Pete Townshend

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Pete Townshend (left) onstage with The Who in January 1986, and David Gilmour (right) performing in 1984.
See Pete Townshend and David Gilmour team up to perform tracks by the Who, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and more in 1985

By Jonathan Graham Published

The legendary guitarists had previously contributed to each other's solo releases, culminating in two nights at London's Brixton Academy — and a setlist of rock and roll classics

Guitarists
Ronnie Wood (left) and Pete Townshend perform onstage
Ronnie Wood on the early days of Marshall, and his loudness war with the Who

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Alongside many other budding British guitar heroes of mid-'60s London, Wood – via Marshall – consistently pushed the boundaries of amplification

Amps
Pete Townshend smashes a long-suffering Stratocaster
“Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up in a love relationship with it – I've never had that”: Why Pete Townshend won't apologize for his '60s-era guitar-smashing antics

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Rock's most famous guitar-smasher (mostly) abandoned that particular act over 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean he's wracked with guilt over his innumerable six-string beatings

Guitarists
Paul Stanley with his cracked mirror Ibanez Iceman guitar
“I didn’t want to be the flashy lead player. Whether it was Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, David Crosby or Richie Havens, what the left hand was doing was more fascinating to me than what the right hand was doing": The Paul Stanley interview

By Ken Sharp Published

As Kiss hang up their guitars, Paul Stanley looks back on the instruments and musicians that shaped his musical personality

Guitarists
English guitarist Pete Townshend, wearing his trademark white boiler suit, performs live on stage playing a Gibson SG Special guitar, with rock group The Who during the European leg of the band's Tommy Tour at a venue in England in October 1970.
“I’ll Never Be Able to Play the Kind of Leads I Want”: Pete Townshend Discusses Guitar Solos, Gibson SGs and More in This Fascinating Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault

By Michael Brooks Published

“I was happiest listening to Jimi Hendrix – that, to me, was like heaven,” said the Who’s six-string destroyer

Guitarists
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973) performs at a Blues and Gospel Caravan tour in the UK, 1964.
Favored by Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Here’s How the Gibson SG Came to Be

By Mick Taylor Published

This classic electric guitar design has come to hold a unique place, both tonally and visually, in rock and roll history

Electric Guitars
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The 50 Greatest Rhythm Guitar Players of All Time

By Guitar Player Staff Published

The players who don't hog the limelight but do lay down the best chords and riffs in guitar history

Guitarists
Singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshed, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon of the rock and roll band "The Who" pose for a portrait during a session at Griffith Park on February 27, 1968 in Los Angeles California
Listen to the Who’s Psychedelic Pop Masterpiece, “Dogs”

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

A champion of psychedelia, the group’s June 1968 single was a dog on the charts

Guitarists
Scott Metzger holds his 1955 Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar
Jam-Jazz Cat Scott Metzger Steps Out With New Album ‘Too Close To Reason’ Armed With a Vintage Martin

By Jimmy Leslie Published

This intimate solo debut highlights the unique charms of a 1955 Martin 000-18.

Albums, Singles & New Releases
John Hall signing 'Rickenbacker Guitars: Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fireglo' copy at Shapero Rare Books' Rickenbacker exhibition in 2022
Rickenbacker Boss John Hall Endorses “Definitive” New Book at London Launch

By Rod Brakes Published

The Californian electric guitar innovator’s conclusive history is finally revealed in ‘Rickenbacker Guitars: Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fireglo.’

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