Jerry playing wolf in '89 10-12-89 meadowlands
PostPosted:Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:30 am
I came across this video on YouTube and I was pretty shocked to see jerry playing wolf for an entire show in '89.
I knew that he busted out wolf again in '89 to test out his midi rig but I always just assumed that he only used it during space, which is when he would usually bust out his midi.
But he actually played wolf for the whole snow, and it sounded awesome!
The whole show is kick ass, the boys were on fire that night.
It's really interesting to see Jerry experimenting with the midi and playing a guitar he's not exactly used to anymore.
It's also very interesting to see how he used the midi and blended it with his regular tone.
It seems like he used the midi in a lot more places than he ended up using it later on, and it's really cool to compare the tone of wolf through his late 80's rig compared to how tiger sounded and how wolf sounded in the 70's.
I'm sure many of you already know all about this but I had never seen this at all and found it highly interesting, and it is a really great show. Im a 70's guy all the way, it's been like 2 years since I've actually listened to an 80's show start to finish. This one just kicks ass, Jerry's tone is unreal and the whole band is just on, it has that feel that the 70's shows had where it just looks like they're having a blast.
I'm really wondering a couple things. First im wondering if they changed the pups in wolf to new super 2's or if they kept the dual sounds from the 70's in there. They look to me like a set of white super 2's but I really have no clue. I wonder If they reworked wolf for these shows or if they jus slappeMd on the Roland and some new strings.
I also wonder what he was using to amp the Roland. Is this what the crest 8001 was used for in 89? Anybody have any idea if the crest was here for fall of 89?
Did he play wolf the whole tour, or run of shows or was it a one off deal?
I can't figure out how to link youtubes from my iPhone but if you search grateful dead 10-12-89 on YouTube you'll find it.
They have the entire show but if you don't have time to watch a whole show check out the wharf rat that'll come up under the same search, it's totally epic and jerry is really experimenting with the midi in it. He's fucking with the Roland for a lot of the song and it sounds awesome.
Around the 6 Minute mark is interesting, it's right at the end of the solo before they go back to the singing and you actually see him fumble around for a second trying to find the switch for his OBEL, cuz he's obviously used to playing tiger at that point. It's funny, I've never seen him fumble around on his guitar like that and actually have to look down, but he still pulls it off with no fuck ups.
Lot of interesting shit going on in this show. Toward the end, when they're coming out of space Jerry gets some sick midi tones and switches back and forth between midi and distortion. He actually goes back to his rack and fucks with his pedals a few times, which I don't think I've ever seen him do. He's totally adjusting his distortion. That whole part is interesting bc you can see him almost having problems with his volume and it seems like he was actually louder without the OBEL turned on bc he hits his toggle and bam, bright loud jerry tone.
He must use two rigs right?
it looks like His guitar volume and his midi volume are completely independent of each other. I always just assumed he had some sort of special blender but I don't think so, looks like he just had two volumes.
There's one part of wharf rat where you can clearly see him turn down the midi and turn up his guitar. He also does some nice blending of both tones.
At any rate, it is a sick show and a very interesting show to hear if for nothing else but to compare the tone of tiger and wolf, it's wolf through his 80's rig....how freekin cool is that?!
Highly recommended.
I knew that he busted out wolf again in '89 to test out his midi rig but I always just assumed that he only used it during space, which is when he would usually bust out his midi.
But he actually played wolf for the whole snow, and it sounded awesome!
The whole show is kick ass, the boys were on fire that night.
It's really interesting to see Jerry experimenting with the midi and playing a guitar he's not exactly used to anymore.
It's also very interesting to see how he used the midi and blended it with his regular tone.
It seems like he used the midi in a lot more places than he ended up using it later on, and it's really cool to compare the tone of wolf through his late 80's rig compared to how tiger sounded and how wolf sounded in the 70's.
I'm sure many of you already know all about this but I had never seen this at all and found it highly interesting, and it is a really great show. Im a 70's guy all the way, it's been like 2 years since I've actually listened to an 80's show start to finish. This one just kicks ass, Jerry's tone is unreal and the whole band is just on, it has that feel that the 70's shows had where it just looks like they're having a blast.
I'm really wondering a couple things. First im wondering if they changed the pups in wolf to new super 2's or if they kept the dual sounds from the 70's in there. They look to me like a set of white super 2's but I really have no clue. I wonder If they reworked wolf for these shows or if they jus slappeMd on the Roland and some new strings.
I also wonder what he was using to amp the Roland. Is this what the crest 8001 was used for in 89? Anybody have any idea if the crest was here for fall of 89?
Did he play wolf the whole tour, or run of shows or was it a one off deal?
I can't figure out how to link youtubes from my iPhone but if you search grateful dead 10-12-89 on YouTube you'll find it.
They have the entire show but if you don't have time to watch a whole show check out the wharf rat that'll come up under the same search, it's totally epic and jerry is really experimenting with the midi in it. He's fucking with the Roland for a lot of the song and it sounds awesome.
Around the 6 Minute mark is interesting, it's right at the end of the solo before they go back to the singing and you actually see him fumble around for a second trying to find the switch for his OBEL, cuz he's obviously used to playing tiger at that point. It's funny, I've never seen him fumble around on his guitar like that and actually have to look down, but he still pulls it off with no fuck ups.
Lot of interesting shit going on in this show. Toward the end, when they're coming out of space Jerry gets some sick midi tones and switches back and forth between midi and distortion. He actually goes back to his rack and fucks with his pedals a few times, which I don't think I've ever seen him do. He's totally adjusting his distortion. That whole part is interesting bc you can see him almost having problems with his volume and it seems like he was actually louder without the OBEL turned on bc he hits his toggle and bam, bright loud jerry tone.
He must use two rigs right?
it looks like His guitar volume and his midi volume are completely independent of each other. I always just assumed he had some sort of special blender but I don't think so, looks like he just had two volumes.
There's one part of wharf rat where you can clearly see him turn down the midi and turn up his guitar. He also does some nice blending of both tones.
At any rate, it is a sick show and a very interesting show to hear if for nothing else but to compare the tone of tiger and wolf, it's wolf through his 80's rig....how freekin cool is that?!
Highly recommended.