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Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead's Alligator Stealie
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead's Alligator Stealie
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Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead's Alligator Stealie
Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia took great pride in his guitars. Though he played many in his career, there are a handful of truly noteworthy axes that have stood the test of time. A true musician’s musician, Jerry Garcia has not only left us with a rich legacy of music, but one of musical instruments as well.
Let’s take a look back at these s guitars that Garcia used throughout his career…
In the earliest days of the Grateful Dead’s career, Garcia played a lot of different guitars. The band was just coming up, and the guitarist played whatever he could get his hands on at the times. As the band started to garner more commercial success, it was Graham Nash who would give Garcia his first name-worthy guitar. Alligator is a customized 1957 Fender Stratocaster, and was used between 1970-1973. Technicians Frank Fuller and Rick Turner of Alembic Guitars modified the guitar regularly, so much so that they referred to it as a “Frankenstein” guitar. Their last modification came in August of 1973, though Alligator’s last live appearance came on Garcia’s birthday, August 1st, of 1973. It currently resides in the Jerry Garcia archives.
Prices between $20 - $40 vary by size 4"-12" and weight .5-20lbs
Materials: Rock,Painted Rock,Painted Stone,Paint,Stone
Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia took great pride in his guitars. Though he played many in his career, there are a handful of truly noteworthy axes that have stood the test of time. A true musician’s musician, Jerry Garcia has not only left us with a rich legacy of music, but one of musical instruments as well.
Let’s take a look back at these s guitars that Garcia used throughout his career…
In the earliest days of the Grateful Dead’s career, Garcia played a lot of different guitars. The band was just coming up, and the guitarist played whatever he could get his hands on at the times. As the band started to garner more commercial success, it was Graham Nash who would give Garcia his first name-worthy guitar. Alligator is a customized 1957 Fender Stratocaster, and was used between 1970-1973. Technicians Frank Fuller and Rick Turner of Alembic Guitars modified the guitar regularly, so much so that they referred to it as a “Frankenstein” guitar. Their last modification came in August of 1973, though Alligator’s last live appearance came on Garcia’s birthday, August 1st, of 1973. It currently resides in the Jerry Garcia archives.
Prices between $20 - $40 vary by size 4"-12" and weight .5-20lbs
Materials: Rock,Painted Rock,Painted Stone,Paint,Stone
