Did Jerry Garcia use reverb?

The reverb sound you hear is an ADA FX2. Jerry used it at that time.

What distortion pedal did Jerry Garcia use?

Mu-Tron Musitronics III Envelope Filter According to this Reverb.com entry, by Resonance Guitars, Jerry Garcia used this Mu-Tron III Envelope Filter.

What McIntosh AMP did Jerry Garcia use?

Budman
Jerry Garcia’s “Budman” McIntosh MC2300 Amplifier Sold for $378,000 at Sotheby’s Auction.

How did Jerry learn guitar?

Jerry: My father was a professional musician, my mother was an amateur. My step-father put it in an open tuning of some kind and I taught myself how to play by ear. I did that for about a year until I ran into a kid at school who knew three chords on the guitar and also the correct way to tune it.

What scale does Grateful Dead use?

E major scale
Grateful Dead Lick #1 We’re using the E mixolydian mode, a E major scale with a lowered 7th tone. Mixolydian is sometimes called the “dominant scale”, because it contains the notes of a dominant 7th chord, in this case E, G#, B, and D.

Is phrasing an important part of Garcia’s tone?

Yeah, I think phrasing is an important part of his tone. You can get close to Garcia with a strat and blues junior. Not to state the obvious OP, but his approach, etc. may have a quite bit more influence than hardware. Click to expand…

Do you need a transducer for Jerry’s tone?

From there, you can go crazy chasing Jerry’s tone but only if you “have” or “need” to. The transducers are key: the pickups that change your initial acoustical energy to electricity; your speakers that change your resulting electricity back to sound waves.

How important was Jerry’s amp setup to his tone?

Not essential but quite practical if you’re chasing Jerry tone using effects. Amp: Fender Twin Reverb (or close) preamp circuit; clean/high headroom power amp circuit. Again, maybe 95\% of the way there. Guitar set-up: Jerry used very high action, higher than almost anyone else I’m aware of. Some say this is critical to his tone.

How to get close to Garcia’s style?

You can get close to Garcia with a strat and blues junior. Not to state the obvious OP, but his approach, etc. may have a quite bit more influence than hardware. Click to expand… Im usually pretty resistant to “it’s in the fingers”, but I think in Jerry’s case it’s more true than for many (most) others.