Welcome to Whotabs
Alan Rogan, 2 Feb. 1951 – 3 July 2019
Welcome to Whotabs. Whotabs is dedicated to exploring the music of The Who and its members’ solo careers. Within this site you’ll find over 500 transcriptions for guitar, bass and drums, including guitar transcriptions for most every song released by The Who since 1964. Some are full tablature, others basic chord charts. All are faithful interpretations intended to preserve and celebrate the musical legacy of The Who.
Also featured on Whotabs is Who Gear – The Who’s musical instruments & equipment, presenting work-in-progress references to the genre-defining musical instruments and gear the group employed (and destroyed) throughout their careers. Includes detailed analyis of the group’s guitars, bass guitars, drums, amplifiers, PA systems, and more.
Latest Site Updates
Recent changes
- Pete’s gear:
- 1962 Epiphone Coronet ~New: Pete’s use of a 1962 Epiphone Coronet for one song on 6 Sept. 2019. 7 Sept. 2019
- Pete’s Guitar Gear History – An Equipment Overview ~New: Added Pete’s use of a 1962 Epiphone Coronet for one song on 6 Sept. 2019. 7 Sept. 2019
- Pete’s Washburn thinline acoustic/electric guitars ~Update: Added additional models to these guitars that Pete used in 1985/86 for Deep End. 27 Aug. 2019
- Keith’s drumkits:
- Keith’s Miscellaneous ~Update: Added auction info for a pair of Keith-used drumsticks. 28 Aug. 2019
- Keith’s 1967–1968 Pictures of Lily kit ~Update: Added auction info for a kick drum head from this kit. 28 Aug. 2019
- Roger’s guitar timeline:
- Roger’s guitar timeline – Tambourines ~Update: Added auction info for a tambourine from 1967. 28 Aug. 2019
23rd August 2019
Updates made since 19 May 2019.
- Museum news:
Exhibit news (2019): Many Who instruments, including pieces of Keith’s Pictures of Lily kit, courtesy Brad Rodgers, whocollection.com, and John’s Gibson Thunderbird IV, Alembic 8-string bass guitar, 1965 Fender Jazz bass, Alembic Series I, Pete’s Gibson SG Special (and another smashed encased in lucite), two Les Paul Deluxes and the Epiphone Wilshire all courtesy David Swartz, are on display through October 2019 at the Play It Loud Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- Bass Guitar Tablature
- Whiskey Man (bass) ~New: tablature for bass guitar, thanks to Ruari Palmer. 5 Aug. 2019
- Guitar Tablature
- Love Reign O’er Me ~Update: typo fixed, thanks to Markus H. 22 May 2019
- Quadrophenia – complete album transcription ~Update: typo fixed, thanks to Markus H. 22 May 2019
- Pete’s gear:
- Pete’s Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Guitars ~Update: Added photos from 1974 France tour (thanks to A French Fan). 12 Aug. 2019
- Pete’s Miscellaneous Guitars ~Update: Added Mosrite doubleneck used at St. Petersburg, Florida, 31 July 1967 (thanks to Craig Law). 8 Aug. 2019
- Pete’s Smashed Guitars ~Update: St. Petersburg, Florida, 31 July 1967 (thanks to Craig Law). 8 Aug. 2019
- Pete’s Smashed Guitars ~Update: Atlantico Pavilion, Lisbon, 16 May 2007 (thanks to David Swartz). 5 Aug. 2019
- Pete’s Smashed Guitars ~Updates: Seattle, Washington, July 1967 (thanks to Craig Law); Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia (thanks to Peter G.). 18 July 2019
- Pete’s Fender Eric Clapton Stratocasters ~Update: Added note about 2019 use of emery boards affixed to the guitar bodies, thanks to Brian. 21 May 2019
- Pete’s Guitar Gear History – An Equipment Overview ~Update: Added note about 2019 use of Ernie Ball volume/pan pedal, thanks to Brian. 21 May 2019
- Keith’s drumkits:
- Keith’s Borrowed/Hired Kits – Mid-1965 – White Marine Pearl English Rogers kit, Top of the Pops ~Update: Updated kit specs and history of this kit, thanks to Stu Valentine. 18 July 2019
- Roger’s guitar timeline:
- Roger’s guitar timeline – Everly Brothers Flattop acoustic guitars ~Update: Roger has used at least three of this model of guitar over the years, thanks to Phil H. 9 Aug. 2019