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Specifications:
- 24 5/8" Scale length
- 5 piece maple/walnut neck-thru body construction with ebony headstock veneer
- Honduras Mahogany body core with 1/8" maple accent lamination & 3/8" figured black walnut front & back caps
- Custom MOP & Abalone "Steal Your Face" Grateful Dead theme inlays with "diminishing dot" fingerboard inlay
- Custom tri-lam 1-piece pickup bezel, borrowing from body shape
Electronics:
- DiMarzio Magnetics: PAF Pro @ bridge / Humbucker from Hell @ middle / F-S 1 @ neck
- Master Volume & Tone / 5-way selector switch / 4-mode twin coil tap switches
- Lloyd Baggs piezo system: T-Bridge with Control-X blend/balance circuit & 3-way "piezo/both/mag" selector switch
- Large LED mag/piezo indicators
- Mono & Stereo outputs for mag/piezo separation
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$4500.00 delivered / with Custom hardshell fight case
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Options:
- Low impedance buffer/booster with pre-volume/tone on-board FX loop
Add, $400.00
- Roland Synth Driver w/on-board controls
Add, $600.00
ABOUT THIS GUITAR
This guitar was not conceived as a "copy" of any particular one of Jerry Garcia's guitars. It is rather a composite of several, offering the best of features according to Jerry's specification & preference. The wide range of possible tones available in this instrument definitely capture some of his famous sound.
The construction of the body design in conjunction with the neck-thru feature was a difficult & tedious exercise in assembly. The use of a 3/4" thick "body core" wood complicated the construction in regard to maintaining sufficient strength at the neck/body joint. Blueprinting the
cross section of construction prior to cutting and gluing was required to assure strength & stability.
The materials used in its construction result in an almost magical and often unattainable combination of enhanced sustain, resonance, and tone. Honduras mahogany was chosen for these factors over the rosewood core of other of Jerry's guitars, as well as for conserving on physical weight. Rosewood would produce a darker tone with less resonance and more emphasis on sustain. We chose to try and bring out all the desirable qualities of a solid body instrument, and have nicely succeeded!
After a few years of interrupted construction, it was finally completed on August 9, 2005 - the 10th anniversary of Jerry's death. That coincidence, and a mysterious "face" in the grain (unfortunately hidden under the bridge & tailstop) that appears as a "skull with long hair" has prompted us to dub this guitar as "Jerry's Ghost". We think & hope that he would approve.
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