Yeah but pete would smash a guitar, but that didnt mean it was destroyed. That might happen after a few shows when the guitar would actually be destroyed. And he might not have done it on a regular basis, but he still trashed guitars during the 70s. One night at MSG in 74, he totalled THREE les pauls, while in 1975 at the end of the whos north american tour, they apparently destroyed all of the equipment (the joke being that they didnt want to take all the equipment home).
However, for guitar fanatics, a Rickenbaker guitar was an expensive guitar, and pete regularly demolished those in 64/65.
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www.thewho.net] check this out for a list of guitars he smashed. youll notice alot in 67/68