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- While known primarily as a guitarist, Townshend also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesiser, bass guitar, and drums; he is self-taught on all of these instruments and plays on his own solo albums, several Who albums, and as a guest contributor to an array of other artists' recordings.
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Feb 2, 2024 · During the golden age of rock ’n’ roll, Pete Townshend helped define and redefine both the electric and acoustic guitar several times over. As the Who’s guitarist, he pioneered an aggressive, almost punky approach to the guitar in the mid-1960s, at least a decade before punk was a genre.
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There are several Gibson Pete Townshend signature guitars, such as the Pete Townshend SG, the Pete Townshend J-200, and three different Pete Townshend Les Paul Deluxes. The SG was clearly marked as a Pete Townshend limited edition model and came with a special case and certificate of authenticity, signed by Townshend himself.
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With in-person interviews off the table for the foreseeable future, Townshend is calling from his Richmond home to discuss the new super deluxe, greatly expanded edition of The Who’s third album, the remarkable and ground-breaking The Who Sell Out, from December of 1967. It was an album born out of necessity, but that grew in stature almost immedia...
There might not have been room for too much fancy lead playing in The Who, but one thing they had in spades was volume – famously being declared the “world’s loudest band” by the Guinness Book Of World Recordsat one point. “The main thing about me trying to get a stage sound at that time, and also, of course, a sound that I could develop in the stu...
While nothing really seems sure any more, with the prospect of things returning to normal again means that Townshend can start to think about a gear-related perk of getting back on the road with The Who… “Well, every time I pass through Austin, Texas, I go Collingsto pick something up, and I’ve never really ever regretted anything I’ve bought,” he ...
Pete Townshend’s live guitar playing is a force of nature. His control over the wall of sound he creates is phenomenal, as is his command of dynamics – whether he’s playing a solo or arpeggiating in quick succession. And when he hits that A chord, he does it like nobody else can.
This page last updated 15 September, 2016. Pete Townshend’s use of a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body guitar in the studio from 1971 to the present. This guitar was a gift from Joe Walsh.
