Relix

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.A quiet but deeply evocative relic from the Grateful Dead's touring operation, this mid-1970s cymbal case comes directly from the estate of Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff—the Dead's head roadie and one of the most beloved figures in the band's extended family. Ram Rod joined the Grateful Dead organization in the late 1960s and remained a central presence for decades, his dedication earning him near-mythological status among Deadheads and crew alike. This road-worn case—numbered #75 and measuring 25 x 25 x 6 inches—would have traveled with the band across countless tours, carrying the percussion hardware that defined the Dead's rhythm section. For collectors of Grateful Dead road crew memorabilia, items from Ram Rod's personal estate are exceptionally rare.

Grateful Dead Empty Cymbal Case #75 — From the Estate of 'Ram Rod' Shurtliff

The Grateful Dead did not simply perform concerts. They built a world, night after night, in which electricity, improvisation, and the collective will of thousands of listeners converged into something that resisted every attempt to contain or define it. No recording could fully capture it. No photograph could hold it. And so the band's crew — engineers and roadies and sonic architects working under names like Owsley Bear, Ram Rod, Kidd Candelario, and Sparky Raizene — built systems of ever-increasing ambition in pursuit of a simple, impossible goal: to make the sound as large as the experience. The Wall of Sound, deployed across the Dead's historic 1974 touring season, was the apotheosis of that pursuit: a 641-speaker, 26,400-watt apparatus so colossal it required its own trucks, its own structural engineering, and a full day of assembly before a single note was played. It remains the most ambitious live sound installation in the history of popular music.This auction, the fifty-second presented by ANALOGr in partnership with Relix, gathers that hardware — and much more — into a single historic sale. McIntosh MC 2300 amplifiers that carried Garcia's signal through the Wall's towering arrays sit alongside the 1967 Fender Twin Reverb he played at Newport Pop Festival '68, later passed to John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service. Phil Lesh's original Dual Showman bass head is here, still bearing fragments of Courtney Pollock's tie-dye. So are the Hard Truckers cabinets marked "CHEOPS" — believed to be the monitors the Dead brought to the base of the Great Pyramid in 1978 — and the original Wall of Sound diagram poster, hand-signed by the crew who built it. Beyond the gear, the sale encompasses psychedelic posters, signed memorabilia, original tickets and backstage passes, and an ultra-rare 1965 Scorpio Records 7" single that predates the Dead's mythology entirely. Each lot carries direct, documented provenance traced to the band's inner circle, their personal estates, and their storage lockers. For those who believe that history lives in objects, this is where to look.

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.This 1970s McIntosh MC 2300 power amplifier (serial #1Y423) was used by Jerry Garcia as part of the Grateful Dead's legendary Wall of Sound—the most ambitious live sound system ever assembled. The Dead modified the unit themselves, adding banana plug jacks to the rear output terminals for their custom speaker arrays. A Steal Your Face sticker graces the rear panel, and the channel labels are hand-written: "Jerry" over the Left channel output and "Mickey" over the Right, indicating that even after the Wall of Sound was dismantled in 1974, this amp continued to carry Garcia and Hart's signals in the band's ongoing live operation. Obtained directly from the Grateful Dead storage locker of Bill "Kidd" Candelario—one of the Dead's most trusted road crew veterans—its provenance is as solid as its build.Dimensions: 10.5 x 19 x 17 inches.

Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia-Used Wall of Sound McIntosh MC 2300 Power Amplifier

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.One of Phil Lesh's primary bass amplifier heads from his most formative years with the Grateful Dead, this Fender Dual Showman head (serial #A 02876) bears the designation "#5" on its cabinet top—a road-crew numbering system used to track equipment across tours. Modified extensively by the Grateful Dead and Alembic crew, the unit features two 1/4" direct preamp output jacks and a pair of banana plug jacks installed on the rear, routing Lesh's signal out to the bank of McIntosh MC 2300/3500 amplifiers that formed the Wall of Sound. Authentic fragments of tie-dye cloth by artist Courtney Pollock—which once draped the front of the cabinet in the early 1970s—remain visible in the corners, a delicate reminder of the era's visual exuberance. A rare opportunity to own a piece of Phil Lesh's original stage rig. As Deadheads say: Lesh is More!Dimensions: 24 x 9.5 x 8 inches.

Phil Lesh's 1960s–1970s Grateful Dead Fender Showman Bass Amplifier Head #5

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.Reclaimed directly from the storied Winterland Arena in San Francisco, these original wooden bench chairs are genuine artifacts of one of rock and roll's most hallowed venues. Constructed from heavy Northern California redwood with flip-up seats, the chairs date to Winterland's opening on June 29, 1928, making them nearly a century old. Tom Stack personally removed these benches from the building on September 24, 1985, as Winterland was being deconstructed prior to its eventual demolition. The chairs were situated in the four rows of seats just off the main floor—prime territory for many legendary shows, including the Grateful Dead's final Winterland performance on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1978. This lot includes a San Francisco Chronicle column by the legendary Herb Caen, multiple Winterland feature articles, and a zip drive containing 45 archival photographs.

Winterland Ballroom Bench Sets

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.This extraordinary pair of Hard Truckers stage monitors combines two significant chapters of Grateful Dead history in a single lot. The cabinets house 10" JBL speakers alongside EV tweeter horns pulled directly from the center cluster of the 1974 Wall of Sound. Grateful Dead roadie "Sparky" built the custom Hard Truckers enclosures and integrated crossovers specifically for these salvaged Wall of Sound components, as confirmed by legendary sound engineer Dan Healy. Most remarkably, one cabinet bears the word "CHEOPS" scratched into its wood—widely believed to indicate these were the very speakers the Dead brought to Egypt in September 1978, attempting to use the burial chamber of the Great Pyramid of Cheops as a natural echo chamber during their historic Pyramids concerts. Obtained from Merry Prankster Ken Babbs' Oregon farm via his son Simon Babbs. Includes an original 8x10 photograph of Phil Lesh with his Big Brown bass and Keith Godchaux on stage with these cabinets from a 1978 Grateful Dead show.Dimensions: 13 x 16 x 22 inches each.

Pair of 1970s Grateful Dead / Hard Truckers Custom Stage Speakers with 1974 Wall of Sound EV Horn — Egypt 'CHEOPS' Marked + Photograph

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.A matched pair of late-1970s Hard Truckers bass cabinets, purpose-built for the Grateful Dead's touring sound system. Each cabinet houses a 15" JBL speaker—the workhorse transducer preferred by the Dead's audio crew for its power handling and low-frequency response. Constructed from lighter-color Baltic birch—a material chosen for its acoustic properties and durability on the road—these cabinets feature banana plug inputs on the rear, consistent with the Grateful Dead's custom signal routing system. Part of the same extended family of Hard Truckers-built equipment that powered the Dead's live sound throughout the 1970s, this pair represents the quieter, behind-the-scenes engineering that made the Grateful Dead's live experience unlike anything else in rock.Dimensions: 22.5 x 18 x 26.5 inches each.

Pair of Late-1970s Grateful Dead / Hard Truckers 15-Inch Bass Cabinets

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.An 18-inch Zildjian medium crash cymbal played by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, offered here from the estate of the late Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff. Kreutzmann's thunderous, intuitive drumming—often interlocking with Mickey Hart in the famous "Rhythm Devils" dual-drum passages—was central to the Grateful Dead's improvisational language for over three decades. This cymbal was part of the physical drumkit that powered that sound, and its provenance through Ram Rod's estate lends it an additional layer of historical authenticity. A piece of the rhythm section, preserved.

Grateful Dead Bill Kreutzmann Medium Crash Zildjian Cymbal — From the Estate of 'Ram Rod' Shurtliff

Estimated shipping costs: $125 (domestic US) / $300 (international). ANALOGr will contact you following the auction with a shipping invoice.A matched pair of White Instruments Series 4303 graphic equalizers (serial numbers 126 and 127), used on stage by the Grateful Dead throughout the 1970s. These rack-mount units—covering the 40Hz to 16kHz frequency range across 3U of rack space—allowed the Dead's audio crew to perform pinpoint frequency adjustments for individual instruments as well as stereo PA and monitor mixes. The consecutively numbered serials confirm they were acquired and deployed as a matched pair by the band's organization. Obtained from the Grateful Dead storage locker of Bill "Kidd" Candelario, their provenance is direct and unimpeachable. White Instruments EQ's were a staple of the Dead's signal chain during the era and appear in numerous archival photographs of their stage rig.

Pair of Grateful Dead Stage-Used 1970s White Instruments Series 4303 19-Inch Equalizers

Due to the size and nature of this item, shipping requires custom freight/cartage. ANALOGr will contact you following the auction to arrange shipping logistics and coordinate a custom solution.A pair of large-format, 4-way speaker main cabinets built by Grateful Dead crew members using Hard Truckers Baltic birch construction. Painted black to minimize visual distraction on stage, each cabinet contains four individual speaker drivers spanning the full frequency spectrum, connected via integrated crossover networks that route each frequency range to its appropriate driver. Banana plug connections on the rear are consistent with the Grateful Dead's custom signal distribution system. These are among the largest Hard Truckers cabinets ever constructed, representing the practical engineering that underpinned the Dead's ambitious live sound.Dimensions: 24 x 19.5 x 35 inches each.

Grateful Dead Empty Cymbal Case #75 — From the Estate of 'Ram Rod' Shurtliff

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