Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career.
Born: May 19, 1945 (age 67), Chiswick
Spouse: Karen Astley (m. 1968–2009)
Partner: Rachel Fuller (1997–)
Albums: Rough Mix, All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes, Empty Glass, Who Came First, Psychoderelict, White City: A Novel, Lifehouse Chronicles, Another Scoop, Deep End Live!, Lifehouse Elements, The Iron Man: A Musical, The Best of Pete Townshend: Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking, Scoop 3, Scoop, Jai Baba, Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy, O Parvardigar, Pete Townshend Live BAM 1993, The Oceanic Concerts, The Lifehouse Chronicles, Happy Birthday, Live: The Fillmore 1996, With Love, I am, Live: The Empire 1998, Scooped, Live: Sadler's Wells 2000, Live: La Jolla Playhouse 22/06/01, Live: BAM 1993, Live: Brixton Academy '85, Anthology, All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (2006 RM & Bonus), Live: La Jolla Playhouse 23/06/01, Uniforms, I'm Free, The Definitive Collection, English Boy, Live the Fillmore 1996, Gold, I Believe My Own Eyes, Rough Boys, Tommy, Let My Love Open the Door, The Iron Man
Pete Townshend Guitar Gear
Blonde (Antique Natural) Gibson J-200 models with Fishman Ellipse Matrix Blend pickup/preamp system.
Torino Red, Olympic White, and Black Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster guitars, modified as 2001–2002, with stereo signal sent to Pete Cornish Custom Design piezo/magnetic splitter.
Ernie Ball nickel strings: .011, .015, .018, .032, .042, .052.
Amps are:
Two (plus two backups) Fender Vibro-King 60w 3x10″ combos, each into a Fender Vibro-King 212 Speaker Enclosure. Fender two-button footswitch controller.
Beginning March 2010 (Royal Albert Hall):
One Lazy J 20 1x12 amplifier stacked on Lazy J (2x12?) speaker enclosure. (Vibro-Kings appear to also be on line, but shielded behind plexiglass.)
Beginning 1 November 2012:
One Lazy J 20 1x12 amplifier stacked on Lazy J (2x12?) speaker enclosure.
Two (plus two backups) Fender Vibro-King 60w 3x10″ combos, each into a Fender Vibro-King 212 Speaker Enclosure. Fender two-button footswitch controller.
Beginning 13 November 2012:
One Fender Vibrolux Reverb 2x10 40w amplifer, on Lazy J (2x12?) speaker enclosure.
One tweed Fender Bandmaster 3x10 26w amplifer, stacked on Fender 2x12 enclosure
One (plus backups) Fender Vibro-King 60w 3x10″ combo, into a Fender Vibro-King 212 Speaker Enclosure. Fender two-button footswitch controller.
(All amps are shielded behind foam baffles.)
Effects:
Custom effects board, by Pete Cornish Custom Design (Pete Townshend s/n 0609, built January 2007), featuring:
Effects:
T-Rex Replica Echo
Boss OD-1 Overdrive
Demeter COMP-1 Opto-Compulator compressor
Features:
LED meter on the input and level controls
Nominal unity gain
Compressor modifications to accommodate the 25db active mid-boost on the guitar.
Dual mono outputs (one to a Cornish splitter box; one in a line run as a spare for troubleshooting)
Splitter
Pete Cornish Custom Design “A/B/C” splitter:
A to onstage amps
B to offstage amps
C to another Cornish splitter, which would bring in the rear (spare) amps. (Spares are powered on, but on stand-by so that the amp can’t be accidentally be brought in by PT.)
KSM313 ribbon microphone.
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