
Property of Grateful Dead Productions
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October 14, 06:22 PM GMT
Estimate
400 - 600 USD
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Property of Grateful Dead Productions
Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart
Morley rotating sound synthesizer pedal, ca. 1970
Synthesizer pedal (13 x 6.5 x 6”), white tape labeled “Thumb Piano” on top. Serial number: 16897.
Used by Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart in the Grateful Dead
This was Morley’s attempt at emulating the Leslie rotating speaker sound in a more portable fashion. The rather unusual Oilcan delay technology it employed ended up sounding nothing like a Leslie simulator, but instead a truly unique modulation pedal resulted. Jerry fist used the pedal, but moved on others and Mickey put its wooly dub effect to good use for live drum sounds.
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