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The Who’s definitive documentary, Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, can now be streamed for the first time on The Coda Collection
By Matt Owen published
A Guitar World exclusive clip ushers in the news, and sees Townshend and Daltrey recall the early gigs that contributed to the band's famed gear-smashing reputation

Pete Townshend says he "invented the guitar tech"
By Richard Bienstock published
The Who legend talks finding the person to not only change his strings, but tune the guitar as well

Aclam recreates Pete Townshend’s “clear fuzz dirge” tone with the Windmiller Preamp
By Richard Bienstock published
Achieve maximum R&B with new pedal based on the Who guitarist’s vintage Grampian 636 unit

Those guitars Pete Townshend smashed onstage with the Who? He glued them back together in order to smash them again
By Richard Bienstock published
“As long as the neck didn’t break you could glue the body back,” frontman Roger Daltrey explains

The Who and YouTube launch Join Together @ Home, featuring free archival live performances
By Richard Bienstock published
Series kicks off with historic 1982 New York City set

The greatest 12-string guitar songs of all time
By Josh Hart and Damian Fanelli published
31 of the greatest moments of 12-string shimmer in guitar's storied history

Pete Townshend would smash a guitar again - but only for charity
By Richard Bienstock published
"I haven't smashed guitars for a long time - for me, it was an expression of youth,” the Who legend says

Guitar's biggest names tell us what really happened at Woodstock
By Alan di Perna published
Carlos Santana, Stephen Stills, Pete Townshend and more recall the trials and tribulations behind their era-defining performances
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