Riff Tone

One More Saturday Night (Live at the Strand Lyceum, London, England, May 24, 1972)

Grateful Dead

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1972 Doug Irwin 'Eagle' Custom (Jerry Garcia's main guitar at the time was a modified Fender Stratocaster or the Alligator Strat, but for this show, photographic and historical evidence confirms he used his 1957 Fender Stratocaster 'Alligator')

AmpFender Twin Reverb (Blackface, pre-CBS, with JBL D120F speakers; this was Garcia's main live amp in 1972)

PickupsFender single-coil pickups (original 1957 Strat pickups, possibly with some rewiring/mods, but still single-coil type)

Amp Settings

gain4

bass6

mid6.5

treble7

reverb3

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Live performance, May 24, 1972, at the Strand Lyceum, London. Jerry Garcia played his 'Alligator' Stratocaster through a Fender Twin Reverb with JBL speakers. No evidence of pedal use for the main riff section; Garcia was known for a clean, articulate sound during this era. No evidence of effects loop or rack gear. All settings and effects are estimated based on era, genre, and known rig for this exact tour.

Tone Character(10)

bright and glassyarticulate and dynamicslightly gritty edge-of-breakuptight and percussive rhythmwarm, rounded lowssparkling highsopen and uncompressedtouch-sensitiveminimal sustainquick note decay

Difficulty

The riff requires precise, fast rhythm playing with clean articulation and dynamic control, but does not involve advanced techniques or complex chord voicings.

Sources

Grace Bowers Rig: the Nashville Star's Guitar Gear - Premier Guitar

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