Tiger (guitar)
| Tiger | |
|---|---|
Jerry Garcia playing Tiger, 1987 | |
| Manufacturer | Doug Irwin |
| Period | 1979 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Set-Neck |
| Woods | |
| Body | Cocobolo, maple, padauk |
| Neck | Maple, padauk, with brass binding and inlay. |
| Fretboard | Ebony with pearl inlay and brass bindings; 25" scale |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Brass Schaller tune-o-matic style |
| Pickup(s) | One Dimarzio SDS-1 single coil (neck); two DiMarzio Super II humbuckers (mid and bridge) |
| Colors available | |
| Natural | |
Tiger is a custom-built guitar owned by Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. Garcia commissioned luthier Doug Irwin to design and build the guitar in 1973 following delivery of Wolf, his first major Irwin-built guitar. Upon commissioning the instrument, Garcia asked Irwin to "make it the way he thought was best, and don't hold back." Tiger served as Garcia's main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was the last guitar Garcia played publicly with the Grateful Dead at a Soldier Field performance on July 9, 1995.