Author Topic: Why didn't Garcia use Alembic pickups? (Read 346 times)

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 04, 2008, 01:38:50 PM »

True, John - I once read an interview with Seymore Duncan in which he related the frustation he had trying please a customer who wanted clean humbuckers - after several failures to please, he found out that by clean tone, the dude meant Carlos Santana!

Peter

lbpesq · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:20:21 AM »

Here' a chronological history of Jerry's guitars. It seems fairly accurate except for the references to Irwin's No. 1 and Wolf as Irwin-built guitars. These were actually Alembics. Notice that he used many single coil instruments over the years, including Les Pauls (P-90s), Strats, and Travis Bean.

Bill, tgo

spose · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:04:03 PM »

I sent the webmaster of dozin a photo of Garcia playing a strat built by Dan Erlewine. It doesn't look like he added it to the page as of yet. Bill, any idea when this photo was taken?

spose · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:06:23 PM »

note the Tuna-matic and stop tail..

lbpesq · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:04:38 PM »

Early photo from the tie dye. 60's or very ealry 70's. As for the guitar, I've never seen pics of Jerry playing one like this. I'd be surprised if he really wore those fugly inlaid numbers. Was Erlewine doing his thing 35-40 years ago? Do I smell photo shop?

Bill, tgo

spose · « **Reply #20 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:13:08 PM »

it's the real thing..I've talked to Dan about it..and yes Dan was doing his thing back then. He built Albert King's LUCY as well.
Dan played in a band with Iggy Pop(before he was IggyPop) on drums...I believe they played winterland in the late 60's. That's when he owned the LPburst he sold/traded to Bloomfield.
I have some old pics somewhere..

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #21 on:** January 05, 2008, 04:51:53 PM »

Judging by the look of Jerry and, even more, the equipment, I'd guess '71, when they back to the original quintet (just saw a pic yesterday from then, those sure look the same amps).

Peter

paulman · « **Reply #22 on:** January 08, 2008, 05:52:43 AM »

This guitar is mentioned in the Grateful Dead Gear Book as the Homely brown strat with numbers on the fretboard, however no pics were in the book. That's a nice picture. I think they put it at '70-'72 usage.

elwoodblue · « **Reply #23 on:** January 13, 2008, 12:17:39 AM »

reminds me of the ox's inlays...vaguely