This article is about the luthier Doug Irwin. For the economist, see Douglas Irwin.
Doug Irwin RosebudJerry Garcia (front) playing Tiger, and Mickey Hart (rear)Jerry Garcia playing Wolf
Doug Irwin is an American luthier who designed five custom guitars for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.[1] The guitars he built for Garcia included
Eagle (Alembic),[2]
Wolf,[3]
Tiger,[4]
Wolf Jr. (headless) and
Rosebud.[5]
Doug also built more than 50 other guitars and basses including a bass for Pete Sears and a bass for Phil Lesh. Two other guitars are documented as being built by Irwin: Rosewood and a Les Paul type guitar. These two guitars appear in the one and only D. Irwin Guitar Company sales brochure.
After the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, Jerry's will directed that his Irwin-made guitars be returned to Doug Irwin. After a legal battle with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead, the parties settled and agreed that Doug would receive "Wolf" and "Tiger" and GD Productions would keep "Rosebud" and "Wolf Jr." (Wolf Jr. is sometimes referred to as "headless" and was never played by Jerry in concert). In the agreement Doug was to sell Tiger and Wolf at auction. Wolf went for $789,500 including the buyer's premium, Tiger sold for $957,500 including the buyer's premium. It is believed that at the time, Tiger's price was the highest ever paid for a guitar at auction.
Eagle, the first guitar that Doug Irwin built under his own name, and the first Irwin guitar purchased by Jerry Garcia was auctioned via Bonhams on May 8, 2007, for $186,000, inclusive of the buyer's premium.[2]
^An Interview with Doug Irwin, p.3 from Dozin.com. Retrieved May 2009.
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"Lot No: 20. A Jerry Garcia electric guitar custom-made for him by Doug Irwin, 1971". Sale 15537 - Life on the Golden Road with the Grateful Dead: The Ram Rod Shurtliff Collection, 8 May 2007. Bonhams 1793 Ltd.
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"Jerry Garcia's Wolf Guitar (May, 1973)". Dozin.com.
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"Jerry Garcia's "Tiger Guitar" by Doug Irwin (1979)". Dozin.com.
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