Pete Townshend's Rickenbacker Comments

"...the delicate body shape, the lightness of the woodwork, the carefully constructed craftsmanlike neck all contribute to a guitar that is utterly different in every way from all other makes. I often feel that Rickenbackers are like violins rather than guitars, modern and delicate."

"I'm quite surprised now that Rickenbacker are happy to have me sponsor an instrument which is so tied up with an anarchic part of my career. It's the only guitar I've ever sponsored... and I've done it partly out of guilt."