Hey guys, for those of you who want a more in depth look at the amp settings and pedal settings, check the video below! My Jerry Garcia Rig Rundown kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM-Ynthhxq2anKs.html

Dude seriously the best Jerry tone video out, very informative and great playing. Loved the Prudence piece. Looking forward to more, thank you. Forever Grateful Forever Dead 💀⚡️🌹

a few other pointers to add to this: - if your guitar has a HH (two humbuckers) setup, play with it in the middle position with the neck pickup lowered (physically or with a knob) for a brighter tone - with a SSS (strat) setup, I recommend position 2 (bridge and middle pickup), with the tone slightly adjusted to avoid over-brightness. When John plays his silver sky for dead and co he usually uses that position. Position 3 also works to get more of the early Europe 72 sound - along with the amp settings mentioned, an eq pedal with the mids and treble boosted helps drastically. - a slight clean boost/overdrive is essential, but never too much gain to where it sounds distorted - always have the volume not entirely up, that brings out the higher tones without it being too piercing. Awesome video btw

Thanks for sharing, love the Jerry Garcia sound. Great explanations of the sounds, and how to get them. Like your point about having your own sound too. Dead Head, and musician, since the 80s, worked on the Grateful Dead's stage lights for a few years. Many happy memories. Thanks for keeping the music alive, and Happy Trails.....

This video was so helpful for getting me better tone in general. Wish I would have known this info years ago. Thanks so much and the dead lessons are also the best I’ve found on the tube!

Nothing more important than being your own player. Thanks for the vid man!

You are so generous. Thanks for the link to in-depth look at amp, pedals setting. Totally awesome

Thank you so much for all the GRATE dead content you’ve given us!! I’d love to see you do a video explaining how you get a fire on the mountain tone with the q tron!

You know your stuff. Great video. Thanks for being honest, so many heads dropping a ton of money on gear. All about what the fingers can do!

This sounds just like a live 70’s soundboard recording of the wall of sound. Incredible.

I just spent like 4 hours learning about compressor pedals and envelope filter pedals after watching this video, thank you for the knowledge, your channel is about to be a new favorite of mine

Ah man I hope you keep posting stuff. You've got a big fan here. I wish I could see you listening to different cuts of the dead and your reactions to them. I know reaction videos are bullshit but just to see where you geek out would be a trip. Appreciated none the less, your approach is artistic and scientific.

Nice grill cloth on the amps. Thanks for the info. Rock on brother!

Thank you for a very spiritual look into the sound. I appreciate how you look at the material you are using as a shared musical experience. The equipment breakdown was A Plus, and the walk through of the pedals and what they do together is also very helpful for people trying to understand this subject. Jerry let us have this music along the way and it seems fitting that others can learn to enjoy trying to play it themselves! BIG UP

Thank you! Like the rig, like the attitude. More videos, please!

Just got a Qtron this year and it's a blast! Great video dude, thanks! Subscribed.

Just got done watching your video,, well done thank you right to the point,, sounds like Jerry's right there with you

Thank you for the helpful hints!!! You da man!!

Mystery solved. Been on a mission to figure out how to create the “duck quack” sound that I love so much on Shakedown, Stranger, Estimated, etc. I learned from you that it’s the envelope filter, of course with the reverb, etc. love to see you dive into more detail on that sound and those songs

Thank You!!! This is awesome!! Yes, So important to be your own player playing the music.

I use the middle pickup on my strat and dial in some reverb past 12 o’clock and some little bit of boost

So helpful... you have great ability to educate ...

Paper thin?!? Paper thin?!?! How dare you! Lol just kidding, I stumbled on your channel last week and have been loving these vids. Have been super helpful, appreciate all of them ✌🏼

im on the same train bro. "it's there for anyone who has the spirit to go for it " - J. Garcia

Nobody will ever duplicate Jerry's tone. It's like cooking, 2 chefs can try to make the same dish using the exact same ingredients and same equipment and the dishes won't come out the same.

Love it man!

I totally use the Bugera V22 head. Swapped in some Tung Sol tubes and I can't live without it.

And, I agree about the 70's tone being his best sounds. By the mid 80's his ears were suffering from his epically loud stage volume. The first thing to go is your upper frequencies, which I think is why both he and Bob got ridiculously treble-y in the later years. Everything was eq'd to make up for the frequencies they couldn't hear anymore. Half the time it sounded like broken glass. Give me that '74 tone all day long!

I always wondered how he got that sound. Turn the bass down to 1 or 2, high treble and mid. Good tube amp. That's the basics in a nutshell. Thanks.

Nice toneage. I totally agree with what you are saying about getting your own tone. Jerry's tone has already been done. That is why I don't wanna get a copy Jerry guitar or a signature model of anybody's cause you can love Jerry without just trying to clone him.

My guy gets WET with the green scream on that Dear Prudence jam, holy mackerel! Jah bless you buddies

Thanks for directing me here! Cheers

im completely sober and thought you were outisde. you killed this!!

Thanks, Davvy ! ! ! !

Great advice!

Great vid thanks man

Amen, brother. This was an awesome video.

lesson on new speedway boogie would be nice..Thanks for tone tips

Hey now I just wanted to add a little information regarding the Jerry Tone on songs like Shakedown, Estimated Prophet Ok Jerry used a Mu-Tron Envelope Filter these now are costing around $1000-$2000 for an original one. I purchased a new version Mu-Tron 3 for around $200 a couple years ago and this thing really gets that Jerry Tone once you get it dialed in. It’s much better than most other Envelope Filters (Qtron EH, MXR or Boss) This pedal will get you there for sure regarding Jerry Tone check out HAZ Labs Mutron 3 it’s a great pedal Peace ☮️ From Hawaii

Love this

Oh the tone, that sweet sweet warmth that envelopes you like soft blanket with your honey. A place that brings that smile on your face, pure bliss. The place where you could just chill forever and know all will be alright. Heaven.

Sounds epic. Thanks for the tips!

Nice guitar I have one just like it red color best sounding guitar I own thank you for the video

I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANKS for this video. lots of choices on amps oub but the key is a tube amp with reverb. i mean in the end right. i have a twin reverb. pretty powerful with the 85 watts so i use a volume control in my room. BUT THE KEY is to turn your bass all the way down and mid and treble all the way up with whatever GOOD compression tone you choose and you got jerry's clean tone right there. add what you like. THANKS AGAIN

Thank you. New subscriber

Hey Now! I'm surprised that there aren't any "Jerry Garcia" settings on the fancy digital modeling amps that are all the rage now... Oh snap..u just dissed them...hahaha Nicely done brother

You can get really good Jerry tones out of a Fender Blues Jr. too. I dial up my reverb to about 5, mids & bass around 8 and treble at 12 o clock. Pair that with a compressor, clean overdrive and a Qtron and it’s awesome.

Great vid....dugg the message behind the tone and videos on your rig would be neato too. Thanks meeeaaaan!

Would love to see the breakdown of everything. Nice vid man!

Davey. Thanks for the inspiration. I am an older guy and not to great with tab. Could you please spend more time on Jerry's fills and solos. I am struggling right now with Althea. Love playing the melody and lyrics but can't find my way on the solo's. Thank you

His tone has changed through the years. But I think really the main reason he sounds the way he does is that's the Fender sound. That, not really overdriven but flavored clean sound. It's like it's just kissed with some overdrive. Just enough to get that sound.

Bugera v22...I've been looking at them... yours sounds sweet!

Yep. Subscription engaged.

It does help to have the right reverb.

my budget jerry rig, used squier bullet $100, mojo tone pickguard HSS setup $300 , fender pro jr amp on sale $350, EHX Qtron mini sale $120, pigtronix class a boost sale $59, donner mini pedals, blues driver, reverb, octave and compressor $40 to 50 each

Great tones! And great hair!

A boss of, decent envelope filter and some delay going through a clean amp gets u close. I decent boost pedal or an old on low gain for that edge. I agree with lowering the bass . Tube amp is nice but u can do ok with a decent s amp.

that's a really great tone- id really love to hear about the mods on there. I dig the differences because it sound to me kinda like a combo jerry 70-72-78 mixed with bobbys best tone from 72- it works well. but i gotta disagree with a compressor being important (and im a compressor freak- fuckin love it- because I am not the pick attack master of control that jerry was) all tube... jerry only used the preamp section from the twin reverb (one of the least compressed- mid scooped- lowest gain guitar preamps ever) and routed it to a macintosh audiophile home stereo/club dj amp of the time. these were about as far as possible from a tube guitar power amp of the time (well really the fender twin was about as close as a guitar power section ever got to a mcintosh power amp back then) but jerry wanted LESS compression- the onboard buffer- brings just that little extra bit of dynamics. every part of his setup was designed to make his pick attack be more defined- part of the reason his mistakes are so obvious. but that's what separates everyone from jerry- its like he's playing to a and 8 armed conductor- like there's more than the normal 3 dimensional melody of articulation and tone and melody. like there's a second melody. its really awesome hearing mayer start to really go after it now- to hear somebody getting really good at that volume melody in ultra high resolution (LESS COMPRESSED) recordings. BUT- and this is HUGE for making a case for mild compression- then again if you're listening to old dead they did have the ultimate compression of their shows being recorded with vintage mics into vintage transformer based preamp boards and vintage PA systems and speakers (which they did everything they could (aka the wall of sound) to make them less compressed because everything was so inefficient and compressed back then) so now when you've got people playing an axe fx into a digital mixer with ultra clean digital power amps and ultra efficient crossovers on the sound system- and digital preamps. You start making a really big case for putting compression somewhere. Ill try to cobble together a spider v jerry tone with a post mic modeler compressor

here i am playing on a spider line 6 right when you said that

I’d really like it if you did a Moonlight Midnight lesson…..not the basic chords but how Jerry picks in the first position cowboy chord spot and sings ……what is he picking as he’s singing the verses……that would be great…..!! Thanks

I would really love to know how you set up the effects chain and effects settings and amp settings more in depth! Hope to see a video of this soon!

Thx man

Really enjoyed the video, but I do have a question for you. What compressor do you use, and how do you have is set up? I cant seem to get that range without getting that clicking sound when the pick hits the string. I did not notice this with you. Yours sounded big and smooth. Thanks man.

Great job on getting Jerry's 'tone', or close to it...FYI on Scarlet, you're mixing Jerry's and Bobby's parts...

i always like ur videos :). so, your blue marvel quit? thats ok, the 4 terns were the best part of that amp anyways......... i loved u using a behringer ...... u make thast rig sound better them all the other 10,000$ ones..... right on sir :)

Hey Davvy, thanks for the great videos! I love your Jerry style leads! Eyes of the world especially for example. Could you do a video on what scales you use to play your lead guitar style. (or direct me toward a link if you've already done that) I know my pentatonic, blues, and a bit of major and minor scales, but I'd say my leads always sound like basic blues leads. How does one get that jerry style sound on leads?

Dudeski again...... Thank you so much for sharing this advice man! Shit

Nice kephra :)

What make it guitar is that? I love it.

QUESTION.... thank you for the tone settings on the amp. what about the treble/bass settings on the guitar?

Wow! Thank you. Can you come over and play?

This is awesome thank you great channel!

Nice vid. Two things I'd add. Middle single coil or split coil is a hallmark of Jerry's tone. Second thing, I don't think he ever really used compression. But you sound great!

Sounds pretty Jerry to me; You's need Jerry hands, and just playing at a arena volume and moving that kind of air; but for the pedestrian deadhead; you're pretty dialed in. I was watching some of your other vids, your hendrix chops are also on point. When I'm going for that jerry vibe on my SG I'm on the neck humbucker through a sweet spot on my wah pedal which compresses and brightens it up while keeping it mellow - counter intuitive as that sounds - into a deluxe reverb, also a bit a tube screamer, guitar volumes rolled back a bit. I fake the envelope filter with the wah as well.

What part of Tennessee do u play in ? My brothers been living there for years and no much of a music guy but I’d love to come out and and listen. Like how u explain it, it’s more so giving a shout out to Jerry or using ideas of Jerry’s more then “PLAYING JERRY”

Also, teach some dead songs! I'm still quite fresh to the dead and loving the vibe. I'm from Yorkshire in England, I don't know any dead heads unfortunately 😔

Estimated prophet was FUCKING PERFECT. Great video

How about that big fat crunchy tone from the 1971 Fillmore shows that gave us Skull and Roses?

Hey Davvy...and fellow mid pickup strat players.. I am seriously considering pulling the trigger on a APII from an online retailer (Wildwood) and I am wondering if you guys think the middle pickup on these new Strats will work to get close to this Jerry tone we are all looking to make our own???

Hey Davvy, thank you for this video. I'm curious if your compressor is an always on pedal for Jerry-esque tones? Compressors are a bit of a mystery to me, so I would greatly appreciate it if you could offer any suggestions on knob settings.

Hey man, I absolutely love your cover of Dear Prudence...what scale are you playing D Major? Mixolidean?

I wanna gove you money Davey..... but i aint got none either...stilli will be watching

Sounds great but the Humbuckers don’t sound quite right to me. I like to use the middle pickup on my Strat and roll the tone down to about 6-7 with no compression and a klon instead of a tube screamer. Basically all the same amp settings though. Works great with my twin reverb.

I built a tele a while back and I decided that imma add a middle humbucker so I can have an HHS pickup configuration like Jerry Garcia. I also am making the middle pickup a DiMarzio Super 2 which Garcia used. Hopefully that’s not copying Jerry too much lol

My amp only has Treble, Bass and obviously volume what should I do for the treble?

Are we not gonna talk about how this guy is actually John Mayer with dreads???

What brand guitar?

Are you giving one on one lessons? If not, do you have any recommendations for a Jerry/Bobby style guitar teacher in the north shore of Boston Massachusetts?

Dude I feel my ears going deaf watching this through a phone lol

Speed up the release on your compression, it's squashing your voice after the guitar triggers it can't hear you

Strat twin 8 0 10 just try it Cancel any treble with your tone knob

You spoke about equipment, but what about the guitar? What guitar do you recommend?

I got a fender twin with a blown tube for 200$

Pedal board break down please 😜

Nice video and playing. Understand what you are saying but the title of your video should read “ My tone when playing Garcia style.” I think in this video I here more Trey Tone than Jerry except when you use the Q tron.Trey uses a compressor and tube screamers, Where as Jerry did not. One component that would get you a little bit closer would be a JBL D, E, or K-120 Speaker. And another one would be a single coil middle pickup or a middle humbucker that can be coil tapped. I agree with not trying to copy Jerry and be yourself. Therefore your tone is very versatile for playing different styles of music. But again, the video does not represent the exact formula as stated in the title. Thanks

oh yeah. this mans done acid.

" no fender mustangs...None of that bullshit.. none of it... ya gotta go full tube" My man

squire strat boss katana mk2 50 with twin verb studio patch xD gets close enough haha

Show me lovelight please!

Sounded pretty close to Jerry Tone to me. Too bad it has to be tubes. I'm really kind of surprised at all the different tones that can come from a Katana. I just got one. Maybe, just maybe, someone will have a work around.