This onboard effects loop serves to send the full output of Tiger's pickups to the effects while allowing the guitar's volume control to vary the final output. From the preamp, the signal could be routed via a mini-toggle on the guitar's face to pass through a Y-cable to Garcia's effects rack, and then back into the guitar. Signal from the pickups passes through the tone controls, followed by an op-amp based buffer preamp, or unity gain buffer, which is designed to prevent signal loss due to capacitance when long cables are used. Much like a Stratocaster, the three pickups are selected with a five-way switch. The electronics of Garcia's Irwin guitars are unique, and feature an onboard preamp and effects loop. Tiger was brought out and thus became the last guitar Garcia played in public. After Garcia began using a new Irwin guitar (known as Rosebud) in December 1989, Tiger became his backup guitar.ĭuring the Grateful Dead's final concert on July 9, 1995, a mechanical problem arose with Rosebud. The combination of several heavy varieties of wood, plus solid brass binding and hardware resulted in an unusually heavy instrument, weighing 13 + 1⁄ 2 pounds (6.1 kg). The body features several layers of wood laminated together face-to-face in a configuration referred to as a "hippie sandwich" by employees of Alembic Inc., where Irwin worked for a brief period in the early 1970s. The final name came from the tiger inlaid on the preamp cover located on the guitar's top, just behind the tailpiece. Throughout the design and construction process, it was provisionally designated "the Garcia". Upon commissioning the instrument, Garcia enjoined Irwin to "make it the way he thought was best, and don't hold back." The instrument was commissioned by Garcia in 1973 following delivery of Wolf, his first major Irwin-built guitar. It was designed and built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin. Tiger was Jerry Garcia's main guitar from 1979 to 1989. One Dimarzio SDS-1 single coil (neck) two DiMarzio Super II humbuckers (mid and bridge) "Hippie Sandwich" of Cocobolo, Maple, Vermillion, Flame Maple, Vermillion, Maple, and Cocobolo, with brass binding and inlay.Įbony with pearl inlay and brass bindings 25-1/2" scale
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