jerry amp

[the11]

can anyone tell me what amp jerry was using, or amps he used.... i love his 60's sound too,,,,, any knowledge out here?????

[biggjjuan]

i have come pretty close to jerrys tone with both fender deluxes and twins i have seen photos of him playing with both of these amps numerous times

[Guyute24]

hey the11, check out www.dozin.com they've got jerry's, bob's, and phil guitars and their setups, plus pics of the wall of sound, and jerry schematic on his rig, peace, michael

[the11]

much obliged, damn i forgot about these message boards, where's all the action at??

[Tom]

hey, fairly new to the dead(comparativley) but was talking w/ my dad and he said that a Mesa boogie was also used. not sure of dates or if its true. but, i can say that they sound great, sitting 4feet from one atm lol

Peace,
Tom

[jahozer]

I think I remember reading there was a brief time that he played them. I will search some sites when I get home.
Messas always make me want to play Queen songs!
They break up real nice.

[strumminsix]

Jerry, to the best of my knowledge, did not use Mesas. Bobby, on the other hand, definately used Mesas in the 90s. The early Jerry sounds came from the Fender Twin Silverface's preamp. He took the signal from the preamp into another poweramp to drive his on-stage cabs.

[waldo041]

in the early days he used a couple of fender twin reverbs. he then had the fender twin preamped which dropped the power tubes out of them and used mcintosh mc2300 for the power til the end. he never used mesaboogie as i do not believe they were around then. peace, waldo

[tigerstrat]

Garcia used Mesa/Boogies briefly in two phases of his career:

3/23/75(possibly earlier) to 10/3/76: Mark I (or Super 60) combo preamp-only out to the usual (by this time) MC2300 power amp(s)> JBL K-120 speakers. At the July 76 Orpheum run he is actually using an MC3500 tube power amp.

Feb+March 1980(JGB only): Mark IIA head, again preamp-only out to an MC2300>JBL E-120 speakers

[waldo041]

cool info! love to see some pics using these amps. i read over at mesa boogie that the first boogies were actually modded fender princetons. thanks,

waldo

[tigerstrat]

Classic example of the Mark I would be One From The Vault(8/13/75), while the Mark IIA is gorgeously showcased on After Midnight, the 2/28/80 live release.

Weir also used a Mark I Boogie head throughout 1976 (again the setup at the Orpheum 7/76 is a little different: Bob appears to be using two of his old Twins tucked under the drum riser), and a Mark I (or proto-IIA?) head throughout 1977. Then in some 1978 shots you begin to see a "Peavey" logo looming out of the darkness behind him...

[tigerstrat]

They are also probably all over the mid-late 70's studio albums.

[whitelacestrange]

god knows what owsley made that "wall of sound" out of. probrobly some top dollar stuff. the dead were known to have the best equiptment, since they were funded by some pretty wealthy chemists if you know what i mean.

[tigerstrat]

Hundreds of 15",12" and 5" JBL drivers, dozens of EV HF-horns, many, many MC2300 power amps, and of course several tons of Baltic birch.

[aiko]

Jerry, used mesa boogies in the studio only.....everything live began with a twin blackface or silverface,.....and then went through the mac and the rest of the jerryizing machine!