Re: Some more simple questions

[Extremus@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-04-06 11:49:14 EST, you write:

>> 1) What was the purpose of the numbers on Townshend's Les Pauls?
>
They were numbered so that Alan Rogan (Pete's guitar tech) could keep track
of them.  Since they carried as many as 12 (that's the highest number I
remember seeing, anyhow) Les Pauls which otherwise looked alike, Rogan needed
a quick way of identifying each.  Pete didn't number them, or care what
"number" guitar he was using; he selected the stage guitars by sound and
feel.  (Yes, even the exact same model can sound/feel differently from its
siblings--and even change from day to day [or hour to hour] depending on
temperature, weather [especially humidity], and other conditions.)

Info from one of the guitar magazines in 1989, from interview with Rogan.
 (Just don't feel like sorting through the piles to find out which issue.)

Mick Noland