Author Topic: Name that guitar (Read 785 times)

lbpesq · « **Reply #30 on:** October 01, 2004, 09:14:34 PM »

My understanding is that Cripe used the old opium bed for wood in Bolt. I'm not sure about Top Hat, but I wouldn't be surprised. I suspect Jerry had a cosmic giggle or two knowing about his guitar's past life.

Bill, the guitar one

kmh364 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 02, 2004, 05:46:03 AM »

Ah, I see. I wonder where they got that pic and that name? It's posssible the incomplete guitar shown is neither Bolt nor Top Hat but another Cripe altogether.

BTW, anybody that digs the Dead should ck out that Dozin.com sight. It's quite a nice all-round treasure trove of all things Dead. There is a link to a live music archive on that site that will knock a Deadhead's socks (er, um, Birkenstocks? LOL!) off. I'm so psyched about it, I'm gonna start another thread on it, so there! LOL!

kmh364 · « **Reply #32 on:** October 02, 2004, 06:08:12 AM »

BTW, I had no idea there were so many Garcia replica guitar luthiers out there. Besides Alembic and Resurrection/Cripe there's Reuter, Moriarty and Michas (are there more?). I had no idea Wolf, Tiger, Rosebud and (now) Bolt were that popular. It's not like you see bar bands in every Burg playing them. Who said you can't teach an old Deadhead new tricks. Up until recently, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a Cripe guitar nor did I know Jerry played anything other than the Doug Irwin/Alembic jammies I witnessed him playing up until his timely death.

echo008 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 02, 2004, 07:42:38 AM »

heres one more... sort of.....
http://www.carverdoug.com/guitars/jerry_garcia.htm
- Tom

jalevinemd · « **Reply #34 on:** October 02, 2004, 08:47:42 AM »

I spent a lot of time looking for luthiers who build Garcia replica's before finding Resurrection. Lieber Guitars is another company who does a very decent Tiger. Matt Moriarty is rumored to produce the most exact Tiger of all. I think he charges around $6000.

Jonathan

David Houck · « **Reply #35 on:** October 02, 2004, 08:53:59 AM »

Interesting site, Tom; thanks!

echo008 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 02, 2004, 08:55:24 AM »

Hi,
Am I seeing things right...is Lieber using the Irwin Logo as well??
- Tom

echo008 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 02, 2004, 09:31:15 AM »

nevermind my last post... I see from the site
Tom (Lieber) became involved with some recording and performance giants. In 1974, while with Doug Irwin, Tom shared design credit for guitars going to Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead.

- Tom

jalevinemd · « **Reply #38 on:** October 02, 2004, 11:11:38 AM »

That Michas rendering of Tiger et al sat on Ebay a couple of months back with an asking price of $5500. Needless to say, it didn't receive a single bid. Phil Gawen of Phiga guitars does his own rendition of the Bolts. Check out:

http://www.philgawen.com/customb.htm

If you look hard enough, there are plenty of people out there doing the Alembic, Cripe, Irwin thing. Some are obviously closer to the originals than others. Most, to me, are six string eyesores.

Jonathan