He plays a Guild F-512 Spec. since 1971 !!! Read here (thanks Chris for the link): http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/guitar/guild12.htmlenjoyed, and first time i've seen him playing something other than his Gibson jumbo for an acoustic number
Seems to be a Fishman Acoustic Matrix pickup.I wonder... It sounds great, but somewhat compressed -- like a magnetic pickup -- to me.
Right! He bought her in 1971 from Mannies (according to The Who webpage) but sold her in 1989 to help financing his new 49ft sailboat...So she survived 18 years in his hands!At least he didn't smash that Merle Travis!
Right on, Ralf!Seems to be a Fishman Acoustic Matrix pickup.
http://www.fishman.com/product/acoustic-matrix-series-discontinued
Ralf
At least he didn't smash that Merle Travis!
walrus
He plays a Guild F-512 Spec. since 1971 !!! Read here (thanks Chris for the link): http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/guitar/guild12.html
(Yes I know, in 2015 he often played a 6 string Gibson acoustic)
Here's the Guild in 1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbesngWux8
Or from 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR_PJDZXMHM
Or from 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkD0aHQFr-k
Or from 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jVZHHdH3o
Or that one he used to own where only at least 5 existed (o.k., not purely acoustic...):
By the way Pete's younger brother Simon continues the tradition (with a F-212 I'd say):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBqd3brR7U8
Ralf
It's a little ironic to me that a guy that destroyed so many guitars in the bad old days would have kept this old Guild in such pristine shape. It really looks terrific.
Oh yes, I knew that he played lots of different great guitars over the years! I just had looked for a 2015 YouTube video of him playing the F-512 and noticed that all 2015 videos I found showed him playing the Gibson 6 string acoustic only....no, he didn't just play the J200 in 2015, he always played it.