Danelectro Guitars

In 1965, as the Who’s stage act began to demand instrument destruction on a regular basis, the group could no longer afford to have Pete smashing the relatively flimsy and very expensive (£200+) Rickenbacker guitars, as they weren’t easily repairable. So, for the finale, Pete usually began switching to another guitar for smashing, often the very rugged Fender Telecaster or the very inexpensive Danelectro guitars, including the Guitarlin longhorn 4123 model and the Standard Shorthorn.

Danelectros in general featured lipstick-tube pickups, bolt-on necks with Brazilian rosewood fingerboards, masonite/poplar frame bodies.

Danelectro’s subsequent parent company, MCA, would go on to make Coral guitars as well, which Pete used on stage as well as in the studio.