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Tiger is a custom-built guitar owned by Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. Garcia commissioned luthier Doug Irwin to design and build the guitar in 1973 following delivery of Wolf, his first major Irwin-built guitar. Upon commissioning the instrument, Garcia asked Irwin to "make it the way he thought was best, and don't hold back."
It is believed that at the time, Tiger's price was the highest ever paid for a guitar at auction. Eagle, the first guitar that Doug Irwin built under his own name, and the first Irwin guitar purchased by Jerry Garcia was auctioned via Bonhams on May 8, 2007, for $186,000, inclusive of the buyer's premium. [2]
In 1990, Irwin completed "Rosebud", Garcia's fourth custom guitar. [151] While similar to Tiger in many respects, it featured different inlays and electronics in addition to a slightly lighter weight. Rosebud, unlike Tiger, was configured with three humbuckers; the neck and bridge pickups shared a tone control, while the middle had its own.
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The Collection's first major guitar addition was Jerry Garcia's custom Tiger guitar, which Irsay purchased in 2002. Tiger was built by luthier Doug Irwin for Garcia over the course of six years, delivering it to the Grateful Dead guitarist in 1979. Tiger was Garcia's main touring guitar until 1989, and was the last guitar he played at his final ...
Now and Zen is the fourth solo studio album by Robert Plant, released 29 February 1988 by Es Paranza Records, Plant's own label. The album made the top 10 in the US (No. 6) and UK (No. 10). It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA on 7 September 2001.
Irwin left to form his own company shortly thereafter, designing four more customs for Garcia, including [7] Wolf, [8] Tiger, [9] Wolf Jr. (headless) and Rosebud. [ 10 ] In 1976, Alembic built what is believed to be the first modern five string bass (tuned BEADG) for bassist Jimmy Johnson .
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