New guitar options for the Jerry Garcia-inclined

[Jon Silberman]

There are starting to be some real nice choices out there, here are a few, what do you think and does anyone know of other builders?

1. Minarik Goddess



2. Alembic Tribute



3. Warmoth WGD ("Warmoth Grateful Dead") body shape:



4. Phiga Bolt



5. Resurrection Guitars Lightnight Bolt

[Jon Silberman]

And introducing ... "Jerry Garcia meets Scott Peterson!"

[bullfrogblues]

Jon, FYI, Resurrection Guitars is about 20 minutes from my house. Very nice bunch of guys. In fact, the son, Tim O'Donnell(sp) played in a band with my son for a while.
They do great work, but very slow. I made an appointment with him to do a setup on a guitar, and when I got there, he said he would have it done in 2 weeks. I said, that's why I made an appt.!!! He tweaked the truss rod and sent me on my way. Must have been a bad day.

Allan.

[dkaplowitz]

Those are really beautiful. I like the look. I like the crop circles inlays too. Kinda' cool touch. Very different in a cosmic way.

I'll try not to hold the Jerry Garcia thing against them.

[Jon Silberman]

Originally posted by dkaplowitz
I'll try not to hold the Jerry Garcia thing against them.

Hey hey hey - a little respect for the Dead, please.

[weekapaugh]

http://www.roberto-venn.com/reutergu.../electrics.htm

http://www.moriartyguitars.com/

[lhallam]

Originally posted by Jon Silberman
Hey hey hey - a little respect for the Dead, please.

Oooooo man. (can you hear me out your window?)

I guess you're taking over where Cutter left off?

[Jon Silberman]

Lance, my friend, fortunately, I managed to miss that thread where Cutter left off and I don't want to be filled in, please and thank you.

[Jon Silberman]

Originally posted by weekapaugh
http://www.roberto-venn.com/reutergu.../electrics.htm

http://www.moriartyguitars.com/

Excellent additions!

Moriarty:



Roberto-Venn (this is a luthiery school where you can take a class and essentially build whatever you want, I pulled the image below from the students' gallery):

[Dave Orban]

Do you have to be short a finger, to play those...?

[lhallam]

Originally posted by Jon Silberman
Lance, my friend, fortunately, I managed to miss that thread where Cutter left off and I don't want to be filled in, please and thank you.

LOL

Nice gtrs. I wonder how well they sell.

BTW - I happen to know the guy who purchased "The Wolf". A good friend of mine got to play it. He said it was a fantastic moment.

[mlynn02]

Originally posted by lhallam
LOL

Nice gtrs. I wonder how well they sell.

BTW - I happen to know the guy who purchased "The Wolf". A good friend of mine got to play it. He said it was a fantastic moment.

so the guy who bought those guitars (for 3/4 million btw) actually plays them!!! i love it....

[PaulinNC]

I got quoted 6500 from Matt Moriarty for a an exact replica of "The Wolf" and I think a "Tiger" replica costs at least 10,000. Moriarty makes the best reproductions of the Doug Irwin guitars that I have seen yet. I like all of the others but his are the best.

[Ron Thorn]

Tom Lieber apprenticed under Irwin during the "Tiger" era. He currently has much of the original templates and tooling if you want a VERY accurate replica. He supplied me the original tattoo flash for the tiger and eagle inlay designs when I did the inlays for this one:

[Jon Silberman]

Thanks for the post, Ron! Yes, Lieber is very accurate though as I understand it equivalently expensive.

Shweet inlay!

Hey, as long as you've resurrected the thread, I've got to add my own new Dark Star to the mix. Inlay by Craig Lavin, body and "plank headstock" neck by Warmoth, PUPs by Lindy Fralin, tailpiece by Brian Nalls (Jack of Roses), bridge by TonePros, assembly/headstock shaping & overlay/electronics & wiring/much more by Phil Jacoby, finishing by Chris Bavaria.

Looks are cool but I can't begin to tell you how well it sounds and plays.