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Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: indybass on February 03, 2012, 09:53:54 AM

Colts owner Jim Irsay owns this guitar.

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: indybass on February 03, 2012, 09:56:04 AM

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/122394.jpg)

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 03, 2012, 10:37:57 AM

In a display case.  Not being played.  Hanging next to a Silvertone.  Am I the only one who wants to slap this fool?
 
Peter

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: indybass on February 03, 2012, 10:57:28 AM

Just so you know, that's not me in the picture.

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: indybass on February 03, 2012, 11:09:23 AM

The Silvertone was Keith Richards
The Tiger was Jerry's
The Acoustic was Elvis's

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 03, 2012, 11:39:39 AM

Sorry for any confusion, Steve; the fool in question is, of course, Irsay.  And I don't care if Django freakin' Reinhardt played it, it's still a Silvertone; doesn't belong with an Irwin & a Martin (unless, of course, all three were David Lindley's ).
 
Peter

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: indybass on February 03, 2012, 12:38:32 PM

These guitar do get played on occasion. Irsay's hobby is collecting guitars. A friend of mine got to play them on a session Jim hired him for. He also owns a few of George Harrison's guitars. I'll post some pics of those.

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: adriaan on February 03, 2012, 12:54:56 PM

Mr Irsay is also reputed to own the original typoscript of On The Road (quoth Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Irsay target=_blank)).

Title: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: tncaveman on February 19, 2012, 03:16:10 PM

$$$$$$ It's all about the $$$$$$
 
Collectibles are collectibles.  That's why people collect them.  You think a Ferrari Testarossa wants to be in a museum???
 
Stephen

Title: Jerry Garcia's Alembic #13 Guitar
Post by: jazzyvee on July 25, 2016, 02:50:54 AM

I bumped into this on line whilst doing one of my regular searches for my next alembic.
http://www.jerrygarciaguitar.com/Guitar_Amp_Photos_Video/Pages/Jerrys_Lucky_13_Photos.html#1 (http://www.jerrygarciaguitar.com/Guitar_Amp_Photos_Video/Pages/Jerrys_Lucky_13_Photos.html#1)

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 25, 2016, 04:01:16 AM

Interesting... I was thinking #13 was the Smithsonian bass, but just remembered Smitty was one of those with a letter code.

Thanks for the link Jazzy!  8)

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: hammer on July 25, 2016, 02:57:29 PM

Ran in to this a while back while looking to see if Dead and Company were going to be coming anywhere near my location this summer.

One of the more iconic guitars Jerry Garcia used over the course of his career was an axe made by luthier Doug Irwin dubbed “Tiger.” Garcia utilized Tiger as his main axe between 1979 and 1989 before moving on to a similar guitar made by Irwin called “Rosebud.” If the current owner of Tiger has his way, John Mayer may use the historic instrument during Dead & Company‘s upcoming tour.

 Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay took possession of Tiger in 2002 after reportedly paying nearly a million dollars for the instrument when it went up for auction. Indy Star reports Chris McKinney, who curates Irsay’s collection of rare guitars and other memorabilia, was sent to San Francisco “to let members of the Grateful Dead become reacquainted” with Tiger. While Mayer had yet to use the famed guitar as of Indy Star publishing its article, the paper reports “Irsay and McKinney are opening the door for [John Mayer] to play the instrument on upcoming concert dates.”

So maybe it will actually get played although I'm sure people will then argue whether John Mayer is the best guitarist to be given the chance to play it.

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 26, 2016, 04:25:37 AM

Mayer wouldn't be my 1st choice (that'd probably Herring)  - but at least it's not Trey!!!

Peter (who will be glad if it escapes it's cage)

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: StephenR on July 26, 2016, 01:03:20 PM

Warren Haynes will be playing Tiger at Red Rocks on 8/1...

http://www.jambase.com/article/warren-haynes-to-play-jerry-garcias-tiger-guitar-at-red-rocks (http://www.jambase.com/article/warren-haynes-to-play-jerry-garcias-tiger-guitar-at-red-rocks)

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: David Houck on August 15, 2016, 08:02:53 PM

(https://heyreverb.smugmug.com/Other/Warren-Haynes-2016/i-86fgsBG/0/XL/3_WarrenHaynes_JerryGarcia_RedRocks_080116-XL.jpg)

Attribution: http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2016/08/02/warren-haynes-wields-tiger-cso-mark-garcias-birthday-red-rocks/120013/ (http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2016/08/02/warren-haynes-wields-tiger-cso-mark-garcias-birthday-red-rocks/120013/)

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: elwoodblue on August 15, 2016, 09:18:52 PM

Cool Pic Dave,
 ...Not many Tiger pics with strings (and a harp!) in the background. Did they play Terrapin Station?

Thx

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: David Houck on August 16, 2016, 04:41:58 PM

Quote from: elwoodblue on August 15, 2016, 09:18:52 PM

Cool Pic Dave,
 ...Not many Tiger pics with strings (and a harp!) in the background. Did they play Terrapin Station?

Thx

Yes, they did.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDGrxbCWdXY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDGrxbCWdXY)

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: paulman on August 17, 2016, 07:51:08 AM

Sounds great, but it still sounds like Warren...and I'm not saying it's a bad thing.  Just sounds like him on a really nice guitar, instead of that crazy reverse Thunderbird he plays.  It's so nice to see Tiger out in the wild again.  Thanks for posting this!

Warren also played Wolf on 08/09/2016.  Cool stuff

Title: Re: Jerry Garcia'sGuitars
Post by: paulman on September 01, 2016, 06:07:51 AM

Short inside Tiger vid.