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Pete’s Gear: Miscellaneous Guitars

Miscellaneous guitars, either used on stage or as collector’s items. This page is a work in progress.

Guitar Details
D’Angelico New Yorker Sold to buy a boat. This guitar was used on Music Must Change and Rough Mix.
Alex Axe 6/12 double neck This guitar was used on Rough Mix.
Gibson EDS-1275 doubleneck (White) As seen on Chinese Eyes cover.
Guild F50 acoustic Pete: “I broke it in 1973 in a rage of frustration in my studio.” Likely purchased from Manny’s in 1971.
1964 Gibson Everly Brothers acoustic Purchased from Frank Lucido, California Guitar.
Late 1920s Martin 00-42

Purchased from Frank Lucido, California Guitar. Frank Lucido:

Pete tells me he wrote a “lot of hits” with it.

More Martin 00-42 info

Rickenbacker 360 (Jet Glo) Pete was guest of Eric Clapton at a 1974 concert in Greensboro, N.C., where he played Layla.
Guild Merle Travis Pictured in 1971. Purchased from Manny’s in 1971.
Martin D-45 (unknown year) Pictured in 1971. Purchased from Manny’s in 1971.
1965 Gibson Firebird XII Pelham Blue, 12-string (courtesy rockstarsguitars.com) Used on Tommy Soundtrack LP (rec. 1973–74). Currently on display at Hard Rock Café, Boston.
Ferrington parlour or miniature guitar/six-string ukulele Used in home recordings as seen in South Bank Show documentary, 1985 (for “That’s Alright, Mama” and “After The Fire.”