Agree 100%. Blew me away at 13 when I played Young Man Blues from my dad's 30 years of maximum r&b box set. 12 years later and I'm sure for the rest of my life, Live at Leeds means the world to me.
@@phenixreturnsHe specifically mentioned he wasn't going for dead-on tone. Also, he's not Pete. Add bass guitar playing along and this tone is plenty close enough.
Im glad u spoke on him. Most ppl think of with silly chords and such but nobody can attack the strings like he can and there is an art to it. He was an incredibly innovative musician. He lead and rhythm overlapped. Fantastically aggressive. He also had great lead playing on the records. I was not a fan of his live playing. On records, he played what he felt was necessary. Whether live or studio, he was lightning in a bottle.
@@warshipsatin8764 It means God put the idea in my mind to create a username that makes no sense called "warship satin". Hey look. Don't get so sensitive. You're not a prince where I have to care about your feelings. I'm not gonna kiss your ass. Anyhow, lead players commonly look down at people with great rhythm and innovations like the great chords he put out in display. Lead players see it as less of an effort when it comes to guitar. Townshend had a great mind.
@@moonshot1999 M stands for Measles. When my parents named me, they called me Measles Marshall because it was supposed to represent what I would become irl. There's a deep meaning to things. That's why some ppl are called Faith, Hope, Grace, etc. Thank you for your contribution to this conversation. After being ill, this is all you could think of. The town doctor at the door says he has a vaccine for the measles but my favorite television show is on. Maybe we'll let him in some years later.
I feel it necessary to mention that Pete's brother Simon plays with The Who as a second guitarist. He's been in the lineup for 20+ yrs or so and he plays an SG/Hiwatt identical to Pete's in the late 60's. More than likely it's probably one of Pete's SG's that somehow survived those ferociously hostile yrs of The Who's live act. At any rate, it's fair to say the SG/Hiwatt sound is still with The Who, albeit in the back, at lower volume, as opposed to left, right, front and center like the old days. Cheers!
@gibsonvos5120 oh its s Jr! Well I was speculating regarding the guitar, but he most certainly runs that Jr through a Hiwatt. Regardless, I'm a massive fan of Pete and the band and I think you did an awesome job with this video. Great playing. He's tough to nail down.
Seen The Who many times through the years. The first time with a Schecter with humbuckers, then he switched to Strats(Boo !) My opinion is that he got his(and IMO The Who's) best sound with the SG ! (John Enwistle also thought the SG was his best sound) Never saw them live with the SG or the LP, but I've heard plenty of recordings and my Gawd, the powerful sounds coming out of those Hi Watts was F#@$%^$# amazing ! Match that up with John's incredible bass playing, Moonie's maniacal skins bashing, and Daltrey's high-octane vocals....and you have yourself one of if not The worlds greatest live rock and roll band !
Live at Leeds SG tone is perfect! Most consider that record as the best live album ever. He used a Gretsch for Who’s Next and Quadrophenia which is also iconic. The story of Joe Walsh giving it along with a 1959 Fender Bandmaster is epic!😊
Townshend has used (and abused) almost every kind of guitar, Rickenbackers, Telecasters, Stratocasters, SG Specials, Les Paul Deluxes, the Schecter Telecasters before returning to the Stratocaster. As noted he has also used a wide variety of amplifiers but the thing that makes Townshend's playing so unique is his incredible sense of rhythm, his aggression, so really the tone is all in the fingers, Townshend would sound like Townshend whatever he is playing. This video does successfully nail both tones, for me the SG Special and Orange (Hiwatt substitute) is the quintessential Townshend tone.
Love the stones love Floyd the Beatles but the who meant so much to me when I was a kid and to see you pick apart Townshend's playing was just brilliant kid well done
It's great to see this demonstration of what many non-musicians take for granted. Tone is everything, and what the mind can perceive, the body can achieve! Awesome, thanks.
As always, nicely done, Jack and Peach Guitars! I’ve really enjoyed this series so far, especially since you’ve covered Billy Gibbons and now Pete Townshend, my two greatest influences. In both cases, I really think you’ve captured the essence of their rigs. What I find most amazing is that Jack is so versatile that he has captured the heart and hands part of each rig (by far the most important piece).
I saw The Who 7 times. Lucky me! First time Fillmore East 1969. So I was fully groomed on the SG/HiWatt sound as that is what he was playing. 3 times 1969, once 1970 (Tanglewood) and then in 1971, Who's Next tour. I honestly don't remember what he was playing at that particular show, not because I was zonked, I wasn't. I don't remember because I was not a guitar player at that point. I did not see them again until the tragic concert in Cincinnati. I had just begun to play at that point and Pete had gone to Schecter's (I owned one just like he played). Last show Orlando 1982. When people ask me why I picked up the guitar I state the man who smashed hundreds of guitars was the reason. Let me state very clearly, I think he is a great guitarist and he never smashed one guitar at any of the shows I attended. I think I have heard Pete state he only smashes his guitars if has given what he considers a sub standard show so I guess all the times I saw The Who they were superb. Anyway, I'm OK - pretty much an advanced beginner and truly have many players who have had a major impact on my playing; Mick Abrahams, Gary Duncan, Danny Weiss, Buzzy Feiton. OK, I have digressed. I prefer to listen to Pete's playing whatever rig he has chosen at the moment. I play a PRS and a really nice Les Paul. Again, I am OK but I can play "Pinball Wizard" pretty well.
I'm blown away. I'm not a gearhead but I was curious since Pete is an all time favorite. I closed my eyes, and it was like hearing Pete. I'm afraid I may fall down the rabbit hole of gear now because of you. Fascinating and well done. Would love to hear you take on Mick Jones of The Clash. My choice of tone for Pete is A.
That was pretty impressive, especially the Live at Leeds approximation. I do think that the lace sensors on Pete's strats have more midrange than the strat your chose for his later sound.
Actually pretty damn close with the Orange amp, I didn’t think it would get there but surprisingly it did. Perhaps a little “squishier” than a HiWatt but well done!
I'll always remeber that 80's video with the 2 Schecter black teles. Him and Roger Daltrey doing a live sound check playing eminence front. Pete killed it on that guitar. And God those Hiwatts sound AMAZING! Just the baddest, biggest, just at the point of breakup tone! What a sound.
Now THAT was informative. I admit to being too buzzed to notice the gear the times I saw them live (RIP Keith and John). Too busy rockin' out! Cheers....
So nice to hear someone today saying that Live at Leeds was the best live tone ever. I’ve always thought this, it’s such a beautiful clean, sweet sound. He was such a well balanced guitarist and an unwilling guitar hero, he was all about the song, the melody and the lyrics. Genius.
I'm very impressed by your playing and knowledge of a great player that seems to be neglected by younger guitarists. Listening to live at leeds or live at the isle of wight changed me forever - twenty some years after they were recorded. Well done.
Been playing guitar a long long time and been a fan of Pete for even longer so I found this really interesting and you did a good job with those tones.
At first I thought the SG stuff here was a bit too trebly and fizzy for the Live at Leeds sound, but I've seen the film 'The Kids Are Alright' countless times and there's an alternative live version of 'Young Man Blues' on that which is EXACTLY the sound you've got here, also the Woodstock set, so yep, you've nailed it. There's a certain fullness on Live at Leeds that is possibly unobtainable under any circumstances, so you've done brilliantly. Great playing too.
I really think there was a magic to that room at Leeds. Everything about that show is head and shoulders above any other live rock album I've ever heard. The way Pete plays with the natural room reverb is spectacular
No windmills? C'mon Jack. I could see you really wanted to, especially when that Octafuzz kicked in. lol Great job, as always. I watched an interview with Joe Walsh about the making of that amp. I couldn't believe how much technical knowledge Joe has. I'm also really impressed by Dr. Z. Everytime time I hear one of his amps in your videos, I think "There's that sound I have in my head."
You got it right! The tone in "Live at Leeds" was epochal... Created a new landscape for guitar sounds. I was astounded when I heard it that time, even on the radio. And then the second tone appears, it seems to me, in Quadrophenia... I really liked your insights. I just heard the sounds... You dug them... Yes PT imprinted dynamics intensely, mainly live. Thanks for this excellent video.
Both tones are great. I have a little preference for the Strat-> Dr. Z: more articulate, ringing, musical notes. Jack: you're the chameleon of Rock. You should be joining The Classic Rock Show !
SG with P90s, best of all worlds, in a way. Fat sounding single coils that rip. Some of my favorite guitar players played them -- Townshend, Zal Cleminson (in the Sensational Alex Harvey Band), Tony Iommi (although I think his P90s were actually custom wound at a British shop -- JayDee? not sure). You matched the tone really well. Live At Leeds was hard to beat. Incredible recording overall.
I have a vintage, beat up, 76 SG and I'll never part with it. That bad boy has a savage tone and bite that can't be matched. I personally thought that was Townshend's ultimate weapon...
I liked when he used a Les Paul as well.....I thought it sounded fuller when he used these ....The HI Watt with LP was my favourite ....The OX said 'Pete's best stage sound was with Gibson SG'. you captured this nicely
I don’t think I have a preference due in large part to the how the sound is so tied to specific times in his history. The earlier tones mirror the frenetic energy, rawness and sense of rebellion that The Who represented back then. As Pete has aged and mellowed the Strat tones are more rounded and nuanced. In terms of your playing I love the way you’ve made the SG sound. It has the sharpness of tone that captures Pete’s style back then.
When I was 17 I lusted after a HiWatt to be like Pete. I finally got my hands one one somehow. It was big, heavy, and just unbelievably loud and clean. My tele could not even get it to break a tiny sweat. If you turned it up enough to get any distortion at all it felt like it was going to blow up the house. You kids will never know what it was like trying to get the big boy tones back in the days when no one had figured out how to make amps with decent sounding master volume circuits.
I believe his playing nowadays ( from early 2000s and on) has changed particularly due to johns death, I think I recall in an interview him talking about it, how with John gone he’s been tasked to make the sound richer by himself and maybe not having the harmonies John used to produced with his bass playing affects the guitar Pete goes for it ? Just a theory.
yes Pete said that the reason they had that big orchestra in the 80s is that John was forced to turn himself down because Pete wanted to preserve his hearing. That left them without the same range of sounds that John previously provided so they had to hire a whole orchestra to "replace him" so to speak
Great vid! Love it! Two small details: The reverb at Leeds was added later and Pete did play a lot of the small guard SGs. His sigs were small guards too, if I remember correctly.
You've done a great job with that SG rig.I've got the guitar but as you say,it's finding an amp that sounds like a flat out Hiwatt.Great playing as well btw.
The frenzied playing really does make the sound The Orange was a great choice Yes a Super Fuzz The guitar sounded great The Woodstock performance as well Thanks great choices made here
A Tale of Two Tones for Keith Richards with the early Gibson/Dan Armstrong days vs the Telecaster days and an Eric Clapton Gibson vs Fender episode would be cool too!
Hi Jack - immensely enjoyable video - I have been a follower of PT since listening to Quadrophenia in a record booth each lunchtime whilst in town on my school lunch period in 1974 which was from 12:20 until 14:10 so you could get a double album in !! - I digress, you are a fabulous player who understands the player you emulate - although I love Pete's strat phase and I understand the weight of the gibsons was also a factor for change ? for me its A - thank you.
I heard him say that he had a tech rewire all his stuff so it sounded the same and didn't matter what he played anymore. he wasn't using any stock fender electronics.
Huge respect for Strats/LPauls etc, fine instruments, but I do recall Live At Leeds when first released - amazing - just amazing. So the SG here brought it all back, and lets face it there are many none-too-shabby heroes who've used SGs exclusively, or very frequently - Zappas - Frank and Dweezil, W Gibbons Esq, and of course A Young Esq. Mmm - just wonderful.
Pete’s guitar is an Eric Clapton Strat with a TBX tone boost in the 1st tone and the 2nd tone is the 25 +/- mid boost. The pickups are still Gold Lace Sensors. The most important thing you’re not mentioning about his tone which he would agree with me on, is the omission of any mention of his Eric Clapton Strats with the Fishman Powerbridge and Powerchip potentiometer hooked to the magnetic pickup outputs. He says he barely uses the electric pickups in the whole show.
Awesome job, Townshend has such an iconic sound and you definitely got close with the SG (Also Live At Leeds is an awesome album, his tone is insane). As for some suggestions for future episodes, how about Eddie Van Halen (Custom Frankenstein Strat-styles to the later MusicMan/EVH era), David Gilmour (Fender Stratocaster vs. either a Telecaster (which he used on _Animals_ and Run Like Hell from _The Wall_ or a Les Paul Goldtop (used on the solo for Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)) or The Beatles (Early stuff like Gretsch/Rickenbacker to later stuff like the Epiphone Casino for John Lennon and Les Paul for George Harrison), Eric Clapton (Cream-era SG/ES-335 and solo-era Stratocaster) or Alex Lifeson from Rush (Gibson ES-335 for early 70s to mid-80s and a PRS for 90s _(Roll the Bones)_ era or Les Paul Axcess (or any kind of single cut with a Floyd) for the later 2000s era stuff)? Again, great job and I think you got really damn close with that SG/Orange combo
The SG sounds almost spot on you can hear that Leeds tone as you mentioned. Also the Woodstock sound. Excellent Did you know that the person who turned Pete on the SG was Joe Walsh and Pete used it on the Tommy ablum and then for the next year or two., My personal favorite sound of Petes is the tone he used on Empty Glass, Bright and Busting out ; Anyway the winner is the SG for sure thanks
I once saw an interview with Pete, who was asked what guitar was his favorite. He turned around and picked up an old beat to hell blonde Fender Telecaster.
Damn! *Nailed* the tone of the Tommy touring heyday and approach, even without a Hiwatt on hand, which would have destroyed your hearing cranked up in a small room. His cleaner, crisper tone hits harder than more distorted tones, IMO. To the point when I play with distortion, I like to run a clean feed in parallel in and A/B arrangement to preserve the *attack.*
I'd also like to know how he got that *chiming* sound on tracks such as "A Quick One" and "Our Love Was". Sounds like Vox amps were used on those particular recordings.
Pete plays with passion that "better guitarists" can only dream of. Music is more than notes on a piece of paper.
Wow. Very impressive. You didn't only nail the sound, but also Pete's explosive right hand technique and his unmistakeble voicings. Great work!
very far from his tone
To me The Who’s Golden Era coincides with Pete’s use of the SG Special and Hiwatts.
Agree 100%. Blew me away at 13 when I played Young Man Blues from my dad's 30 years of maximum r&b box set. 12 years later and I'm sure for the rest of my life, Live at Leeds means the world to me.
Dylan Denney check the Isle of Wight DVD and play it loud; you’ll love it
This is true!
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" Pleasing Circularity " both your oral and guitar phrasing is exceptional Jack. Thanks for another superb video.
The SG tone gave me goosebumps. It’s SO DAMN GOOD!
very far from his tone
@@phenixreturnsHe specifically mentioned he wasn't going for dead-on tone. Also, he's not Pete. Add bass guitar playing along and this tone is plenty close enough.
Finally, someone who knows how to demonstrate Pete’s use of toggle and volume controls. That’s what that SG tone is all about.
How about A Tale of Two Tones on Mark Knopfler: his early days strat tones and his later Les Paul tones?
Im glad u spoke on him. Most ppl think of with silly chords and such but nobody can attack the strings like he can and there is an art to it. He was an incredibly innovative musician. He lead and rhythm overlapped. Fantastically aggressive. He also had great lead playing on the records. I was not a fan of his live playing. On records, he played what he felt was necessary. Whether live or studio, he was lightning in a bottle.
what does "silly chords" even mean?
@@warshipsatin8764 It means God put the idea in my mind to create a username that makes no sense called "warship satin". Hey look. Don't get so sensitive. You're not a prince where I have to care about your feelings. I'm not gonna kiss your ass.
Anyhow, lead players commonly look down at people with great rhythm and innovations like the great chords he put out in display. Lead players see it as less of an effort when it comes to guitar. Townshend had a great mind.
@@NoOne-kr4jc No one saying nothing
@@moonshot1999 M stands for Measles. When my parents named me, they called me Measles Marshall because it was supposed to represent what I would become irl. There's a deep meaning to things. That's why some ppl are called Faith, Hope, Grace, etc.
Thank you for your contribution to this conversation. After being ill, this is all you could think of. The town doctor at the door says he has a vaccine for the measles but my favorite television show is on. Maybe we'll let him in some years later.
I feel it necessary to mention that Pete's brother Simon plays with The Who as a second guitarist. He's been in the lineup for 20+ yrs or so and he plays an SG/Hiwatt identical to Pete's in the late 60's. More than likely it's probably one of Pete's SG's that somehow survived those ferociously hostile yrs of The Who's live act. At any rate, it's fair to say the SG/Hiwatt sound is still with The Who, albeit in the back, at lower volume, as opposed to left, right, front and center like the old days. Cheers!
It is close to Petes setup, although Simon uses an SG Junior as apose to the SG special’s that Pete originally played.
@gibsonvos5120 oh its s Jr! Well I was speculating regarding the guitar, but he most certainly runs that Jr through a Hiwatt. Regardless, I'm a massive fan of Pete and the band and I think you did an awesome job with this video. Great playing. He's tough to nail down.
I had one of those P90 SGs. Sold it years ago, still kicking myself.
Heard live at leeds many times. You have done it justice. Not easy to get that tone well done
Seen The Who many times through the years. The first time with a Schecter with humbuckers, then he switched to Strats(Boo !) My opinion is that he got his(and IMO The Who's) best sound with the SG ! (John Enwistle also thought the SG was his best sound) Never saw them live with the SG or the LP, but I've heard plenty of recordings and my Gawd, the powerful sounds coming out of those Hi Watts was F#@$%^$# amazing ! Match that up with John's incredible bass playing, Moonie's maniacal skins bashing, and Daltrey's high-octane vocals....and you have yourself one of if not The worlds greatest live rock and roll band !
RUclips 'The Who Live at Tanglewood' Ferocious Leeds era gig-
Live at Leeds SG tone is perfect! Most consider that record as the best live album ever. He used a Gretsch for Who’s Next and Quadrophenia which is also iconic. The story of Joe Walsh giving it along with a 1959 Fender Bandmaster is epic!😊
So glad you did him. My parents are guitar players so that’s where my name comes from!
he also recorded with a ric way back in the day. IMO one of their best tones. if I had that ric I wouldn't trade it for 10 of his strats.
very far from his tone
Terrific sounds with both rigs, but for me the SG with that Orange was a rock & roll purists wet dream!
Townshend has used (and abused) almost every kind of guitar, Rickenbackers, Telecasters, Stratocasters, SG Specials, Les Paul Deluxes, the Schecter Telecasters before returning to the Stratocaster. As noted he has also used a wide variety of amplifiers but the thing that makes Townshend's playing so unique is his incredible sense of rhythm, his aggression, so really the tone is all in the fingers, Townshend would sound like Townshend whatever he is playing. This video does successfully nail both tones, for me the SG Special and Orange (Hiwatt substitute) is the quintessential Townshend tone.
Love the stones love Floyd the Beatles but the who meant so much to me when I was a kid and to see you pick apart Townshend's playing was just brilliant kid well done
Yeah...so glad someone hit the record button back at Leeds
It's great to see this demonstration of what many non-musicians take for granted. Tone is everything, and what the mind can perceive, the body can achieve! Awesome, thanks.
Thanks for a fun rundown of Pete's sound!
As always, nicely done, Jack and Peach Guitars! I’ve really enjoyed this series so far, especially since you’ve covered Billy Gibbons and now Pete Townshend, my two greatest influences. In both cases, I really think you’ve captured the essence of their rigs. What I find most amazing is that Jack is so versatile that he has captured the heart and hands part of each rig (by far the most important piece).
Nailed it. Props. Plus, pretty much demo'd the full range of tone in every song on the live album.
I also loved it when Pete played the Gibson Les Paul.
I saw The Who 7 times. Lucky me! First time Fillmore East 1969. So I was fully groomed on the SG/HiWatt sound as that is what he was playing. 3 times 1969, once 1970 (Tanglewood) and then in 1971, Who's Next tour. I honestly don't remember what he was playing at that particular show, not because I was zonked, I wasn't. I don't remember because I was not a guitar player at that point. I did not see them again until the tragic concert in Cincinnati. I had just begun to play at that point and Pete had gone to Schecter's (I owned one just like he played). Last show Orlando 1982. When people ask me why I picked up the guitar I state the man who smashed hundreds of guitars was the reason. Let me state very clearly, I think he is a great guitarist and he never smashed one guitar at any of the shows I attended. I think I have heard Pete state he only smashes his guitars if has given what he considers a sub standard show so I guess all the times I saw The Who they were superb. Anyway, I'm OK - pretty much an advanced beginner and truly have many players who have had a major impact on my playing; Mick Abrahams, Gary Duncan, Danny Weiss, Buzzy Feiton. OK, I have digressed. I prefer to listen to Pete's playing whatever rig he has chosen at the moment. I play a PRS and a really nice Les Paul. Again, I am OK but I can play "Pinball Wizard" pretty well.
I'm blown away. I'm not a gearhead but I was curious since Pete is an all time favorite. I closed my eyes, and it was like hearing Pete. I'm afraid I may fall down the rabbit hole of gear now because of you. Fascinating and well done. Would love to hear you take on Mick Jones of The Clash. My choice of tone for Pete is A.
That was pretty impressive, especially the Live at Leeds approximation. I do think that the lace sensors on Pete's strats have more midrange than the strat your chose for his later sound.
Actually pretty damn close with the Orange amp, I didn’t think it would get there but surprisingly it did. Perhaps a little “squishier” than a HiWatt but well done!
Absolutely loving this series! Pete was a huge influence on me . Well done Jack!
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I'll always remeber that 80's video with the 2 Schecter black teles. Him and Roger Daltrey doing a live sound check playing eminence front. Pete killed it on that guitar. And God those Hiwatts sound AMAZING! Just the baddest, biggest, just at the point of breakup tone! What a sound.
Now THAT was informative. I admit to being too buzzed to notice the gear the times I saw them live (RIP Keith and John). Too busy rockin' out! Cheers....
Ah, that SG sound. So good!!
The Gibson SG sounds great! So much more full than the strat in my opinion.
So nice to hear someone today saying that Live at Leeds was the best live tone ever. I’ve always thought this, it’s such a beautiful clean, sweet sound. He was such a well balanced guitarist and an unwilling guitar hero, he was all about the song, the melody and the lyrics. Genius.
That was amazing, Jack. The picking was so quick and precise. Excellent.
Jeez, your playing and tone with that SG was superb!!!!!
I'm very impressed by your playing and knowledge of a great player that seems to be neglected by younger guitarists. Listening to live at leeds or live at the isle of wight changed me forever - twenty some years after they were recorded. Well done.
Playing like Pete Townshend can't be easy. That was impressive.! 😃
Oh my goodness you nailed the live at Leeds sound!
Been playing guitar a long long time and been a fan of Pete for even longer so I found this really interesting and you did a good job with those tones.
Without a doubt the best series on the Tube
At first I thought the SG stuff here was a bit too trebly and fizzy for the Live at Leeds sound, but I've seen the film 'The Kids Are Alright' countless times and there's an alternative live version of 'Young Man Blues' on that which is EXACTLY the sound you've got here, also the Woodstock set, so yep, you've nailed it.
There's a certain fullness on Live at Leeds that is possibly unobtainable under any circumstances, so you've done brilliantly. Great playing too.
I really think there was a magic to that room at Leeds. Everything about that show is head and shoulders above any other live rock album I've ever heard. The way Pete plays with the natural room reverb is spectacular
No windmills? C'mon Jack. I could see you really wanted to, especially when that Octafuzz kicked in. lol
Great job, as always. I watched an interview with Joe Walsh about the making of that amp. I couldn't believe how much technical knowledge Joe has. I'm also really impressed by Dr. Z. Everytime time I hear one of his amps in your videos, I think "There's that sound I have in my head."
Wow! Incredible job. Dialed in. 👏
SG Special and Hiwatt amp without a question !!! I saw them in 1971 when Pete was using this rig.
Absolutely love it. Great session! Thank you.
Love it! Great video! Great guitar legend to cover. Nice
Townsend...Rickenbacker...seems to be missing. His early days were Ricks.
Often 12-strings too.
Dam, he played everything! Strats, teles, Rics. Then he would turn them into fire wood and splinters.
@@tonebender69 He said that Rickenbackers were like light bulbs, they were that easy to break. Les Pauls, not so easy to smash.
You got it right! The tone in "Live at Leeds" was epochal... Created a new landscape for guitar sounds. I was astounded when I heard it that time, even on the radio. And then the second tone appears, it seems to me, in Quadrophenia... I really liked your insights. I just heard the sounds... You dug them... Yes PT imprinted dynamics intensely, mainly live. Thanks for this excellent video.
I love the simple clean chords at the beginning of Amazing Journey.
fantastic control and tonal variation
Very fine mastery of the man, the instrument, the tone of the instrument and the song. Thank you.
Shouldn't Steve Harrington be battling demogorgons? Seriously though, great channel and his demos are excellent.
Both tones are great. I have a little preference for the Strat-> Dr. Z: more articulate, ringing, musical notes. Jack: you're the chameleon of Rock. You should be joining The Classic Rock Show !
Apparently Towshend recorded a lot in the the studio with a Gretsch 6120 and a Blonde bassman from Whos Next onwards
Sum Hiwatt too
Those P90 SG are the absolute bomb. Great content as always, Jack is such an accomplished player..!
Absolutely NAILED the Live at Leeds tone!
SG with P90s, best of all worlds, in a way. Fat sounding single coils that rip. Some of my favorite guitar players played them -- Townshend, Zal Cleminson (in the Sensational Alex Harvey Band), Tony Iommi (although I think his P90s were actually custom wound at a British shop -- JayDee? not sure).
You matched the tone really well. Live At Leeds was hard to beat. Incredible recording overall.
Hi-Tone amps/cabinets are wired to the old Hiwatt specs.
I have a vintage, beat up, 76 SG and I'll never part with it. That bad boy has a savage tone and bite that can't be matched. I personally thought that was Townshend's ultimate weapon...
I liked when he used a Les Paul as well.....I thought it sounded fuller when he used these ....The HI Watt with LP was my favourite ....The OX said 'Pete's best stage sound was with Gibson SG'. you captured this nicely
I don’t think I have a preference due in large part to the how the sound is so tied to specific times in his history. The earlier tones mirror the frenetic energy, rawness and sense of rebellion that The Who represented back then. As Pete has aged and mellowed the Strat tones are more rounded and nuanced. In terms of your playing I love the way you’ve made the SG sound. It has the sharpness of tone that captures Pete’s style back then.
Well done mate! The Fane speakers also factored into the tone. Pete Townshend was terribly underrated.
very far from his tone
Wow that guy is a fantastic player - huge and fast right hand drive, wow!
Very nicely done! Would love to hear the Z-Master with a Gretsch ala Who's Next...
When I was 17 I lusted after a HiWatt to be like Pete. I finally got my hands one one somehow. It was big, heavy, and just unbelievably loud and clean. My tele could not even get it to break a tiny sweat. If you turned it up enough to get any distortion at all it felt like it was going to blow up the house. You kids will never know what it was like trying to get the big boy tones back in the days when no one had figured out how to make amps with decent sounding master volume circuits.
I believe his playing nowadays ( from early 2000s and on) has changed particularly due to johns death, I think I recall in an interview him talking about it, how with John gone he’s been tasked to make the sound richer by himself and maybe not having the harmonies John used to produced with his bass playing affects the guitar Pete goes for it ? Just a theory.
yes Pete said that the reason they had that big orchestra in the 80s is that John was forced to turn himself down because Pete wanted to preserve his hearing. That left them without the same range of sounds that John previously provided so they had to hire a whole orchestra to "replace him" so to speak
This guy is good. Always a pleasure to watch.
Great vid! Love it! Two small details: The reverb at Leeds was added later and Pete did play a lot of the small guard SGs. His sigs were small guards too, if I remember correctly.
You've done a great job with that SG rig.I've got the guitar but as you say,it's finding an amp that sounds like a flat out Hiwatt.Great playing as well btw.
Great stuff.I used to own a 1972 Gibson SG Special with P 90's and did it growl!!!
Nicely done. Both are very cool but the SG is the best. It will never get old.
that SG tone is incredible. sounds so good
If I have to choose, SG and Hiwatt is my choice here. But those Les Pauls in the mid and late 70s are awesome too.
F*#% YES!!! This was SO GOOD!
Rig A for sure! This dude playing is AWSOME!
Well done my boy,,,and,,what a tone.......
Really enjoyed this Jack. Great playing and tones.
Well done sir! Pretty darn close if not spot on!
Rig A really nailed it. 🎯
The frenzied playing really does make the sound The Orange was a great choice Yes a Super Fuzz The guitar sounded great The Woodstock performance as well Thanks great choices made here
Great job on coming up with the tones. Great video, bro Jeff from Tennessee.
A Tale of Two Tones for Keith Richards with the early Gibson/Dan Armstrong days vs the Telecaster days and an Eric Clapton Gibson vs Fender episode would be cool too!
Hi Jack - immensely enjoyable video - I have been a follower of PT since listening to Quadrophenia in a record booth each lunchtime whilst in town on my school lunch period in 1974 which was from 12:20 until 14:10 so you could get a double album in !! - I digress, you are a fabulous player who understands the player you emulate - although I love Pete's strat phase and I understand the weight of the gibsons was also a factor for change ? for me its A - thank you.
Nice! The power the rumble and the dynamics of the Orange rig are really impressively spot on.
I heard him say that he had a tech rewire all his stuff so it sounded the same and didn't matter what he played anymore. he wasn't using any stock fender electronics.
just ordered a sg speical b/c of townsend and his SGs.. cant wait.
Huge respect for Strats/LPauls etc, fine instruments, but I do recall Live At Leeds when first released - amazing - just amazing. So the SG here brought it all back, and lets face it there are many none-too-shabby heroes who've used SGs exclusively, or very frequently - Zappas - Frank and Dweezil, W Gibbons Esq, and of course A Young Esq. Mmm - just wonderful.
Tony Iommi.
Classic era Santana as well
Clapton used Sg standard in Cream era 1967/68
Pete is all right hand...good job 👏
Sweet sweet sounds from both...bring back that sound of A though eh.... Brings back the good old days of 🎸.
Pete’s guitar is an Eric Clapton Strat with a TBX tone boost in the 1st tone and the 2nd tone is the 25 +/- mid boost. The pickups are still Gold Lace Sensors. The most important thing you’re not mentioning about his tone which he would agree with me on, is the omission of any mention of his Eric Clapton Strats with the Fishman Powerbridge and Powerchip potentiometer hooked to the magnetic pickup outputs. He says he barely uses the electric pickups in the whole show.
Great playing that mate👍You can tell you love The Who
8:18 a bit of Norwegian Wood motif. Very nice.
Awesome job, Townshend has such an iconic sound and you definitely got close with the SG (Also Live At Leeds is an awesome album, his tone is insane). As for some suggestions for future episodes, how about Eddie Van Halen (Custom Frankenstein Strat-styles to the later MusicMan/EVH era), David Gilmour (Fender Stratocaster vs. either a Telecaster (which he used on _Animals_ and Run Like Hell from _The Wall_ or a Les Paul Goldtop (used on the solo for Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)) or The Beatles (Early stuff like Gretsch/Rickenbacker to later stuff like the Epiphone Casino for John Lennon and Les Paul for George Harrison), Eric Clapton (Cream-era SG/ES-335 and solo-era Stratocaster) or Alex Lifeson from Rush (Gibson ES-335 for early 70s to mid-80s and a PRS for 90s _(Roll the Bones)_ era or Les Paul Axcess (or any kind of single cut with a Floyd) for the later 2000s era stuff)? Again, great job and I think you got really damn close with that SG/Orange combo
9:50 could be the quiter segment at the end of My Generation on Live at Leeds
Nice job!. Gotta do the 70's Les Paul Deluxe tones that were used on Who's Next & Quadrophenia as well.
He used a Gretsch 6120 and SG special on those albums. No Les Paul yet.
The SG sounds almost spot on you can hear that Leeds tone as you mentioned. Also the Woodstock sound. Excellent Did you know that the person who turned Pete on the SG was Joe Walsh and Pete used it on the Tommy ablum and then for the next year or two., My personal favorite sound of Petes is the tone he used on Empty Glass, Bright and Busting out ; Anyway the winner is the SG for sure thanks
I once saw an interview with Pete, who was asked what guitar was his favorite. He turned around and picked up an old beat to hell blonde Fender Telecaster.
Nice job. Well done. :)
Damn! *Nailed* the tone of the Tommy touring heyday and approach, even without a Hiwatt on hand, which would have destroyed your hearing cranked up in a small room. His cleaner, crisper tone hits harder than more distorted tones, IMO. To the point when I play with distortion, I like to run a clean feed in parallel in and A/B arrangement to preserve the *attack.*
I'd also like to know how he got that *chiming* sound on tracks such as "A Quick One" and "Our Love Was". Sounds like Vox amps were used on those particular recordings.