Jerry Garcia Alligator Stratocaster | Dream Factory | Fender
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2022
- Welcome to the Dream Factory. In this episode of our Fender Custom Shop series, Austin MacNutt sits down with Steve Parish to bring you the Jerry Garcia Alligator Stratocaster, based on the original owned by the Grateful Dead guitarist. The Masterbuilt Strat features Schaller tuners, a hammered brass pickguard, Jerry's stickers, a soft "V" shaped neck and more. Watch Daniel Donato take it for a spin and learn more about Fender Custom Shop here: bit.ly/337FJ3p
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If you ever feel stagnant in your playing, listen to Jerry Garcia and you’ll have inspiration for days. One of the greats.
exactly~ the ' Good Cheerful Spirit' prevails- everytime
With all due respect to Jerry Garcia and Fender Custom Shop the price tag is just crazy.(20k$) This is just a guitar for rich guys that will get it just to showcase it. Do a production model with the the stickers optional in the case like you did with the Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster. A guitar that is more accessible and that will be played by fans.
Same with the Mike McCready stratocaster they released last year.
Yeah kind of goes against what Jerry and the Dead were about eh
It's not for low level humans
@@multardthegreat4561 I hope this was sarcasm because if not you may have more money then me but I guarantee I can take my cheap squire and play circles around you dude
Yeah
It's not the size of the wand, it's the magic of the magician !!!
I’m glad Daniel Donato got to demo it. He’s awesome. One of the highlights was at the end when the Tech told the Master Builder “now let’s go use to to bat rocks outside.” : )
So good to hear the stories from Big Steve. ☮❤💀
Wasn't Susan Trucks just playing the real one the night before last?
Edit: YES SHE WAS! She and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos played it at Berkeley. Mr Topdogger has the vid up on his channel!
I've been a DeadHead since the mid 1970s and saw probably 150 live Dead shows...and while I appreciate all the work that went into replicating this beautiful, one of a kind instrument, a 20K price tag seems a bit unreasonable. It makes it highly out of reach for those of us who would appreciate it the most. I think 7K to 8K would have been a much better price point. Fender still could have made money on it I'm sure. That aside, the tone Jerry got from that gem during the Europe '72 Tour was the Holy Grail of tone in my opinion. That guitar sounded like no other before it or since. That piece of wood had real life inside of it and Jerry made it sing, wail, cry, moan while took us all on a musical ride for the ages. He really connected with it and knew how to get everything out of it. I wish he would have played in the 1980s as well. Nobody sounded quite like Jerry, Nobody. Great to see Steve Parish again. I got a chance to meet him a couple times many years ago...👍
All great and fun, it’s a beautiful guitar. Love Jerry and all, what I don’t love is the 20k for it lol. This is one for the collection like the Terry Kath Tele. It will be purchased by most likely showcasing its beauty and not played. To me, everything should be played.
same with the Andy Summers Tribute Tele - though that was 10K at the time, I SO want Fender to do a Road Worn of that. I would purchase in a heartbeat!
I don’t either, but in the pantheon of iconic player recreation guitars, this one probably justifies it’s price more than say a Gibson Jimmy Page Signature Les Paul. This fender is so unique, and so many unique hand-made parts had to be recreated and fabricated by hand. This is a masterwork by the Fender Custom shop.
And damned if it doesn’t sound right!
Sad that it’s us small venue gig players that would really love to own something like that but, the dudes that can afford it.. they ain’t playing it. It’s gonna hang in a case on the wall and never sing it’s beautiful song. ☮️
Lol imagine Jerry hearing this is 20k. He's rolling over in the river Bobby dumped him out in lol
Hell you can get a copy of Stevie Ray's Strat online for a few hundred bucks.
Tadeo Gomez was a worker at Fender Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company in Fullerton, California in the 1950s. He has become famous amongst players and collectors of electric guitars for the high quality of his work and his habit of signing his name or initials on the guitars he helped to craft.
His initials appear on famous guitars such as Eric Clapton's Brownie.
Fullerton! God’s country.
TAG was his tag right?
SO glad you got Daniel Donato back to play for this! Perfect choice! ❤️
Hes great but plays like hes never heard a lick of jerry in his life.
Europe 72 was a great time for the band, and the sound was amazing at that time. The Doug Irwin designed custom Wolf guitar came after this and that was also a very legendary guitar. The reason Jerry customized guitars, and then went to custom built guitars is because he didn't like what he could buy from companies like Fender. Not sure if Fender realizes that this guitar is a monument to that fact. I guess anything to monetize and commercialize the legacy of Jerry Garcia is okay now.
Very true! The irony!
This guy
I just watched a RUclips interview with Jerry. Pretty sure I have this right, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Wolf was co-designed by Jerry and Doug. Jerry essentially told him what he wanted, though they worked together figuring out the specifics. Later Jerry asked him to design a guitar for him and do whatever he wanted. Five years later the guitar showed up. At the time of the interview he'd just gotten it, loved it, but it changed the way he played. So he was both getting used to it and seeing what new things were possible. The time frame was just as Brett joined the band. The interview was on WMMR in Philly.
@@mikem668 Yea, that second Irwin Guitar was called Tiger. It was made of exotic tropical hardwood Cocobola, Maple, and padauk. It was named Tiger because of the Tiger inlay on the body. He played it from 1979 to 1989. In 1989 Irwin gave Garcia the next one called Rosebud. Those were one of a kind works of art.
I love how when he plays the subtitle says “funny guitar lick”
I got to play the real jerry alligator earlier this year. There is some kind of magic in that guitar that I NEVER EVER Have felt before and I own a vintage guitar store. It is supposedly the lightest strat in existence weighing in around 6.5 pounds even with all that brass and one piece of ash which is unheard of. But there’s something about old dehydrated wood, tons of play wear, and a touch of grey, that makes this guitar transcend all other guitars and truly plays for you
how beat up is the original?
@@RadicalR0nnie it’s in great shape, aside from forearm wear and the burn marks it looks great
@@12345b67 oh true. i’d imagine the headstock was beat up because of the modifications
If I had to pick, Alligator gets my vote for best Jerry tone of all time. That clean tone (Twin/McIntosh?) - pure heaven but the slide solo on Hurts Me Too off 72 is SMOKE, CREAM and a pure slice of nice!
I agree, but I can't decide if I like the tone of his Travis Bean better. I'm not crazy about the Doug Irwin built guitars.
This one needs an artist model for around $2K or less. That I would be interested in.
Exactly. I REALLY hope they end up doing this.
20k is ridiculous, I could build my own Alligator and still have 15k leftover. But if they made something more affordable, it would be hard to ignore as my next guitar purchase.
Austin MacNutt one of the Master Builders with most experience and taste I know
My Squier classic vibe 50s strat with some basic mods gets this early 70s dead sound verrrry well
I got the same guitar. What kind of mods did you do?
Also interested in hearing about the mods
I love the detail of the burn marks in the headstock, where jerry would stash a lit cigarette
Daniel Donato is the perfect dude to play that guitar! Sounds great. Wish I had $20,000
More Daniel Donato demos!!
oh myyyyy gooooodnessssssss!!!! this is just AWESOME. thank you for doing these, Fender.
You guys Made My Day!!!! All those memories come rushing back in a whirlwind!! 💥🧨💥🧨💥🎶🎶🎶
Oh my God the bridge set up on this thing is absolutely amazing!
always a treat when Daniel is playing
As soon as I heard about this guitar, I knew they would need Daniel to play it, the dude is a killer
You can ALWAYS rely on Mr. Steve Parish to give you the real story and great info about Jerry and his Guitars. He was there man. The Fender Strat Alligator Guitar, WOW.
Steve has a wonderful show on SiriusXM Grateful Dead channel where he takes calls and tells all the fun ,wild stories of all of the tours and traveling with Jerry and the Dead. Great Guy
Perfect guy to demo this guitar.
Nicely done Austen!. Great story Steve. Daniel nailed the Garcia style, melded with his own amazing playing!
This and rocky are two of my favorite strats ever
Can't beat a good quality sticker
Man Daniel was just killin it .
Well done, Austin! ❤🤘 incredible work... best wishes from Germany 😊
amazing build, the attention to detail goes above and beyond. and Jerry's actual guitar tech!?!? man, that Steve is quite the character, I bet he has the most amazing and wildest stories to tell, I could go for a full 2 hour interview with him!!
He has a weekly show on XM where people call in and he talks about his life with Jerry and the band. It's amazing
Also his book home before daylight is great
Oh hell yeah, thought I heard some Daniel Donato in there. Way to go Cosmic Cowboy! Love it....beautiful guitar, Austin is a master.....
been waiting for the custom shop to do something like this for YEARS. I gotta get me one of these
Do you have $20,000?
Man, this is awesome. Terrific job by all involved.
Best part of the video is Daniel killing it in the background.
Alligator is my favorite Jerry guitar. What it has to do with this $20k strat copy, I couldn’t tell ya.
Holding guitar in front of face... reminded me of reflections album cover
real cool, glad ya got big steve to talk about it. What a treat
Awesome video!!!
In my mind, that hammered brass part undoubtedly was originally fabricated from an old cracked cymbal, because like the man said. On the road and in-between shows, they'd do what they had too, use what was available to make repairs and ensure the show would go on!
That guitar has incredible tone.
Looks sweet! A lot of history in that guitar. 😎
Cool they had Steve Parish.
Maybe, if I had a $20K budget....
I'd buy the Eric Johnson Thinline & keep the change!!!
IIRC Rick Turner commented that Jer did not prefer the final version of this guitar, which is how this is setup. It was mostly due to the rosewood plate/riser under the tailpiece. His preferred config was the prior version with a simpler brass tailpiece. Note photos of the setup in the 1972 tour. Turner also commented that these pickups were not standard but rather extremely low wound, hence the always on boost circuit. The covers were painted on the inside with conductive paint and grounded, also.
Also: RIP Rick Turner.Who always had time to chat on social media with a random nobody (me) with nerdy questions about guitar construction and electronics design.
I really hope I can get one of these one day. Beautiful recreation of a guitar and a tour I adore.
Just get a Classic Vibe Strat, or other vinatge-spec Strat copy, and add a booster circuit to it. Or just get a clean boost pedal. Done. And you saved $15000.
@@miket.220 as a multiple Strat owner and a JG fan, there’s a bit more to it than that. Yes the blaster is important, but the brass harmonica bridge, hard tail, brass tailpiece, rosewood base plate, etc, all of which are not Fender designs play a large role in the way it feels and sounds/resonates uniquely from a standard Strat …even with proper pups and wood. It’s all these things they bring the price tag up so high. Even a more affordable players version would have to leave important stuff out for it to be priced “right” for the player/non-collector.
Great now I’m going on a Jerry binge
Wow, Very nice Austin, great collaboration and finally a nod to Jerry, beautiful!
$20k!?! Thanks Fender for once again squashing my dreams.
I’m sure you can get a similar sound just as good with a normal Strat but with vintage style pickups installed. There’s no real magic formula, it’s mostly within the playing technique
sounds great! amazing collector piece. but 20K :) come on :) Still love you fender
That thing is SWEET!
This makes my heart smile
Supercool guy
Great Guitar
Great Guitar Builder
fantastic.....thank you!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH 💚🌹
Can't believe, they didn't even mention that bridge?!
Runnin back to Saskatoon to crash in my Nash thank u graham and Mr Gomez
Fantastic!
Amazing work!
Daniel getting to demo was the ONLY call to make. I just wish I could have one but it'll be 20k. Prices are OUT OF CONTROL!!!
Magnifico.
This is a sweet one! Nice!
Jerry's Strat tone is his best
I’m partial to the Bean, but I most definitely celebrate all tones Jerry.
This is a beautiful thing
Awesome!!
As a kid who grew up in Florida, always loved the Dead, and only ever played strats, idc price this is hands down the sexiest guitar imo. Dream guitar. Guitars are timeless playable art that you can pass down to family. So what’s a heavy price tag for an eternal piece?
Awesome 🎸✌️⚡️🎶
I noticed the original Gator was being transported in a Calton case, smart move! Darned cool guitar!
Awesome guitar. I dont know how jerry would feel about it, but very cool.
he would not like it. And you knew that already.
Incredible video and informations !
I put pickups that sound exactly like the Quarter Pound (Quarter Tone from Malagoli pickups), and the construction of the body wood was in a single piece of Louro Freijó handpicked by the Lutheria Peace Custom Shop in Brazil (Brazilian noble wood that is equivalent to American ASH), all Gotoh hardware and hardware. No shield, straight-on-wood pickups like Jake E. Lee's Charvel Strat that he played on Ozzy Osborne's The Ultimate Sin tour.
Very cool!
Big Steve! This is beautiful. NFA 🌹 💀
Awsome!
He says Haight Ashbury @2:49
I met Daniel Donato at a phish show in Alpharetta, GA last year. He was such a cool down to earth guy (even though I accidentally interrupted his conversation 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I feel like they wanted to get a interview from Daniel too but he didn't stop playing haha
Parish. Freakin awesome.
This is amazing, love it!! ♥
My dude! Love your videos.
@@Sound_Groove_of_America Thanks, man! Really appreciate it!!
Austin nice work
Donato is a serious player. Makes that guit sing.
Probably so but maybe not the best hired gun to simulate jerry tone with the chicken pickin'
Very nice
So cool! Great video! Interesting, contrary to what Jerry has said, the pickups were not changed every year to brand new pickups.
I've read that more than once regarding the DiMarzios. Where did you hear different?
I think those early guitars never got the pickup changes like the irwin guitars later on@@seangrexa4707
Nice surprise Donato in there
Ooh a heavy Fender🤤
I want one
Super fun video! And great to hear Steve and his stories. My only disappointment was - Daniel doesn't know any Dead songs? Scarlett? Anything?
Yesss
That is a cool guitar
Shaun White is a solid guitar player.
I will never be able to afford this, but man was this video a treat. Steve and Daniel both give this such life in their own ways. Cool guitar!
Man, Fender has been killing it one after another with all these signature models.
Trogly needs to buy this, please Trogly
The subtitle at 2:51 says "indistinct", he said "Haight-Ashbury", a neighbourhood in San-Francisco
I caught that too.
Damn I just want to listen to that dude jam
These high end, expensive, master built collectors instruments are fine and dandy for the collectors who have $20.,000!
Let me know when you'll be releasing the Made in Mexico version for $799 and ill consider buying one.
why would they make a made in mexico version with these features, the brass pieces (especially the cavity cover) they had to do themselves and hammer and the bridge piece was probably even more of a chore to replicate. Im also not sure if they did a repo of the alembic preamp in this thing or they overlooked it
1973 box set Spring Summer and 1972 LA
Fender is REALLY digging now…
Daniel rips it :)
Please tell me I am wrong when i saw the price tag listed in the Premiere Guitar article was $20,000?
It's not for us regular folks. Maybe we will be lucky enough to play one in a Guitar Center or something.
In the spirit of Jerry!
Absolutely nuts
Andy mcnuts
Nope. What's crazy is this guitar is a copy of a '55 Strat. For $20k you could buy an ACTUAL '55 Strat and plug into a clean boost, boom, done.
what I don't understand (besides the $20g price tag) is that they relic'd it but left the fretboard looking brand new. Anyone looking for an affordable Alligator copy can usually find one on Reverb.
This is for rich folks who don't have that knowledge. I feel bad for buyers of this frankly, they're getting milked by Fender.