also released. At 1.9 million dollars Wolf now
holds the record for the highest amount every
paid for a Grateful Dead Guitar to date. The
original purchase price of the instrument back
in 1973 was $1,500.
Wolf’s body is constructed from purple heart
and curly maple wood and has an ebony
fretboard. Similar to Alembic instruments from
this era, where Doug Irwin originally learned
his trade, the Wolf guitar has two humbucker
pickups and a single pickup in the neck
position, but thanks to its onboard electronics,
toggle switches, and stereo outputs a myriad
of sounds could be achieved with it. As you
can see in the images with this article, Garcia’s
guitar was truly a work of art with its Eagle
inlayed headstock, custom inlayed fretboard,
and beautifully flamed woods.
Photos Courtesy of Gurnsey's Auction House
Jul Aug 2017
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