Tiger was Jerry Garcia's main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was designed and built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin. The instrument was commissioned by Garcia in 1973 following delivery of Wolf, his first major Irwin-built guitar. It was the last guitar Garcia played in public. It was sold in 2002 for $957,500 to Jim Irsay the owner of the Indianapolis Colts. In 2019, Irsay paid a record $3.975 million for The Black Strat, formerly owned by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.
