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Pete Townshend is a great guitarist
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:16 pm
Once again, I read threads on this board saying that Pete Townshend is an average/above average guitarist, especially regarding his lead playing, and once again I think 
IMO, Pete is a great, wonderful guitar player, iconic, prolific, and versatile. Consider his epic riffs, the windmill, the crunching power chords. Great acoustic player, finger-picks with the best of them. As far as leads go, look no further than the extended electric solo on Shakin' All Over on Live At Leeds, and the acoustic solo on Who Are You.
Is he a top 5 or 10 rock guitar player all-time? Depends on your point of view. But to say that Pete is anything less than a great guitar player is untrue IMO and does Pete a great disservice.
IMO, Pete is a great, wonderful guitar player, iconic, prolific, and versatile. Consider his epic riffs, the windmill, the crunching power chords. Great acoustic player, finger-picks with the best of them. As far as leads go, look no further than the extended electric solo on Shakin' All Over on Live At Leeds, and the acoustic solo on Who Are You.
Is he a top 5 or 10 rock guitar player all-time? Depends on your point of view. But to say that Pete is anything less than a great guitar player is untrue IMO and does Pete a great disservice.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 1:17 pm
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Posted on 7/13/17 at 2:50 pm to lammo
Posted on 7/13/17 at 3:00 pm to lammo
Lol
Posted on 7/14/17 at 12:24 am to lammo
The Who are overrated.
Posted on 7/14/17 at 7:23 am to lammo
I don't know how he would've fared as a sideman in another band, but he had the Midas touch for The Who.
Posted on 7/14/17 at 7:31 am to DyeHardDylan
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The Who are overrated.
Posted on 7/14/17 at 8:31 am to lammo
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Consider his epic riffs, the windmill, the crunching power chords.
Epic riffs make him a great songwriter.
The windmill makes him a showman
Power chords are nothing spectacular.
I love the Who, but if you're limiting it to "guitar player," he is simply not in the upper echelon. He's a great musician, though.
Posted on 7/14/17 at 4:58 pm to lammo
Pete is a personal favorite of mine.I think he's a musical genius. 
Posted on 7/14/17 at 8:59 pm to lammo
He also likes pictures of naked little boys and girls
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