▁delivery ▁of ▁Wolf , ▁his ▁first ▁major ▁Ir win - built ▁guitar . ▁Upon ▁commission ing ▁the ▁instrument , ▁Gar cia ▁enjo ined ▁Ir win ▁to ▁" make ▁it ▁the ▁way ▁he ▁thought ▁was ▁best , ▁and ▁don ' t ▁hold ▁back ." ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁construction ▁process , ▁it ▁was ▁provision ally ▁designated ▁" the ▁Gar cia ". ▁The ▁final ▁name ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁t iger ▁in la id ▁on ▁the ▁pre amp ▁cover ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁guitar ' s ▁top , ▁just ▁behind ▁the ▁tail pie ce . ▁The ▁body ▁features ▁several ▁layers ▁of ▁wood ▁l amin ated ▁together ▁face - to - face ▁in ▁a ▁configuration ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁" hi pp ie ▁sand wich " ▁by ▁employees ▁of ▁A lem b ic ▁Inc ., ▁where ▁Ir win ▁worked ▁for ▁a ▁brief ▁period ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁combination ▁of ▁several ▁heavy ▁vari eties ▁of ▁wood , ▁plus ▁solid ▁br ass ▁binding ▁and ▁hardware ▁resulted ▁in ▁an ▁unus ually ▁heavy ▁instrument , ▁we igh ing ▁. ▁After ▁Gar cia ▁began ▁using ▁a ▁new ▁Ir win ▁guitar ▁( known ▁as ▁Rose bud ) ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁T iger ▁became ▁his ▁backup ▁guitar . ▁ ▁On ▁ 9 ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁during ▁the ▁Gr ateful ▁Dead ▁concert ▁a ▁problem ▁arose ▁with ▁Rose bud , ▁T iger ▁brought ▁out ▁and ▁thus ▁became ▁the ▁last ▁guitar ▁Gar cia ▁played ▁in ▁public . ▁ ▁Electron ics ▁The