custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf"
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The custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" is Jerry Garcia’s most iconic, heavily modified electric guitar, renowned for its distinctive inlay of a cartoon wolf and its central role in his performances with the Grateful Dead.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6057612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" Context triple: [Jerry Garcia, hasSignatureInstrument, custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf"]
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custom Doug Irwin guitar "Tiger"
The custom Doug Irwin guitar "Tiger" is Jerry Garcia’s most iconic and heavily used electric guitar, renowned for its distinctive design, craftsmanship, and central role in his performances with the Grateful Dead.
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B.
Guild S-100 guitar
The Guild S-100 guitar is a solid-body electric guitar model known for its distinctive double-cutaway design and association with Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil.
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C.
Lowden
Lowden is a Scottish surname most notably associated with actor Jack Lowden.
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D.
Ibanez Universe guitar
The Ibanez Universe guitar is a pioneering seven-string electric guitar model co-designed with virtuoso Steve Vai, known for its extended range and popularity among progressive and metal guitarists.
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E.
Ibanez JEM guitar
The Ibanez JEM guitar is a signature high-performance electric guitar designed with virtuoso Steve Vai, known for its fast neck, versatile electronics, and distinctive “monkey grip” handle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" Target entity description: The custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" is Jerry Garcia’s most iconic, heavily modified electric guitar, renowned for its distinctive inlay of a cartoon wolf and its central role in his performances with the Grateful Dead.
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A.
custom Doug Irwin guitar "Tiger"
The custom Doug Irwin guitar "Tiger" is Jerry Garcia’s most iconic and heavily used electric guitar, renowned for its distinctive design, craftsmanship, and central role in his performances with the Grateful Dead.
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B.
Guild S-100 guitar
The Guild S-100 guitar is a solid-body electric guitar model known for its distinctive double-cutaway design and association with Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil.
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C.
Lowden
Lowden is a Scottish surname most notably associated with actor Jack Lowden.
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D.
Ibanez Universe guitar
The Ibanez Universe guitar is a pioneering seven-string electric guitar model co-designed with virtuoso Steve Vai, known for its extended range and popularity among progressive and metal guitarists.
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E.
Ibanez JEM guitar
The Ibanez JEM guitar is a signature high-performance electric guitar designed with virtuoso Steve Vai, known for its fast neck, versatile electronics, and distinctive “monkey grip” handle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
custom guitar
ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Grateful Dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Garcia Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designer | Doug Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBodyType | solid-body ⓘ |
| hasBodyWood |
cocobolo
ⓘ
maple ⓘ |
| hasBridgeType | hardtail bridge ⓘ |
| hasControlLayout | multiple knobs and mini-toggle switches ⓘ |
| hasDecoration | “Wolf” cartoon sticker replaced by inlay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElectronicsFeature |
buffered output
ⓘ
coil-splitting switches ⓘ onboard effects loop ⓘ pickup selector switches ⓘ |
| hasFingerboardMaterial | ebony ⓘ |
| hasFinish | natural wood finish ⓘ |
| hasInlay | cartoon wolf inlay ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after cartoon wolf image on body ⓘ |
| hasNeckJoint | set neck ⓘ |
| hasNeckWood |
maple
ⓘ
purpleheart ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfPickups | 3 ⓘ |
| hasOutputConfiguration | stereo-capable output (via effects loop and buffer) ⓘ |
| hasPickupConfiguration | HSH ⓘ |
| hasScaleLength | 25.5 inches ⓘ |
| isCustomBuiltFor | Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isHeavilyModified | true ⓘ |
| isMostIconicGuitarOf | Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| luthier | Doug Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maker | Irwin Guitars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Grateful Dead live performances
ⓘ
complex onboard electronics ⓘ distinctive wolf inlay ⓘ |
| notableOwner | Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedBy | Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInCareerOf | central performance instrument for Jerry Garcia ⓘ |
| usedPrimarilyInGenre |
jam band
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psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" Description of subject: The custom Doug Irwin guitar "Wolf" is Jerry Garcia’s most iconic, heavily modified electric guitar, renowned for its distinctive inlay of a cartoon wolf and its central role in his performances with the Grateful Dead.
Referenced by (1)
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