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What guitar does Peter Green play?

Peter Green, who died in 2020, played a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard in Fleetwood Mac. With the Splinter Group his main guitar was a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion III, alongside Fender Strats and Teles, a 1931 National Duolian and a Gretsch White Falcon, through Fender Cyber-Twin, Pro Sonic and Vox AC15 amps.

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What guitar did Peter Green play in Fleetwood Mac?

A 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, later known as Greeny, which he used on Black Magic Woman, Oh Well and The Green Manalishi. He told Guitar Player he took one pickup off to copy Eric Clapton. It later passed to Gary Moore and then Kirk Hammett.

What was Peter Green's main guitar in the Splinter Group?

A 1995 Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion III, gifted by Gibson, which Bonhams describes as his main guitar from 1996 to 2003. He also played a 1999 Fender Custom Shop Relic Strat in Sea Foam Green and a 1931 National Duolian resonator.

What amps did Peter Green use in his later years?

Bonhams lists amps used by him with the Splinter Group and Peter Green and Friends: a Fender Cyber-Twin, a Fender Pro Sonic 2x10, a Fender Deco Tone and a Vox AC15 Custom Classic.

What happened to Peter Green's guitars?

His estate sold about 150 of them at Bonhams in June 2023 in Man Of The World: The Peter Green Collection, including his 1968 Gretsch White Falcon, the National Duolian and the Howard Roberts Fusion III.

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Peter Green founded Fleetwood Mac and later led the Peter Green Splinter Group. He died on July 25, 2020, at 73. This legacy guide covers his 1959 Les Paul and the guitars and amps he played in later years, as documented when his estate sold his collection at Bonhams in 2023.

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