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What guitar does The Who play?

Pete Townshend uses modified Fender Eric Clapton Strats and Fender Vibro-Kings. John Entwistle was seen with a Rickenbacker 4001, his Warwick Buzzard and Ashdown and Trace Elliot amps, and Keith Moon with Premier drums. Touring bassist Jon Button uses a 1965 Fender Precision.

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What bass did John Entwistle play?

Guitar World reports he played a Rickenbacker 4001 before designing the Warwick Buzzard signature bass in the mid-1980s. Ashdown says he backed the company from its start in 1997, and he owned a Trace Elliot amp he once lent to Martyn LeNoble.

What drums did Keith Moon play?

Premier kits. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds drums from a Premier kit he used in late 1966 and early 1967, including a 22 inch chrome bass drum.

What guitar does Pete Townshend play?

Modified Fender Eric Clapton Stratocasters onstage, Gibson J-200 acoustics, and in the 1960s Rickenbackers, then the Gibson SG with P-90s heard on Live at Leeds.

What bass does The Who's touring bassist use?

Premier Guitar's 2025 rig rundown shows Jon Button with a 1965 Fender Precision, an Ampeg SVT as a stage monitor, and a Neural Quad Cortex. On earlier tours Pino Palladino played his Fender Custom Shop signature P-Bass through Fender Super Bassman heads.

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The Who are the London band of Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, with John Entwistle on bass and Keith Moon on drums in the classic lineup, behind My Generation, Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia. This guide covers the band's gear: Townshend's guitars and amps, Entwistle's basses and amps, Moon's Premier kit, and the touring band's basses and rigs.

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