For two years, starting in mid-1971-including on the beloved Dead double live album Europe '72-Garcia used the maple-necked Strat with a swamp ash body as his primary instrument. Though often remembered for his instantly recognizable custom guitars made by luthier Doug Irwin, the Strat that became known as "Alligator" was Jerry Garcia's first seriously altered axe. It was in return for Jerry Garcia's service on the latter that Nash presented the Dead guitarist with a 1957 Stratocaster purchased in 1970 for $250 in a Phoenix pawn shop. So named by David Crosby and Paul Kantner, this loose array of California musicians-including most of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young-produced a number of albums between 19, including David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, Jefferson Starship's Blows Against the Empire and Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners. Membership in the Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra had its privileges.
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