spectoremg Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) This is a first, been taking an interest in The Who forever and this is the first pic I've seen of him gigging a twin-neck. Is that GUILD on the headstocks? Edited October 4, 2015 by spectoremg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It's a Gibson SG eds-1275 double-neck. Much info here, http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/guitar/gibsoneds1275.html. Everything (almost) about The Who, www.thewho.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Here's a better image of a 1275 being played by some bloke whose name eludes me Edited March 1, 2015 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Great [s]bass[/s] guitar face... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Hmmmm, still not convinced it's a Gibson. Edited October 4, 2015 by spectoremg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 According to Google, the one bolted to the wall in the previous post, which may or may not be the one in the OP, is an Alex Axe custom build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1425233936' post='2705389'] Hmmmm, still not convinced it's a Gibson. [/quote] That's a different guitar. There is a close-up shot of PT with the guitar that clearly shows it to be a Gibson, complete with truss rod cover. Can't find it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/guitar/gibsoneds1275.html Full history of Townshend's double neck dalliance in link above, including the same image as in the very first post in the thread. More interesting, perhaps, is the band's flirtation with dandyish psychedelic clothes. The brocade jacket and frilly ruff thing didn't last long. Apparently Jeremy Clarkson owns one of Keith Moon's more famous kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Isn't 'GuitarChat' down there in the lower forums somewhere? *looks down nose* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 How can we tell anything from the tiny photos that keep being posted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Bigger photos in the link Skank posted. Not really much of a Who officianado but that Gibson twin neck does look like it's been repaired and the necks aren't parallel anymore in later photos, unless it's a trick of the camera angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 The whole sorry saga of Mr Townshend's engagement with the 1275 is recounted in the linked page above. Seems the poor old thing underwent an 'enforced transformation' requiring a repair which left it with necks out of parallel. Of course, it may be possible that Mr T was striving to effect an [i]homage[/i] to the custom twin neck constructed by Mr Paul Bigsby for Mr Grady Martin (who played on - among many other hits - Miss Brenda Lee's 'Rocking Around The Christmas Tree'). But i doubt it. [size=3][b]Bigsby[/b]: It's meant to look like that[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Skankdelver - a brilliant article with the bonus of theories! Great pics too. Can you imagine it these days; 'Erm has anyone seen my amp rack?' Roadie: 'We traded it for a chair!' Can you throw any light on Kennedy's assassination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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