ANDY LOGAN IS bringing Dead dreams to life and giving gig-worthy players cause to feel grateful. The avid collector is putting top-shelf copies of the makes and models Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir played — and sometimes the original articles — in the hands of special talents via the Grateful Guitars Foundation, his 501-c3 nonprofit that provides musical instruments for players who help carry the jam band tradition forward.
Logan’s arsenal includes many custom builds, as well as two of Garcia’s all-time most historic instruments: his 1955 “Alligator”