One of the best things about the Dead is how little clothing the members owned. Bobby wore that shirt, like, every other day in ’72.
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Where’s you get that guitar. Bobby?
“It was handed to me as I took the stage.”
Sure. But it’s not your usual axe.
“Huh. Guess not. But, uh, like I said: I’m handed a guitar as I take the stage. I don’t get into the logistics.”
Okay. Hey, Mrs. Donna Jean. Whatcha doing?
“Trippin’ balls, sugar.”
Professionalism at every turn.
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That is a Les Paul Special, which was also available with a single-cutaway, but looked cooler in the double-cut configuration and coolest in the so-called “TV Yellow” finish. (That shade was believed to look fabulous on black-and-white teevee sets.) Gibson only made ’em from ’55-’60, when they were replaced by the far-less-cuddly SG.
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Anyone know of any other shows when Bobby played that guitar? Scholar Michael Clem informs us that Garcia played an identical instrument during the Summer ’71 tour:
Is it, in fact, the same guitar that Bobby is wielding in the picture above, which we are told is from 10/18/72 at the Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis? Go ask your families, Enthusiasts. Demand answers from those parasites, and meet me back here around midnight. Bring sandwiches.
If it’s the same somebody changed the pickup covers. Which is certainly possible in this outfit.
Pardon me, the pickups entire.
Good eye, the P-90 covers and the toggle circle re-inforcement doohickey. I think the Deads anticipated arcane interest in such minutia and mixed things up to keep it interesting. They liked their memes.
Or “Weir, you fcuker, the toggle thing says ‘rhythm/treble?”
“Have you heard of Custom Shop ‘Ageing’? I saw it using the Time Sheath. Plus I lost the disks for my Star Trek Phaser”
“Cutler, book more gigs with bands play Gibsons, preferably LPs. Like those Almonds, that was a good score. I have seen the future and a Gibson ‘Builder’ pin for my kilt. And more Phaser Ammo, you see.”
Those are two different guitars in the two pictures.
Dang, y’all got better eyes than I do. I can tell that’s Garcia playing a guitar in the second photo, but not much more than that . . .
I probably spent a little more time with them than most folks.