Jerry Garcia Penco acoustic guitar with rosewood fingerboard and exquisite inlaid floral pattern down the wood neck. Wood back, inside sound hole the original Penco label with model No.190 is noted.

This guitar was played, as pictured, by Jerry Garcia at a birthday party for Taro Hart, the son of Jerry's fellow Grateful Dead band mate Mickey Hart. The party, which took place in the 1990s, was attended by an eclectic and colorful combination of guests, including the Tibetan Gyuto Monks and then Governor of California Jerry Brown.

The consigner of this guitar is a recording and system engineer who built a strong friendship with Jerry Garcia while recording many sessions for the Acoustic Disc albums created by Jerry and mandolinist David Grisman. The consigner's friendship with Jerry, David Grisman and the Harts was the reason he and this Penco guitar were part of the birthday celebrations.

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jerry Garcia was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead _ the rock band for which he served as the de-facto leader for 30 years. Concurrently for much of that time, he also performed in a variety of configurations and a variety of styles, sometimes switching to banjo or pedal steel guitar for the purpose.

Ranging from quintet to septet, the Grateful Dead is known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, psychedelia, experimental music, modal jazz, country, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, and space rock. They have a devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads".Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s

The guitar is in good condition with repairs made and some wear. A few minor scratches around the head of the body and bottom.

Good condition, some wear and scratches form usage.