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Devil in the Details

NO PLAYER BRIDGED psychedelic San Francisco’s acoustic and electric waters like Jerry Garcia. To see what I mean, delve into the historic details of Jerry’s Herringbone Martin D-28 and his “Alligator” Fender Stratocaster in my Aficionado feature on the Grateful Guitars Foundation [page 72]. Honored with the opportunity to record a track using them at Lucky Recording Company, I reworked one of Garcia’s signature acoustic tunes. Here are insights I discovered on that epic trip.

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