Pete’s Gearbox
Alan Rogan has been Pete’s tech since the early ‘70s. As he puts it, his job
in The Who camp is, “just turn up and see what happens today, because it
will be different tomorrow! I know this after 35 years! I’ve been really lucky
to work with lots of great guitar players, but Pete has been, and still is, the
most interesting. He never stops… definitely a guy who’s thinking about
now, not what he’s done in the past.”
Guitars: Fender Eric Clapton
Stratocaster modified by Gordon
Wells of Knight Guitars with a
Fishman Acoustic bridge pickup
and an EMG preamp (half the signal goes to a Demeter DI box, and
Pete can then blend electric and
acoustic sounds at will). Gibson
J-200 acoustic equipped with
Fishman Ellipse pickups.
Amps: Four Fender Vibro-Kings
with a 2x12 extension cabinet for
each. Pete normally uses one Vibro-
King and cabinet for most songs,
with the volume set on 3–3. 5, but
he can add the second at will. The
third and fourth are there strictly as
spares. Because of his hearing issues,
his signal is fed through the moni-
tor system, and the amps are faced
away from him onstage. At the Super
Bowl, Rogan mic’d a third Vibro-king
setup and faced it backward.
Effects: Pedalboard designed and
built by Pete Cornish, and includes a
Demeter compressor, an older model
Boss OD- 1 and a T-Rex delay.
Mics and Monitors: Shure KSM313
ribbon mic for amps. Shure Beta
58A for vocals. Shure PSM 900
in-ear monitors.
Strings: Ernie Ball (.011–.052) on
electrics. D’Addario EXP 19s (.012–
.056) on acoustics.
Straps: Ernie Ball guitar straps
www.premierguitar.com
PREMIER GUITAR APRIL 2010 133
