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He has six or eight Alembic B-15 cabinets, each containing two D-140 JBL's. Each pickup goes into a separate Alembic preamp module, and from there each of the three signals goes into a 2300. His bass has two ordinary low-impedance Alembic pickups and one quadraphonic pickup, which puts out a separate signal for each string. Phil has been phasing out his Fender equipment in favor of our preamps and McIntosh 2300 power amps. He drives his extension speakers with McIntosh 2300 amps. He plays into two rebuilt Twins, one of which powers a pair of Alembic B-12 cabinets, each having two D-120 JBL's in it. They're stacked like this because we found that it gives a much wider horizontal spread to the sound, with less spill going up into the rafters.īob alternates between a Les Paul, an SG, an ES-335 (all Gibson), and an Alembic. This powers three Alembic B-12 speaker cabinets which are stacked on their sides, so that he has a vertical column of speakers extending about eight feet into the air. He plays into a Fender Twin Reverb amp with preamp outpouts going to a McIntosh 2300 amp. Jerry uses an extensively re-worked Stratocaster, and also one of our Alembic guitars. What equipment does Jerry Garcia use on stage? Without needing to consult any notes, Turner was able to provide the following information. Besides building sophisticated electronic guitars (see "Casady's Bass," GP, August '72), the craftsmen at Alembic have done extensive work on all the Dead's equipment.
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In order to examine the technical side of the Dead's performances, we talked with Rick Turner of Alembic in San Francisco. Because of the sheer amount of this equipment, because of its high quality, and because it is privately owned by the group rather than rented from a sound contractor, GP decided to investigate. But even if he knows what they all are, the performer is not likely to discuss graphic equalizers and pink noise during an interview.Īnybody who has seen the Grateful Dead has marvelled at the mysterious mountains of gear they use at their concerts. A concert artist today performs at the center of an incredible tangle of wires connecting components of a thousand kinds.