This is a weird thing about guitars and musical instruments. But I detect that this record is the first time youвЂ™ve ever recorded without your Gibson J-200 since 1969. Guitar Player: Since Tommy, the acoustic guitar has provided a sonic cushion for almost everything youвЂ™ve recorded, no matter how bombastic the context, and the new album is pervaded by that cushion. From September 1989 Guitar Player article. 1981, in the studio, with the original 1968 Gibson J-2 Rickenbacker 330S/12. I came to MannyвЂ™s again and told Henry I wanted a J-200 and he brought out 20 brand new and I tried all of them and I found one superb, which I still have.Д¬a. From April 1980 issue of Sound International article, courtesy Joe GвЂ™s site. Selected quotes from Pete TownshendДЄll quotes and references are copyright their original owners and are included for reference only. In February 2004, Gibson has issued a Gibson Pete Townshend SJ-200 Limited in commemoration of PeteвЂ™s Gibson J-200. With the Who and solo activity starting in 1996, Pete acquired numerous non-vintage blonde (Antique Natural Lacquer) Gibson J-200 guitars fitted with Fishman Acoustic Matrix pickup systems for use in stage and studio activity, which he has continued to use to this day. With the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, Pete donated this guitar, where it is on display at present. Around 1989 ( Iron Man era), Pete switched to using Takamines and other acoustic guitars in the studio, at which time the original Gibson J-200 deteriorated (see story, below), though was subsequently repaired. At some point around or after 1979, he acquired at least one additional sunburst Gibson J-200, a model from 1955вЂ“1961, with open вЂњmoustacheвЂќ bridge, which was used for studio work (see photo at bottom). He brought the original Gibson J-200 with him everywhere until 1979, at which time he acquired his first small-bodied Fylde Ariel guitar. Pete used this guitar for writing and recording on virtually everything beginning in 1968 until 1989вЂ™s Iron Man. PeteвЂ™s original 1968 Gibson J-200 on display at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio. Bound peghead with pearl plant/logo inlay, three-per-side gold Grover tuners with pearl buttons.Д¬lick to view larger version.Rosewood вЂњclosedвЂќ moustache bridge with pearl block inlays, black pearl dot pins Tune-o-matic adjustable metal bridge.14/20-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl crown inlay.Black pickguard with engraved floral pattern.Pete donated the original guitar to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, in June 1993. The guitar disintegrated in 1989 and was restored. Pete purchased this guitar new from Henry Goldrich at MannyвЂ™s Music in New York in 1968, while he was working on the songs that would become Tommy. Pete wrote Pinball Wizard on this guitar and created the genre-defining acoustic percussive rhythm sound heard on most all recordings beginning with Tommy. The guitar that made PeteвЂ™s defining acoustic sound on record.

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