It was a half-time gig for years.įJ: How many guitars have you made so far?ĪC: I don’t know the total. Been doing it for years, but this was really my first year where I kind of abandoned all other career aspirations and went full-time doing it.
Listen to the complete interview with Skip, Jason and Anthony above or read excerpts below.įretboard Journal: You make speaker cabs and Doug Irwin-inspired guitars, right?Īnthony Coscia: Correct. We couldn’t resist his story, either: The Truth About Vintage Amps’ Skip Simmons and Jason Verlinde recently interviewed Coscia on his pandemic project, his plans for future (larger!) Walls and all the little details that went into his build. Upon completion, Coscia donated his creation to a non-profit (where it fetched $100,000) and even ended up getting profiled on the front page of The Wall Street Journal ( link). All told, Coscia ended up spending over 200 hours building tiny cabinets, individually soldering and installing 390 tiny speakers (some meant for cell phones), and even creating a lighting rig for his miniature take on the Dead’s 1974 stage setup.Ĭoscia posted his build updates to followers on his “Petite Mur De Son – Mini Wall of Sound” Facebook page ( link ), where the story of this Deadhead/luthier and his pandemic project went viral. etc." should rot in hell for all eternity and have a vat of acid poured into their eyes drop by drop, the cock-sucking assholes.Anthony Coscia recently completed the ultimate labor of love: A working, 1/6 model replica of the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound. By the way, the people who said that the Dead are "Proof that if you give enough people LSD they'll totally love bad country music." and "an insidious LSD cult. Though nearly anyone can enjoy the Grateful Dead, to truly understand the worlds behind the words, one must either be raised on it or attend a few Folk Festivals. Due to a combination of the Wall of Sound, the evolving nature of the Dead's songs, and their tendency to jam for long periods of time during concerts, the Dead experience was infinitely better live.
This sound system had a seperate speaker for each instrument, and was designed so that the music could be heard over half a mile away with minimal degradation. Some of their better songs are "Jack Straw," " Fire on the Mountain," " Scarlet Begonias," "Friend of the Devil," "Sugar Magnolia," "Cassidy," " Sugaree," "Samson & Delilah," " Box of Rain," Eyes of the World," "The Wheel," "Ramble on Rose," and "Playing in the Band." Their best albums are Terrapin Station, Europe '72, Blues for Allah, Steal your Face, Shakedown Street, and Aoxomoxoa (if only for the album cover.) One major aspect of the Grateful Dead that is dificult to classify was their customized sound system, the Wall of Sound. Members of the Grateful Dead included Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and of course, Jerry Garcia, may he rest in peace.
As a side note, jackasses, bastards, conservative douchebags, mindless capitalist minions, and many people who voted for Bush are immune to this effect.
More specifically, a jam band whose music combined rock, folk, blues, bluegrass, psychadelia, country, jazz, and gospel, along with an indescribable sort of magical purity that is apparent to almost anyone who actually takes the timeto listen to it, but is mostly noticed by hippies, stoners, and liberals, all of which I identify with.
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