Pete Townshend Style Windmills

This was for a school project I was working on last year for one of my college courses. The goal of the project was to create an autobiographical movie and focus on a certain part of your life, for me being guitar and music. One of the most enjoyable assignments I've ever had. I'm in my old townhouse and my former roommate was the cameraman. Thanks Bryan! Here I'm just playing some windmills in the style of the great Pete Townshend. I didnt hit all of them but theyre fun to do.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fender
• Stratocaster
• Blues
• Jr.
• Pete
• Townshend
• Windmill

[whatthebollocks]

pete was doing that on stage and put a whammy bar threw his hand. lol he pulled it out and kept playing what a trooper XD

[guitarmike26]

@whatthebollocks I think there used to be a video of that on YouTube but its been ages since I last saw it. Pete's the man.

[MintyModF1]

Well done! That's how a windmill SHOULD be done!

[guitarmike26]

@MintyModF1 Haha thank you! I wish I had hit them all but they still came out well.

[Nicopolidis]

U ROCK

[guitarmike26]

@Nicopolidis Haha, thank you!

[whatthebollocks]

@guitarmike26 ikr? he's an awesome guitarist

[Robelli1717]

@TheLazyPunk pete townsend would curl his pick in and just use his hand almost as a cheese grater to the strings

[guitarmike26]

Yeah that is how I do it. I find with the natural length of my arm, its virtually impossible for me to hit the strings over the pickups. I think Pete Townshend wears his guitar lower than I do so he can hit the strings a little closer to the pickups. Be prepared to bang up your hand somewhat but its worth it in the end.

[TheLazyPunk]

dude awesome!

my friends and i are doing a who cover [my generation] and im trying to get this down

it looks like your actually getting the pick to hit the strings over the neck and not the body?

but awesome man! hopefully i can get it by then!