Jerry Garcia’s McIntosh amp

Great timeline of Garcia's guitars, also discusses his amp setups over the years. 

http://dozin.com/jers/guitar/history.htm

My favorites were Wolf and the Gibson SG. 

It’s not that I want to sound like Jerry, I have no illusion of anything like that.  Nor do I have the skills.  I was just curious of what amp is was behind him that he would adjust from time to time.  I’m gonna buy that book that was suggested earlier in this thread when I get back to SF called Grateful Dead Gear.  
But I must say, John Mayer sounds very good with Dead & Co. and he takes me back to the good ole days sometimes.

My pleasure jriggy.  This is a “dick-free” zone :)
BTW my 17 y/o cat is named Jerry Garcia.

@doug714 
Fun Post.  Thanks.  

@doug714 thank you. Spares me from embarrassing him; something I was cocked and ready to do this morning. Some people are just simple minded with no nuanced thinking. Unlike Jerry. 

Another +vote for MC2300. Excellent stories as above.

Happy Listening!

I've owned a couple Twin Reverb Fender amps [both silverface] and sold one of them to Jimmy Herring; a Jerry Garcia rig expert. As I remember, Jimmy wanted my 71' twin for the 2 JBL 120F's. He tried to just buy the speakers but I insisted on the unit as it was. He told me Garcia used other amplification to power his twin reverb cabs - but it might have been vice-versa?!? [used Twin to power other speakers?]. Having owned a couple, I don't think Fender Twin Reverb has a preout feature on it - though one very well may be fashioned by a tech?!? But whatever the exact details, Garcia used Fender Twin amps, JBL speakers, McIntosh, and some others; I think he or Lesh initially used an MC50 but changed to better and more powerful models as they came available through the years. Others may have been used, but MC2300's were the McIntosh model used in the wall of sound. Lots of touring bands in 70's/80's used the MC2300; George Jones comes to mind. 

I reported anotherbob for his rude post. We don’t need that crap here. Rule #1:  Don’t be a dick. 

Another bob, please chill.

 I want to relate a story- I moved to Berkeley in September, 1978 and moved into 2525 Benvenue Ave., next door to where Patty Hearst was kidnapped.
The second day in my apartment I went to a mayoral fundraiser at People’s Park, about 200 yards from my apartment. Jerry Garcia was playing there, with the fundraiser a kilo of marijuana held up in a big bag. Lots of Berkeley cops-they and Jerry seemed to get along great.
Berkeley was a great place for audio- got to know John Curl, a wonderful guy, who had much todo with the Dead’s sound system.

Owsley Stanley or Bear as he was called was not always around. I was young at the time and he liked me mainly because i was his back up ears in the studio as he was deaf in one ear and i would double and third check his work at his request. I do know he was very demanding of the band which lead to many conflicts. To be honest this Janet Furman i really do not remember.

@rh67 how was working with (or more like ‘under’) Owsley? Assuming you got to. Was he as bossy as they say? I have a funny theory that the Dead had that lil bit of extra magic in ‘72 because Bear (RIP) was in prison, so his abrasive vibe wasn’t swirling around. Probably a silly theory but I always think of Bobby and Phil yelling at Bear from the stage to stop f-ing with the monitors and the arguments he had with Steve and ramrod, etc. 

My reference is late 60`-70`s. I helped with their sound at about 100 concerts during this period. In the beginning Jerry was very picky about his equipment guitars were custom made except the one from Gram Nash. During the late 70`s that seemed to have changed somewhat, on more than one occasion on stage he would plug into someone else`s amp knowing or not knowing we never asked. What was done in the 80`s i do not know.

Thanks jriggy.  I will certainly check it out.  I really appreciate it :)

Y’all sound like you may already know but there’s a great book called Grateful Dead Gear (with lots of photos) that chronicles everyone’s rigs and their changes. 

I watched the WoS being setup once and there were 3 tall/huge McIntosh tube amplifiers positioned center stage.

Two were close together (same cabinet I think) and the other was maybe 4'-5' away.

Not a clue as to what they were powering.

I attended the concert that weekend, but stayed way back because I forgot my earplugs.

This was @ the Iowa State Fairgrounds around 72-74.

I used to know the model #, but no longer remember it.

DeKay

Didn’t he plug into a Mcintosh amp onstage during those years from 87-93?  That’s the setup I’m looking for.  

His rig changed overtime, but for a long time he played a Fender Twin Reverb with the preamp outs into a McIntosh 2300 amp.  He used various MXR, Boss and Mutron effect pedals.

Damn rh67 you know a lot.  I thought he had Tiger and Rosebud plugged into an amp behind him that he fiddled with from time to time... or am I mistaken?  I only got to see them from 87-93.  Those were my years and that’s the amp I’m talking about.

Phil Lesh used McIntosh not Jerry. Jerry used a Fender Twin that was silver faced, later he was using a Mesa Boogie Mark 3 and for effects he used a Mu-Tron 3. For additional speaker application for the Wall Of Sound they used stacks of Phase Linear 400`s and later 700`s.

He had one on stage behind him that I think his guitar was plugged into.  Was this also a MC2300 ?

48 McIntosh MC-2300 amps as the main power source for the Wall of Sound. JG also used one for smaller venues.

I think they were MC2300 and a few 2500s. Some guitars were wired per string as I understand it.. Who know by now.. I like the bands choice. Wouldn't want to be a stage hand.. Mercy. Forklift to load and unload racks.. :-) LOL I bet they could get hot to..

Regards

MC-2300