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Riff Tone

Deal (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77)

Grateful Dead

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1973 Doug Irwin 'Wolf' custom guitar
AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 60s/early 70s, modified with JBL speakers)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Live performance, May 8, 1977, Barton Hall, Cornell University. Jerry Garcia's 'Wolf' guitar was his main instrument for this era and show. The amp was a Fender Twin Reverb, likely with some Alembic preamp and buffer modifications in the signal chain, but no evidence of additional pedals for the riff section.

Tone Character(10)
crisp and articulateclean and bell-likewarm midrangesparkling highstight low enddynamic and touch-sensitiveclear note separationslightly compressedvintage Fender cleanno audible drive or fuzz

Difficulty

The riff requires clean, articulate picking and tight rhythm, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages, making it accessible to intermediate players.

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