Natural. Imagine the buzz at the 145 year old factory when some young Grateful Dead fan says: “Let’s do a solid body guitar!” Then adds, “more like an Alembic than a Fender.” Spitting up coffee all over the drawing board the foreman asks: “Are you crazy?” No, we’ll do the neck through body and...

When famed U.K. singer-songwriter-musician Graham Nash released his solo debut album Songs for Beginners in May 1971, he was so pleased with Jerry Garcia’s contributions to the sessions that he presented Garcia with a special gift—a 1955 Stratocaster® Nash had bought the year before in a Phoenix,...