The "Dead" was one of several bands/performers that I never "got" or understood the popularity of over the 60s, 70s and 80s. After that point I pretty much stopped listening to anything current in the popular music (rock) market. Most everything that Garcia did acoustically either solo or with other acoustic artists was pretty good but I never saw any real "genius" as some like to describe it in his playing with the "Dead". I'm the same way with the Band, sans Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen/E St. Band insofar as their overall performing although all of these had one or two relatively good songs that got popular air play.
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1977 Martin D-35
1973 Yamaha FG-110E (one of the first acoustic-electric folk guitars)
2000 thereabouts no-name (I won it; looks a bit like a Rogue low-end model)
ca. 1967 Sears nylon string classical (first guitar)
Fender American Standard Strat (bought used, don't know when made)
Dean "Backwoods Banjo" (banjo body with 6 strings tuned like a guitar)
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