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AKA with OI and X3 knee. Only been walking for about a month. When my initial alignment was done I was wearing shoes with an 8 mm heel to toe drop height. I have been wearing the same shoes since then. Now I want to wear some different shoes but I am wondering how much higher or lower can I go in terms of drop height without requiring an adjustment by a prosthetist. For example, is switching from 8 mm to a shoe with a 10 mm drop fine? 12? 15? 5? Zero drop?

These are the shows that the “Let It Rock” compilation was compiled from, and also the version of “Tough Mama” from Garcia Plays Dylan. The tone is immaculate. Trying to find out what his gear was for those shows, it seems like details are fuzzy.

What I learned so far is Jerry bought TB1000A #51 in August 1975 and played it on One From the Vault and the subsequent fall JGB tour. At some point that guitar was damaged in the process of someone trying to add a middle pickup and it was sent back to the factory. But details about when exactly that happened and whose fault it was seem unknown.

What is known is he bought another TB1000 #164 on 11/19/75, two days *after* the Keystone shows. From this source: “During the Fall/Winter JGB tour break Jerry purchased #164 but its unknown if #51 was damaged already or if he sought a backup so he could modify #51. No pictures are known to exist of #51 being used after the purchase of #164. As Steve states, #51 was bought and brought to him, however the 2nd TB1000A #164 has proof of Jerry playing it on Drapers showroom floor that day in November of 75.” https://www.waldotronics.com/travisbeans.html

So the question is whether he was still playing #51 on those dates, or whether it was broken and he temporarily switched back to Wolf. Is there any photo evidence from the Let It Rock CD liner notes? Or can discerning ears say with confidence from the audio that he was playing TB1000A #51? All I could find was a comment on the Let It Rock CD on Discogs saying “Crystal clear recording of the Travis Bean/Mesa Boogie tone in all its glory.”