Hello,
Stumbled on this photo of Jerry playing some sort of an Alembic Tribute Styled guitar.  
Just wondering if anyone knew exactly what this guitar is, Looks like it has an effects loop as well as some sort of inlay or sticker beneath the bridge, I also notice the body contours are more sharper than a tribute and the headstock is scalloped (is that right),  
.......anyway.....
 - Tom

It looks like that's Tiger, although a little hard to tell from this angle.  It's a Doug Irwin git fiddle.  If I read things right, this one was built after Mr. Irwin and the fine folks at Alembic parted company......

I looks a little more like a Cripe guitar to me.

Hi...
Hollis that definitely not Tiger go here to see Tiger up close http://dozin.com/jers/guitars/tiger/info.html
 
Hi Mica, thanks for answering.
Cripe guitar, never heard of them.  
I am assuming this was made after tiger
wish i could see what that inlay is at the bottom....

sorry double post.
 
(Message edited by hollis on September 30, 2004)

Thanks for the correction...
 
Hey Mica, can you tell us any more about this instrument?

AHHHH... great call Mica.
http://www.resurrectionguitars.com/articles.html
scroll down 4 pictures from the top of this page:
GUITARMAKER?S IDEA WAS DEAD RECKONING
When Steve Cripe needed an evaluation of his work, he sent it to  
Jerry Garcia. The late Grateful Dead guitarist loved it.
 - Tom

Right on!

 
That was easy enough for a change,  
after getting the name!.
 - Tom

If only getting the bucks together for a Further was so simple......

Its a cripe guitar, almost sure of it. How you can tell are the simple fingerboard inlays and the firecracker logo too. Cripe made at least 2 guitars for Jerry and he played them as his mains with the Dead until he died. Also the rosewood appearing top looks like a Cripe too. All his other Tribute looking guitars have coco bolo tops.

I hear ya Hollis, Im still scraping together pennies for my Tribute 4 String Bass, that I will have someday...really I will, I must.
 
Zappahead, that is in fact a Cripe you are right, and that inlay is the DEAD Lightning bolt. they have a great picture of the whole guitar on that link I posted.
 - Tom

 
Definitely not as nice as a Tribute...But interesting.

This guitar was actually covered in the Showcase section in Artists under the Greatful Dead thread.  In the thread it listed this URL, which goes through Jerry's guitars in chronological order and lists the Cripe guitar and has a pic, too.  The pic on Collector's Choice is much better.  Just FYI.
URL from thread:
http://dozin.com/jers/guitar/history.htm

great link, there is alot of good info there, thanks.
 - Tom