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Jerry Garcia

Wolf sent a constant full-level pickup signal through octave division, envelope filtering, distortion, phasing, manual wah and analog delay, then returned it to the guitar before its master volume.

Board
Wolf onboard-loop effects chain
Context
Grateful Dead touring rig
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 3 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Exact board snapshot
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
6 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Wolf onboard-loop effects chain

Artist and road-crew described exact chain

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Serial path

In Jon Sievert's June 1978 recording, Garcia and Ram Rod name every stage and talk through the order from the Octave Divider to the analog delay and network-box return. Garcia also explains why Wolf's onboard effects loop sits before the guitar volume: voltage-sensitive devices, especially the Mu-Tron III, always receive the same input level while final loudness remains under his hand. Premier Guitar independently corroborates the complete six-effect inventory and identifies the Phase 100 and combined Mu-Tron volume/wah family. The network box and stereo send/return cable are routing infrastructure and are described here rather than drawn as effects.

Cited sources

  1. Grateful Dead / Dead.netFriend of the Devils: Atlanta, 4/78
  2. Premier GuitarThe Songs That We Hear: Capturing Jerry Garcia's Tone
  3. Jerry Garcia Official ArchiveGuitars: Wolf