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Riff Tone

One More Saturday Night (Live in London)

Grateful Dead

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarDoug Irwin 'Tiger' custom guitar
AmpMesa/Boogie Mark IIb (main), into McIntosh MC2300 power amp, JBL E120 speakers

Amp Settings

gain4
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Live performance, 1981 (London). Jerry Garcia's rig at this time was well-documented: Tiger guitar, custom buffer/preamp, into a Mesa/Boogie preamp and McIntosh power amp. No evidence of pedal use for the riff section; effects are primarily from amp and rack. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and typical Garcia rig. No explicit numeric settings found in sources.

Tone Character(10)
crisp and articulatebright and percussiveclean with slight breakupclear note separationdynamic and responsivetight low endsparkling highswarm but not muddytouch-sensitiveclassic Garcia clarity

Difficulty

The riff requires tight, fast rhythm playing with dynamic accents and clear note separation, but does not involve advanced soloing or complex chord shapes.

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