Pete Townshend's Microphones

Pete uses this microphone for his guitar cabinets, accirding to Shure's official website.

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Despite not being owned by Townshend, it was used as his vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible for an instant in this concert footage of The Who's performance of "My Generation" at 0:18. As discussed in this video by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.

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The Who used the 565's exclusively during their late 60s early to mid 70s period

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Used for vocals on Deep End Live!, as can be seen throughout the concert footage.

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