Zentar Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8RhZDGLEXM Look at the neck pickup between :07-:10 seconds. Freeze the video. Peter Green has the neck pickup jacked down on the low side and the high strings nearly touching. The pickup is also tilted front to rear. Green may have been falling apart prior to his famous acid party in Germany that destroyed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 looks like its just sitting in the cavity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 There could be something under the pup that makes it sit like that. It's a folded up piece of paper that has written on it "Self: don't work on guitar while stoned. Love, Pete". rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Looks like the bass side has fallen off its screw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 It's a folded up piece of paper that has written on it "Self: don't work on guitar while stoned. Love, Pete". rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentar Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 At first I though Green had deliberately lowered the bass side of the pickup but it looks more like he went on stage with a problem he left unattended. Green is a peculiar mix of musical Bach-like genius and completely a broken man. It is fortunate that he is still with us and still plays. He is a survivor type no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Once you get that pickup below the confines of the bezel it can lean quite a bit. That's what it looks like is happening to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentar Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Once you get that pickup below the confines of the bezel it can lean quite a bit. That's what it looks like is happening to me. I think you're looking at an early clue to indicate he was gradually losing his health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think you're seeing a guitar which had its neck pup magnet installed backward, then the pup rotated in a foolish attempt to correct it and then had the pickup set where it sounded best despite all that. I think you're reading too much into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Guitar sounds fine regardless of what the pickup looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I just watched a video about Peter Greens guitar collection. He was in a locked storage area showing them to the guy doing the interview and Peter was babbling about why he plays single pickup guitars and what single pickup guitars mean and he started ranting about one pickup one thought one man one idea one guitar, and making no sense. It is really a shame. yep, he was an acid casualty for sure. not quite as bad as Syd Barrett, but he was a victim of the times & himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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