Members burton4snow Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 I'm trying to find out what Pete used for the song "I Can't Explain", So I can dial it in on my Podxt. Anyone have a clue? I think I saw a video of it where he was using a Fender head with a marshal cab. Any ideas on type of head and cab and settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment.htm#stage58-61 Looks like he started with Fender gear, then Marshall with some Selmer amps thrown in for good measure. How 'bout the Rickenbacker guitar? That was a major ingredient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tupelo Son Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment.htm#stage58-61Looks like he started with Fender gear, then Marshall with some Selmer amps thrown in for good measure. How 'bout the Rickenbacker guitar? That was a major ingredient. +1 on the Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iansmitchell Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 P-90s are the who's early tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 P-90s are the who's early tone. Nope. The P90's didn't appear until '69 after Tommy, I'm pretty sure. Early on it was mostly Rickenbacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Monk Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 Actually, not very much. He used Rickenbackers exclusively in 1964 but I believe he switched to Telecasters around 1965 with some oddballs here or there. Then he switched to Stratocasters for '67-'68 and to the SG's with P90's in 1969. this is going off of Anyway Anyhow Anywhere (the book) but I haven't read it in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scoogs Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 It's pretty much all about the Ric 12 string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 I'll second the Ric comment. This is from '65 supposedly.... [YOUTUBE]1uFcPjILC7k&feature[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Monk Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 That's a promo video Christ Stamp shot in early 1965 I think? I'm not sure on the date. Yeah, I strayed from the subject. When he was playing I Can't Explain live near the time it was written he was using Rickenbackers exclusively. just about any guitar will do, though, he's used every guitar imaginable to play that song at one point or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burton4snow Posted August 4, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 Is Posibble to get that jangly tone out of any of my humbuckers (listed below) and some tweaking of the Pod. Any Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 That's a promo video Christ Stamp shot in early 1965 I think? I'm not sure on the date. Yeah, I strayed from the subject. When he was playing I Can't Explain live near the time it was written he was using Rickenbackers exclusively. just about any guitar will do, though, he's used every guitar imaginable to play that song at one point or another. I think that for the last 20 years or so, he's been pretty consistently using a Strat (Clapton sig?) with the acoustic system built in. PT's style is all about quick, stacatto chording and a lot of control with the right hand. I love his playing. Personally, I think he's more interesting to listen to than David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, or any other Brit popster. He's never been stuck on using the same guitar live that he used in the studio, but he's able to capture the original tone through his tremendously controlled playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Monk Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 I think that for the last 20 years or so, he's been pretty consistently using a Strat (Clapton sig?) with the acoustic system built in. PT's style is all about quick, stacatto chording and a lot of control with the right hand. I love his playing. Personally, I think he's more interesting to listen to than David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, or any other Brit popster. He's never been stuck on using the same guitar live that he used in the studio, but he's able to capture the original tone through his tremendously controlled playing. Yup, he switched to an Eric Clapton signature strat in 1986. At first without any modifications, then he added a piezo pickup for the 1996 Quadrophenia tours. Now he plays those with gold lace sensors. (they're definitely all lace sensors but I'm not sure if he has different types for different guitars - he goes through several throughout shows nowadays) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members glockdoc Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 Yup, he switched to an Eric Clapton signature strat in 1986. At first without any modifications, then he added a piezo pickup for the 1996 Quadrophenia tours. Now he plays those with gold lace sensors. (they're definitely all lace sensors but I'm not sure if he has different types for different guitars - he goes through several throughout shows nowadays) True, but when he played I Can't Explain in '89 he briefly switched to a Rick. It sounded great at the show I saw (the second one at Foxboro stadium). Since then, he's played it on a strat. I prefer the Rick, but I'm not going to tell The Man which guitar to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted August 4, 2008 Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 Pete famously used the Ric model#1997, it as a 330 with an f-hole (not catseye), part of a unique line ordered by Rose-Morris in the '60's. Ric released a Pete Townsend signature version in the late '80's or early '90's and offer the 1997 as part of their RI series during the mid '90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alex_SF Posted August 5, 2008 Members Share Posted August 5, 2008 I'm trying to find out what Pete used for the song "I Can't Explain", So I can dial it in on my Podxt. Anyone have a clue? According to this page: * 1964 Rickenbacker 360/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted August 5, 2008 Members Share Posted August 5, 2008 Pete famously used the Ric model#1997, it as a 330 with an f-hole (not catseye), part of a unique line ordered by Rose-Morris in the '60's. Ric released a Pete Townsend signature version in the late '80's or early '90's and offer the 1997 as part of their RI series during the mid '90's. Yeah--the Tweed models or whatever Line 6 calls them should do the trick. If I recall, the original had a bit of reverb too--more like a room verb than a hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted August 5, 2008 Members Share Posted August 5, 2008 I can get his "I Can't Explain" tone on my Tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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