parker_knoll
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The JOKER .The Guitar!Mystery Guitar!”I like this Guitar,”Doug Irwin”. https://reverb.com/item/37715592-th...are&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=37715592
I always wonder all the switches do on these things
That’s tone adhesive son.....only the top players know of the tonal improvements tape has.I especially love the duct tape adhesive to keep the battery in place. Such an upscale touch to sell the "custom" theme of this guitar.
I wonder f that black wire is supposed to be connected to something...
To me it looks like plastic wire used to keep the cables together - not very tidy job - especially concidering all the attention of woodworks etc.
I feel like Garcia's tone changed quite a lot through the years. My favorite was early 70's with his raw Strat sounds. Much more processed in later years. IMO. I believe he always played through a Fender Twin preamp.Electronics on an Alembic struck me as odd as who really wants to deal with so many controls that can break or be knocked out of the “sweet spot” in a live setting? What me and my friend joke about is how Jerry Garcia played strats, a Les Paul or two, Travis Bean, Alembic, Doug Irwin and god knows what the hell else, expanded his rig into a mission control looking set up yet he sounded exactly the same through out the years of live shows pretty much every night.
I don’t mean it as a dig at JC because I drove myself absolutely insane trying to cop that sustaining bell like cleans he got. To me when he used twins, elaborate twin pre through SS McIntosh power amps, Mesa Boogie (IIRC a brief period of a year or two.) or whatever else he could have used later on it still sounded like Jerry. If you had me playing his exact rig all I could ever hope for is to be a barely convincing copy.I feel like Garcia's tone changed quite a lot through the years. My favorite was early 70's with his raw Strat sounds. Much more processed in later years. IMO. I believe he always played through a Fender Twin preamp.
And he's not taking offers, goes to show he is offering a VERY fair price!The JOKER .The Guitar!Mystery Guitar!”I like this Guitar,”Doug Irwin”. https://reverb.com/item/37715592-th...are&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=37715592