THE "JERRYCASTER"

built for guitar icon Jerry Garcia in 1973

OWN A PIECE OF GUITAR HISTORY

Dan Erlewine's
The Jerrycaster

Available On The Luthier Bench Marketplace

GARCIA RECEIVES THE JERRY

…watch Garcia receive The Jerry with great joy…

All About "The Jerrycaster"

History of The Jerry
An historic guitar build from the legendary Luthier and repairman Dan Erlewine. In the early 1970s, Dan built a custom Strat for Jerry Garcia with a unique configuration that was one of Jerry’s recording and performance guitars in the mid-1970s from the same block of black walnut used for the “Lucy” Flying V guitar that Dan built for the blues legend Albert King in 1971. The build is from black walnut which is the same Tonewood that was used in the original, as well as classic Maple Wood strat neck. Jerry Garcia loved the large numerical fretboard that Dan had installed on an old Martin, and this repliica shows the exact same fingerboard aesthetic. The double-cutaway, solid body is equipped with 3 single-coil pickups. This is not only a remarkable instrument to own but is represents a piece of guitar history built by the world’s most famous repairman of our time, and represents a phenomenal collection opportunity.

Dan Erlewine approached lead guitar icon Jerry Garcia in the summer of love in San Francisco with an offer to build a ‘one-off’ guitar out of a century-old block of black walnut.  In the last 50 years, there have been only about 5 Jerry Replicas that have been fabricated by the Erlewine workshop.

This guitar model contains every element of value from a Collector’s standpoint: (1) there is history embedded in this guitar from one of the greatest lead guitarists ever; (2) the builder of this guitar is the most pedigreed guitar man in the last 50 years; (3) less than half dozen have ever been built, and (4) the construction quality of the replicas is even better than the original.

Jerry Specifications Ordering Information Contact Workshop
The Jerry Specs

Body Wood: Amish-Cut Black Walnut

Fretboard: Hard Maple

Scale Length  25.5"

Nut Width: 1 11/16"

Pickups: Shop-wound

 

Available For Sale Now!

The Dan Erlewine Jerrycaster can be acquired on The Luthier Bench marketplace platform.

You can view additional information, specification, and ordering information at this link:  THE JERRY on THE LUTHIER BENCH

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