Bob Weir's Stereo

Jimna · Jul 17, 2010

I would love to hangout and spin records with him.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/weir_grateful_to_have_mcintosh_gear/C157

MylesBAstor · Jul 17, 2010

Jimna said:
I would love to hangout and spin records with him.
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Man does he look wasted or is that just an aftereffect of the '70s

Phelonious Ponk · Jul 17, 2010

MylesBAstor said:
Jimna said:

I would love to hangout and spin records with him.
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Man does he look wasted or is that just an aftereffect of the '70s

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I think Bob took the blue acid. Great guitar collection, though.

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cjfrbw · Sep 20, 2010

The Grateful Dead used stacks of Macintosh amplifiers with their "Wall of Sound', which had to be duplicated because it needed so much time to be constructed, they had to set one "Wall of Sound" up in the next venue when the Dead were playing with the twin setup at the current venue.
Maybe he has been a fan ever since, or these are just "leftovers."
Presumably, the "Wall of Sound" gave stadium performances the clarity of a high quality home stereo system. It just became too expensive to maintain it indefinitely, so they only used the "Wall of Sound" for a period of time. Can any of you "Deadheads" out there vouch for the sound quality?

Jimna · Sep 20, 2010

I am to young to say first hand, but I have a few books on the wall, in that period it was the greatest concert experience on the road. This is outlined well in a GD gear book I have, some argue that Pink Floyd was the better concert experience, but they always say its because of the theatrics that PF brought to the stage during tours like Animals and DSOTM, the GD brought nothing but a mind blowing jazzed-out audio experience like no other. Audiophiles who also were concert goers swore that the dead tour of '73-'74 was buy far the best sounding concerts of the era, and I think the drugs made up for the lack of theatrics.

Jimna · Sep 20, 2010

PS. About a yr after Jerry died and they began the real down sizing of GD Enterprises parts of "The Wall" was for sale frequently on ebay. I know a guy in Cally that constructed a playback at his house made almost completely of the wall of sound drivers and amps. He swore up and down that he would never allow anything but the GD to be played on that system.

cjfrbw · Sep 20, 2010

MylesBAstor said:
Jimna said:

I would love to hangout and spin records with him.
QUOTE]

Man does he look wasted or is that just an aftereffect of the '70s

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He looks better after you have dropped a tab of acid.

RUR · Sep 20, 2010

cjfrbw said:
He looks better after you have dropped a tab of acid.

Things just haven't been the same since Owsley "retired".

MC352 · Sep 20, 2010

All the lights are on but I don't think anything is connected. From the look in Bob's eyes, I am wondering if he is connected.

Here is the video -
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1539939331061

rbbert · Jan 3, 2011

Jimna said:
PS. About a yr after Jerry died and they began the real down sizing of GD Enterprises parts of "The Wall" was for sale frequently on ebay. I know a guy in Cally that constructed a playback at his house made almost completely of the wall of sound drivers and amps. He swore up and down that he would never allow anything but the GD to be played on that system.

the "Wall of Sound" was dismantled in 1974 and never reassembled. For a few more years in the '70's parts of it were still used, but nothing after 1979. Numersous historical references support this statement (Blair's "Gear" book, McNally's biography, etc)

Jimna · Jan 3, 2011

OK, and once they started downsizing (post '95) lots of unused dusty gear got sold. Whats your point?

rbbert · Jan 3, 2011

By the early '80's, the Dead themselves owned very little PA equipment. The sound reinforcement for their concerts was done by Meyersound (primarily) and other independent companies. As for the specific components from the Wall itself, almost everything had been disassembled and sold by 1976, and the rest by 1979. So whatever your friend bought, it wasn't from the Wall itself, although it could have been similar components. And none of that is any reflection on how his system actually sounds (sounded).

Jimna · Jan 3, 2011

OIC, well he has some certificates of authenticity, but thats all I can say as its not mine.

rbbert · Jan 3, 2011

I actually visited with a fellow in the mid-70's ('75 or '76) who had assembled his own system with MacIntosh electronics and JBL speakers, set up in a small warehouse in SF (IIRC, the dimensions were about 40' x 75', with a 20' ceiling) to play his Dead tapes (reel to reel, as all serious collectors used back then). Sounded pretty amazing.

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