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Jerry Garcia's Grateful Dead Touring Rig up for Auction


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What would you bid for this?

Grateful Dead Wall of Sound - Center.jpg

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2 minutes ago, django49 said:

What would you bid for this?

Grateful Dead Wall of Sound - Center.jpg

When your music is so bad that you want the world to hear it as clearly and loudly as possible.

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19 minutes ago, django49 said:

What would you bid for this?

Grateful Dead Wall of Sound - Center.jpg

 I always thought that looked like something that Fred Sanford would have behind his house.

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7 minutes ago, Biz Prof said:

 I always thought that looked like something that Fred Sanford would have behind his house.

There was a time when I collected old Altec, JBL, Klipsch speakers and monitors that that my house looked similar 🤣

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That wall of sound always looks cool to me.  The Grateful Dead have a legacy that helped research into better sound systems.  Alembic instruments have an origin within the Grateful Dead camp. 

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17 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

The Grateful Dead have a legacy that helped research into better sound systems.  Alembic instruments have an origin within the Grateful Dead camp. 

Whoopdeefuckindoo.  Their music is still crap.

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What I'm wondering is how did he step on those pedals in a rack like that. You'd have to be a Kung fu master?? To do it so fast no one see's it... wizardry? Magic? Slight of foot??

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4 hours ago, Dutchman said:

What I'm wondering is how did he step on those pedals in a rack like that. You'd have to be a Kung fu master?? To do it so fast no one see's it... wizardry? Magic? Slight of foot??

After walking on rice paper without tearing it and snatching the pebble from the Master's Hand this was child's play

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Who TF would want to own the gear this mangy, crackhead played through?
 

Plus, this:

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This pic should be the disqualifier. 

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28 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said:

I don't get it either, but those guys had a heck of a following. 

So did Jim Jones.

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On 11/16/2023 at 3:04 PM, Steve Haynie said:

I don't get it either, but those guys had a heck of a following. 

Still do!  And people shell out big bucks to see the ones that aren't dead. The Greatful for so many fans Band!

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Do any guitarists actually seek out his 'sound'? His cat's-tail-under-a-rocking-chair tone is only slightly less annoying than Buddy Guy's. Mind you, I don't think their playing isn't necessarily bad. But their tone is painful.

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22 minutes ago, hamerhead said:

Do any guitarists actually seek out his 'sound'?

No.  This has never happened.
It would be like someone saying they wanted to sing like Yoko.

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Wellllll... 

When I was searching for JBL K120 speakers I ran across a lot of references to Jerry Garcia as if they were identified with him.  The truth is everybody in the 70's who wanted JBL's was using K120's except Duane Allman and anyone who had a Fender amp with factory JBL's.  

But, wait!  Someone posted pictures of his recreation of Jerry Garcia's rig.  If someone was not after the sound, they were after the gear. 

In 1978 or so I bought the Grateful Dead album, Steal Your Face.  It never sunk in with me.  In the 80's I gave that cassette to a kid who was getting into the Grateful Dead.  It is possible that my resentment toward the Grateful Dead is more about the way those people started messing up the audiences at Allman Brothers shows.  I cannot say much about the fanaticism when I try to follow KISS or Alice Cooper as much as I do. 

There probably IS someone out there worshiping Yoko Ono and planning a touring tribute act.  There are definitely people stupid enough to pay to see it. 

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33 minutes ago, Cboss said:

How would they mess with the audiences at Allman Brothers shows?

Was playing Gratful Dead songs not enough? 

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