jerry. Dont even mention the gear. The Deads wall of sound is the best pa system ever built to this day, in my opinion.
Amazing history! I never realized Garcia used so many different guitars over the years.
I want to thank you in particular for the history of Jerry Garcia gu guitars. I grew up in San Francisco and the peninsula with the Grateful Dead were ubiquitous. I married someone from Baltimore and began to follow the grateful dead with her brother. I cannot tell you how much joy Jerry gave tens of thousands of people at a time. Sometimes his solos Wood crest so high that an entire stadium was on their feet yelling and clapping. I have never ever seen any other Guitar Player do that and I have seen a lot of Guitar Player‘s.
Dog! Great vid. Saw the man 31 times. Some of the best times of my life! Jerry (and Bobby) have been great influences on my playing.
Jerry Garcia was a great friend and I. CRY everytime his name comes up I miss him. I can’t look back i first saw him in 67 was at the last shows he played in Florida I have tickets from msg he never made to.
A very fine day in school, and Jerry was the forever tone seeker, jeezus talk about the lost Chord. 😂😂👍🥃Respect to you mate.
Absolutely awesome! I know some folks who followed the Dead around in the early 70s. Their stories are amazing, I wish I could’ve been there too!
First time hearing Old and in the Way. Jerry had such a sweet sounding voice and Wild Horses gave me goosebumps when I heard it
Jerry was such a special acoustic player too. Reckoning is in all likelihood my all time favorite Dead release. He could pull such immaculate tone out of an acoustic!
I was too dumb to realize just how God damn good the Grateful Dead sounded. It's a good thing I saw Jerry and Brent while they were still with us on this plain. RIP Jerry and Brent. Pigpen, too (who started the 27 club). What a great video you did on Jerry's iconic guitars. I worked at Furman Sound in 1989 in Greenbrae, CA with Ethan Turner, Rick's son. I had no idea what Alembic was when he told me his dad helped form the company. I now play Alembic basses and Peavey Cirrus basses, designed by Rich Lasner, who now runs VOX guitars in Novato, CA.
Thank you for pulling this together. Jerry usually overlooked and under appreciated by so many, it is nice to see such a wonderful anthology of his instruments.
If you like Podcasts, Eric Krasno has a great interview with John Mayer where they talk details of Jerry's playing and how difficult it is to play lead like him. Anyone who has studied Garcia can relate to this lifelong challenge. Great video on his guitars, one could only imagine what it would feel like to hold or play one of these masterpieces.
Love Jerry. Love Jerry's guitars. Great history as usual, Keith. Thanks for doing this one!
I was never a dead head, but they had some great songs. Gerry was one of a kind. It's great to hear about his guitars.
This was great! Jerry had the coolest mods. I hope you make a history of Bob’s guitars too!
Jim Irsay did do at least 1 good thing with Tiger. I saw some Garcia tribute shows with Warren Haynes playing Tiger on loan from Irsay. I wish more of the millionaires buying these pieces of music history would do more things like this. Seems to be a shame most of them end up behind glass somewhere or in someone's private collection never to be heard again.
I guess the idea of something potentially bad happening to an artifact of music history is a point of contention for people, and rightfully so, but yeah the idea of never hearing an instrument made famous by a deceased musician is kind of unfortunate when you really think about it. At that rate, you might as well just bury the guitar with the corpse; it's getting just about the same amount of use or purpose.
Jim Irsay is pretty well known to have ALL of his iconic guitars played. He hosts events regularly for the public to come see them, even play them. But always has a band of which every player is playing a historic piece (Ringo's drum kit, Gilmour Strat, Bob Dylan Strat, whatever they want)
Some great footage of Jerry’s 75th birthday at red rocks that includes tommy Hamilton playing both wolf and tiger with the current JGB. That’s really where those guitars belong. Jerry wouldn’t want them in some billionaires man cave.
Alligator and Wolf have made the rounds quite a bit. I believe Jeff Mattson from Dark Star Orchestra just used Alligator for their recreation of the 50 year anniversary of the Europe 72 tour.
Thank you for making this video. Not only was it excellent as all your others are, but it makes me so happy to see Jerry getting some overdue recognition. I still remember the day he died, and it makes me sad to think about, but at least we have his music to live on forever.
Well done. Not just facts, but a real look into how the instruments were a part of the man. I was fortunate to have spent time visiting at Alembic with Mica, Susan, and Ron. Times were better then and I ordered a custom guitar from them and they really knocked it out of the park. It took a long time but in the end I had an instrument forged like sword from a Tolkien story. Layers of magical wood, the brass, the Tiger shape with a through body neck like Wolf. Based on my meeting with them and some conversations via fax, email, and telephone they came up with and inlay that blew my mind. My love of the Dead is similar to my love for Star Trek. They merged the two with an inlay of Mr. Spock Mind Melding with the Grateful Dead Skull and Lighting Bolt in a star field. Truly a work of art and a sonic pallet of tone. Truly one of my most treasured possessions for the sounds I can make, the memories it evokes, and the experience of working with the people of Alembic. All of which hit me every time I pick up Mind Meld.
Excellent job, Keith-I just found you. I see someone caught the Robert Hunter name thing, but I wanted to say that I was fortunate enough to see Hunter solo live shortly after I got into the Dead. Saw two shows (poss three?) at the Starwood club in West Hollywood around '77-'78 IIRC. He played acoustic guitar, and really belted out the vocals-lots of material from his Tiger Rose album. I've got some great photos from those shows.
I also caught seven GD New Years shows in a row '76-'82...but that's another story.
Cheers, Keith, thank you so much, really enjoyed your work.
Yes!!! One of the most unique and melodic players of all time. Garcia was a brilliant musician.
It's always great when R.J. plays on a 5WW short history, another informative episode !
I thought I knew a lot about Jerry’s guitars. Wow, did you open my eyes. Thanks, Keith, you are the best.
Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed it. I saw the Dead once at Red Rocks amphitheater. Fantastic! Jerry Garcia was great.
amazed at the evolved guitar collection from Jerry. I was a huge fan during the Tiger years
I bought an Eastwood wolf replica and it is the best guitar I have hands-down this was a great video thank you very much!!!!!
Not a Dead fan...but I LOVE the histories! Thanks, Keith!
You're not a dead fan, yet.
Why am I not surprised when you keep outdoing yourself. I can remember years back in our E-mails that I had a gut level thing I couldn't shake that if the whole guitar community knew this guy they would feel like me that even without personally knowing you I had a best friend :-) On behalf of us all thanx!!!
Thanks Paul. You've always been very encouraging and I really appreciate it.
Very nice presentation. As a self-described Dead Head, I followed them, off and on, for fifteen years, and loved every minute of it. Managed to get Doug Irwin's (RIP) autograph in a sort of sneaky way. He advertised for stickers and other gear in RELIX magazine, so I sent him a check for $9.00, for three Tiger Stickers. He endorsed the back of the check, and since you still got your checks back in those days, I framed it, with a picture of Jerry playing Tiger. My personal favorite of all his guitars. Just wish Mr. Irsay didn't own it. I'll never forgive his dad for moving the Colts out of Baltimore in the middle of the night.
Tiger was by far my favorite Garcia guitar. I remember seeing the Dead at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor in 1989. That guitar sounded incredible.
Loved the cast. I have a guitar mag with an interview from Doug Irwin where he states that the inlays for Tiger where taken as tracings from a Mosque in I believe Iran.
When we have to comment? I will be the Grateful one. Gosh Keith, this was a good one. I needed to see Gerry and Ron playing like him to give me confidence to study and share Gerrys Genius to a few who would appreciate my channeling him live for them. Your scholarship and background clearly organizes wonderful positive perspective on someone often maligned in my "young" years. Afterwards, all your work helps to strengthen the fabric's weave in the music universe. Seriously, everybody helps, and you're putting the ball over the plate every time. Thanks, Sam
I love all your videos, this one made me wanna cry. I love Jerry's Playing and I love the respect that you gave to exploring each of his iconic instruments as much as possible.
That guitar that Lindsay Buckingham is famous for is so weird to me that now I think it's cool. Plus he plays so good on it that it sounds phenomenal. Jerry's version, your picture is all I've seen of it.
It' is a Turner model 1.
You should know that Jerry doesn't play guitar, he bends the vibrations of the universe!
Thank you for mentioning Frank Fuller. He was a friend of mine and is largely missing from the history of Alembic and of the SF music scene. He taught Doug Irwin and Larry Robinson guitar making and inlay work and did a lot more work for the dead and other SF bands during their heyday. Sadly he passed away several years ago.
I got to play that aluminum neck Travis Bean guitar at Draper's in Palo Alto, the day he bought it. I came in before the sales guy could take it off the floor.
He yelled at me, and was pissed!. 🙂 Very nice guitar, but the aluminum neck would take getting used to. Saw Jerry many times, mostly with strats and Wolf.
Great man!
i seen the dead june 15th 1995 in highgate VT .. Bob dylan opened and it was a great experience ill never forget
Stellar research as always, Keith. I appreciate you!
Trey next? Feel like he carries the mantle of Garcia's approach to guitars - a series of instruments borne out of a long-term relationship with a single luthier, tracked and named by fans based on their inlays.
Thank you for that great short history. Very well done.
Bless you and RJ, Keith, for such an enjoyable delve into Jerry’s guitars!
Thanks Keith! Best episode ever! Love R.J. too, great player.
So well done. Travis and the SG for my ears. Ty.
Great show. Very pleased with the information. Thank you.
Beautiful works of art.
Thank you so much! wonderful presentation and coverage ...
The Eastwood custom shop tiger and the rosebud (?) the one with the dancing skeleton the lightning bolt and top hat are four of those guitars I dream of having.
Five Watt World consistently does a great job on these videos. Thanks Keith!
Yes! I’ve been wanting a Jerry video forever!!!! Long live The Dead! Thanks FWW!!!
Saw the Dead twice, back in the '80's. Only band I have ever seen twice. Thanks for the interesting video, and the careful research! I'm sitting here with a Martin D-10, playing Friend of the Devil! :)
I was never able to just see them twice : ) 60x
Thank you so much Keith! Two of my fav things together.
good stuff mang! I'm surprised tho you didn't mention his visit with Tony Rice thru David Grisman and the weekend of the Pizza Tapes! very cool Grisman picked up Rices old D28 that Roland White played and he sounded just exactly like Grisman on Tonys guitar lol gotta love those memories! Pam (Rice) was in awe! er.... I mean, they say! :D
This is the video I’ve been waiting for since I subscribed to this channel two years ago. Amazing work.
Yes!!!! Thank you Keith! Never thought you would do this, but this is what I’ve been watching for!
Yes! Great Work Keith!
Awesome to have this short history of Jerry's guitars, and a hat tip to his legacy. Nicely done!
I don't really know too much about the grateful dead but my first ibanez was an ar2680 Bob Weir model - e simple dot inlay model I got in the late 90s hidden in the back of a store with a bunch of vintage Ibanez including a bunch of mc musician models. Strap button move to an SG position and the neck dive was gone. Best neck I have.
They got a '79 Bob Weir model in at Ish this week. The full vine inlay. It weighs about 9 pounds but surprisingly balanced.
Oh thank you so much for sharing guitars I have always been interested in his guitars
Been a fan my whole life. Learned a lot of things. Thank you.
Jerry Garcia exploded my style, and my influences. He's probably the greatest Arc changer, in my 40 years of playing. He took me from Metal to everything else. If you combine him with Frampton, you get an awesome balance.
I've been waiting for this one!! I would consider myself a casual Dead fan, but I've always enjoyed Jerry's tastes in guitars. Well done and great playing by R.J as always!!
Another informative and engrossing video from Five Watt World. Incredible detail on the history of Jerry's guitars. Loved learning that he named a lot of his guitars by the stickers that he applied to them. Cool stuff.