GRATEFUL GUITARS
clockwise from top left: ● Bill Asher, Doug Irwin, and Steve Kimock with the Asher-built Wolf, Mystic Theater, Petaluma, CA, November 8, 2024. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Rick Mitarotonda with his GGF-gifted DeLuis Empress, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, April 28, 2023. Photo: Bob Minkin.
● Nate LaPointe with the Hoeg Blue Lightning Bolt( Logan collection), GGF Benefit, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Josh Rosen with a GGF-gifted 8West Guitars Crescent, Levitt Pavilion, Denver, CO, August 3, 2024. Photo: Andy Logan. ● Mik Bondy with the Cripe Saturn, Club Fox, Redwood City, CA, March 1, 2016.( Logan collection) Photo: Jay Blakesberg.
● Garrett Deloian and Leo Elliott with Scarlet Fire Guitars’“ Scarab”( aka“ Jerry’ s Middle Finger”), presented by the GGF, Skull & Roses Music Festival, Ventura, CA, April 8, 2022. ● Josh Olken and Andy Logan with a GGF-gifted Travis Bean Designs TB 500 No. 12 clone, Club Fox, Redwood City, November 11, 2021. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Skip Vangelas with Rick Turner Guitars’“ Foxey Brown,” Fox Theater, Oakland. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Alex Jordan with Bob Weir’ s Walnut 88 Blackknife, GGF Benefit, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, August 13, 2023. Photo: Bob Minkin( Logan collection). ● Zach Nugent with the Cripe Saturn( Logan collection), GGF Benefit, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, August 13, 2023. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Dave Hebert with GGF Gifted Reuter Dark Wolf— Skull & Roses, Ventura, CA, April 7, 2022. Photo: Andy Logan. ● Jake Brownstein and luthier Adam Buchwald with a GGF-gifted Circle Strings acoustic, September 20, 2024.
● Jeff Mattson with Scarlet Fire Guitars’ Wooly Mammoth, Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, May 20, 2023. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Stu Allen with Jerry Garcia’ s Alligator, Junction, Mill Valley, CA, August 1, 2022. Photo: Jamie Soja. ● John Kadlecik with Alembic’ s“ Little Darling,” GGF Benefit, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco. Photo: Bob Minkin. ● Rob Eaton wielding Bob Weir’ s Koa Blackknife, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, February 2, 2024. Photo: Bob Minkin.
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