Riff Tone

Sugaree (Live At Hartford, Ct, May 28, 1977)

Grateful Dead

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1973 Doug Irwin 'Wolf' custom guitar

AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 1970s, JBL speakers)

PickupsDiMarzio Super II humbucker (bridge), DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil (middle), DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil (neck)

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb4.5

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Live performance, Hartford Civic Center, May 28, 1977. Jerry Garcia's main guitar for this era was the custom Irwin 'Wolf' with DiMarzio pickups. The amp was a Silverface Fender Twin Reverb with JBL speakers, a staple of Garcia's live clean tone in 1977. No evidence of drive pedals for the clean riff section. Effects are primarily amp reverb and possibly a light envelope filter for some licks, but not the main riff.

Tone Character(10)

crystal-clear and articulatewarm and rounded lowssparkling, bell-like highstouch-sensitive dynamic responseslight natural compressionfull-bodied midrangesubtle spring reverb ambienceno audible distortion or breakupclassic Fender Twin shimmerclean, singing sustain

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate skill due to its syncopated phrasing, dynamic control, and clean articulation, but does not involve advanced techniques or high speed.

Sources

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