Les Paul Pete Townshend Guitar

Joe went pete i bought you a gretsch country gentleman actually a 6120 chet atkins like neil young uses.

Les paul pete townshend guitar.

It was used on stage and in the studio from 1976 to 1979. I remember when i gave joe walsh an arp 2600 he said. One of townshend s earliest les pauls used during the 1973 1974 american leg of the quadrophenia tour. The who s pete townshend has had numerous gibson les paul deluxe guitars.

Original 70s construction techniques bring to life this 76 les paul deluxe goldtop based on a guitar originally played by pete townshend on stage and now displayed in london s victoria albert museum. This is pete townshend s 5 les paul guitar. The most famous of these were numbered from 1 to 9 based on the tuning requirements of various songs. It can be seen pictured in the 1979 tour program as well as in the movie the kids are alright.

One of the first les pauls townshend played following his move from the gibson sg special his first main stage guitar. Part of gibson usa s les paul artist series and celebrating the great windmill axe player s live work from that period. This tpp pete townshend number 5 les paul tribute has been produced by the painted player guitar co. Over the years several of them were broken and never replaced.

The new gibson pete townshend gold top 76 les paul is a recreation of his iconic guitar from that late 70s period. Pete townshend owned and used gibson les paul gold top guitar. He played a double cut les paul tv and a single cut les paul standard for various 1967 shows but it was 1968 when townshend was more often seen with a gibson sg special. Limited to 150 units only.

I know you don t really get into them but you should try this. Pete townshend and gibson sgs. Townshend revealed the details behind this rig to me in a guitar player magazine interview in 1993. Pete s beloved dimarzio super distortion humbucker joins two mini humbuckers for modded tone.

Pete had numerous les paul s modified by adding a humbucking pickup.