GRATEFUL GUITARS
clockwise from top left:
● The‘ 55 Alligator date confirmation. ● Rick Turner with the restored Alligator, Rick Turner Guitars, Santa Cruz, February 8, 2020. Photo: Andy Logan. ● Brian Michael of Gryphon Stringed Instruments, Palo Alto, opening up Alligator to reveal its origins. Photo: Alex Jordan. ing how major collectors and the Garcia estate viewed the stewardship of these legendary instruments.
To generate support for the foundation, he circulates some remarkable pieces. Logan personally stewards Garcia’ s 1955 Fender Stratocaster, the guitar known as Alligator, which he acquired at auction in December 2019 for $ 420,000( a number he considered auspi-
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