Lesh's "Alembicized" Starfire II, known as either "The Godfather," or "Big Brown," was the prototype, along with Jack's Starfire, for the Alembics to follow. It had more knobs that a Mercury 7 space capsule (sounded better than one, too!). Both Weir and Garcia played electric Guilds (Weir had a stunning Starfire V in Maple), and Weir also played acoustic Guilds, but I don't know if Garcia did. As for me, I loved the country Dead, in fact, it was my doorway into true country, which I love to this day. Of course, I still love rock and roll!