Property of Strider Shurtliff

Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff

RCA tube caddy used by Ram Rod, withဣ stage-༒used tubes

Red and black wooden tube caddy (17 x 13.5 x 8’’). “We Use RCA Tubes | For Black and White | And Color TV” printed on each side, Grat🧔eful Dead sticker, FM Productions sticker, “ꦚ186” and “PA Boys” in felt tip on top.

Contains t🐷he following tubes in original 𒊎boxes, mostly blown:

RCA - 6BL7GTA - 1, RCA - 6LQ6/6JE6C - 10, RCA - 5U4GB - 3, RCA - 6J5 - 2, RCA - 0C3A - 4, RCA - 6L7 - 5, RCA - 6SJ7 - 6, RCA - 6N7 - 6, RCA - 6J5 - 4, RCA - 12AX7A ECC83 - 2, RCA - 6AU6A - 2, RCA - 6C4 - 2, Ampex - 12AX7A ECC83 - 5, Sy📖lvania- 12AX7A ECC83 7025 - 10, Groove Tubes (GT) 7025 - 3, GT - 12AT7 - 2, Ruby Tubes - 6L6GC-C - 4

When the band began, tube amplification was the only reasonable choice available. Nonetheless, even as sound technology progressed, the Dead continued to employ a mixture of solid state🌺 and tubes in their set up. Whether it was Garcia’s Fender Twin, or Weir’s Marshall head in the 1990s, Ram Rod’s tube caddy was a live mainstay.