Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey is seen playing a Gibson J-180 Everly Brothers Signature guitar in a photo included in the Billboard article titled "The Who's Roger Daltrey Plots North American 'Tommy' Tour." He also performed with this guitar at Glastonbury. The guitar is identifiable by the Everly Brothers name on the headstock. While the picture in the article shows the guitar appearing all black, other photos reveal its distinctive red detailing.

2002 July 2002, with Versoul Buxom 6 acoustic guitar.

Photo: ©Ross Halfin. Versoul Buxom 6 jumbo flat top acoustic guitar. Purchased from Westwood Music, LA, in spring 2002.

Harmonicas Roger also played harmonica on stage and in the studio.

1970s Hohner 1990s–present Lee Oskar

1982

Roger played guitar for It’s Hard, Eminence Front. Amplifier was a Hiwatt CP103 through one Mesa-Boogie 4x12 cabinet.

Spare Schecter telecaster-style guitars Fender Esquire

Used for the vocals on "Who Are You", as mentioned by producer Jon Astley in this Sound on Sound "Classic Tracks" article.

"His voice was very good," Jon Astley confirms. "It held up when we put him under great strain, although he only did a lead vocal about once a week — it wasn't like he was doing two or three a night — and the two of us had great fun experimenting with different mics. I had cardioids and figure-of-eights, one above the other, to put his vocal into stereo by bringing it up on four channels... of course, you can buy a microphone now that does all that, but back then we had quite a hoot trying different things. The only thing was, it kind of made you sick when you listened to it, because if Roger moved slightly left or right the stereo image would move around in the speakers. I remember thinking 'I'm not sure whether or not this is a good thing,' so I ended up mostly using one Neumann U87 with a Urei 1176 on it.

Despite not being owned by Daltrey, it was used as his vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this concert footage of The Who's performance of "My Generation" at 0:11. 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.

In this video Roger uses a Fender telecaster

According to the source linked above Roger has always used a variety of Shure microphones, though especially the SM58 he famously gives the windmill swing.

Roger Daltrey (b. 1944), lead singer with English band The Who, playing electric guitar at a private gig at the Limelight club

1982

Roger played guitar for It’s Hard, Eminence Front. Amplifier was a Hiwatt CP103 through one Mesa-Boogie 4x12 cabinet.

Spare Schecter telecaster-style guitars Fender Esquire

2002–present

Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop jumbo acoustic, unknown vintage, often with feedback inhibitor insert (“FeedBack Buster”) in soundhole. Taylor, unknown model. Fender Esquire (same as 1982) Spare Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster.

Amp for acoustic is Fishman Loudbox; for electric is Fender Twin Reverb 2x12 combo.

This microphone is assigned to The Who's lead vocals on Shure's official website.

Ca. 1962 or 1963, as the Detours. Pete playing a Levin Goliath LM-26 sunburst acoustic with pickup in soundhole, and to the right of Roger, who is playing an Epiphone Wilshire that he would eventually give to Pete, what appears to be a TV-front Vox AC-15, with cabinet corners.

1982

Roger played guitar for It’s Hard, Eminence Front. Amplifier was a Hiwatt CP103 through one Mesa-Boogie 4x12 cabinet.

Spare Schecter telecaster-style guitars Fender Esquire

In 1989, Roger Daltrey used a Gibson Chet Atkins SST, a steel-string, solid-body acoustic-electric guitar with an antique natural finish. This information is documented in Roger Daltrey’s guitar timeline on Whotabs.

1996–97 1997, with Gretsch 6022 Rancher.

Gretsch Rancher 6022 flat top acoustic, unknown vintage. Likely fitted with Fishman electronics.

1996–97

Gretsch Rancher 6022 flat top acoustic, unknown vintage. Likely fitted with Fishman electronics. Gibson J-200, sunburst

2002–present

Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop jumbo acoustic, unknown vintage, often with feedback inhibitor insert (“FeedBack Buster”) in soundhole. Taylor, unknown model. Fender Esquire (same as 1982) Spare Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster.

Amp for acoustic is Fishman Loudbox; for electric is Fender Twin Reverb 2x12 combo.

Used for the vocals on "Who Are You", as mentioned by producer Jon Astley in this Sound on Sound "Classic Tracks" article.

"His voice was very good," Jon Astley confirms. "It held up when we put him under great strain, although he only did a lead vocal about once a week — it wasn't like he was doing two or three a night — and the two of us had great fun experimenting with different mics. I had cardioids and figure-of-eights, one above the other, to put his vocal into stereo by bringing it up on four channels... of course, you can buy a microphone now that does all that, but back then we had quite a hoot trying different things. The only thing was, it kind of made you sick when you listened to it, because if Roger moved slightly left or right the stereo image would move around in the speakers. I remember thinking 'I'm not sure whether or not this is a good thing,' so I ended up mostly using one Neumann U87 with a Urei 1176 on it.

Roger Daltrey is pictured with a Fender ukulele u'uku in a photo shared by Ignacio Maya on Pinterest.

During The Who's classic late 60s early to mid 70s period the bands main microphones were the Shure 565's as can been seen in this photo and many other pictures and live footage during this era