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b weird wrote:It seems to me Gator was raped, the knobs on the "glamour" photo are standard Strat knobs and the pickup covers are too white/new looking.
well, there you have that, i had the story wrong, but never said it was quick fix repair. what i was hypothesising was the possiblity that the first bridge mod didn't have a blocked bridge, and the second modded bridge was fully blocked. either way, i agree it's definately thought out~!RiverRat wrote: It seems that the V4 bridge was more than a quick fix repair and rather a carefully thought out upgrade.
Trips Festival 1966 Longshoreman's Hall was where Graham met Garcia... and attempted to fix the bridge on his guitar. that is the commonly held belief... That's from Dennis McNally.
It turns out the guitar was one of the Alembic Peanut guitars, the headstock looks just like the S100 though.tigerstrat wrote:Not familiar with those shots, but if you own or have access to the book, is there any chance that back view might be of the Guild S100 (as seen at Duke U. 4/24/71)?RiverRat wrote:In the Grateful Dead Taping Compendium Vol 1, there are 2 photos that are supposed to be from 3/24/71 Fillmore West. 1 shows the back view of a headstock that is probably the Irwin Eagle,
I had made the leap about the quick fix and didn't mean to imply you thought it was... I think you may be right about this bridge not being blocked... I believe that the 2 clamps are meant to work with, or replace, the tremolo springs in holding the tailpiece assembly down... I cannot for life of me make out how it anchored to the body near the bridge...waldo041 wrote:RiverRat wrote:well, there you have that, i had the story wrong, but never said it was quick fix repair. what i was hypothesising was the possiblity that the first bridge mod didn't have a blocked bridge, and the second modded bridge was fully blocked. either way, i agree it's definately thought out~!
Great find... the black skirt knobs are present though.b weird wrote:The Dead 6-21-1971 Chateau d'HerouvilIe - Herouville, France
You can get a good look at Gator at the very end of the clip when you see Jerry from the front for the first time. As you can see the pickguard hadn't broken yet.
no, all the mil spec'd rv4 or type j's are plain shafts. some 2 inches long some regular size. although i am unsure if it is an option for the PEC version, but all i have ever seen are plain shaft.RiverRat wrote:Waldo, do you know if the milspec pots were knurled shaft or not?
Plain shaft pots would require switching away from the stock Fender knobs. So the mil-spec pots could have happened in between March and June 71.waldo041 wrote:no, all the mil spec'd rv4 or type j's are plain shafts. some 2 inches long some regular size. although i am unsure if it is an option for the PEC version, but all i have ever seen are plain shaft.
And right after that, he threw the pieces on the ground and said... "What the fuck?!? Ron told me there was a preamp in this thing!"b weird wrote:Do you think maybe right after the show Jerry went to do something under the pickguard, just unscrewed a few of the screws to just peer under and snapped it since it was brittle from the cold? It makes sense I guess.
The first guitar that Doug Irwin built, Jerry purchased it and then commisioned Irwin to build Wolf for him.b weird wrote:Eagle? I'm lost, what guitar is that?
What is the source of the story that the 2-piece pickguard was accidentally broken? Seems like it could have easily been an intentional mod, to improve access. Jerry's TB-500 had the same arrangement going on, but in fairness, that could have been simply inspired by the broken one.RiverRat wrote:And right after that, he threw the pieces on the ground and said... "What the fuck?!? Ron told me there was a preamp in this thing!"b weird wrote:Do you think maybe right after the show Jerry went to do something under the pickguard, just unscrewed a few of the screws to just peer under and snapped it since it was brittle from the cold? It makes sense I guess.
