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Re: Townshend guitars



Brad-

re:

>I think you are mistaken regarding many of the characteristics of
the Pete Townshend Limited Edition Rickenbacker.  I own #226 of the
250 that were made.  My guitar is painted with a red sunburst and has
no binding.  The guitar has three pickups, a R tailpiece, and NO Pete
signature.  The pickguard has a cartoon drawing of Pete doing a
windmill.  Below the cartoon it says "Pete Townshend   Limited
Edition.  The O in Townshend is filled in to look like one of Keith's
target shirts.  You are right on concerning the f-hole<

I apparently AM mistaken.  Mea culpa.  The Rickenbacker Pete Townshend I have
is a prototype (don't EVEN ask how I came to own it) and apparently they made
some changes along the way.  Truth be told, I never saw an actual production
model--I just ASSUMED it was the same as the proto.  Here are the changes
they apparently made between the prototype and the production model:

Color:  Brown ("Tobacco-burst)/Red ("Fireglow")
Binding:  Double cream/none
Pickups:  two/three
Tailpiece:  '60s era "X" stop/"R"
Logo:  Cartoon w/ signature/Cartoon w/ "Pete Townshend Limited Edition"

Sorry to have caused any confusion.


All I need is a red guitar, three chords and the truth. . .
AThosWhite