![]() ![]() Pete used this guitar for writing and recording on virtually everything beginning in 1968 until 1989’s Iron Man. Pete’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.Ĭlick to view larger version.Rosewood “closed” 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 Manny’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 Pete’s defining acoustic sound on record.
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