Research suggests that this Gibson was played by Pete Townshend at either The Who's concerts in Newcastle, 5th-7th November, 1973, or at the Madison Square Garden concerts, 10th-14th June, 1974.

This Gibson Les Paul Deluxe was given by Pete Townshend to an employee who subsequently sold it to the current vendor. When the guitar was given away by Townshend it was in three pieces. The only unoriginal parts are the headstock, which apparently was unrepairable, and the pickups, which are replacements as one of the original mini humbuckers was missing so both were replaced with standard humbuckers.