Editing Roger Daltrey (section)

== Equipment ==
{{See also|The Who's musical equipment}}
[[File:Roger Daltrey dancing.jpg|thumb|left|Daltrey performing onstage at [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976]]Daltrey hand-built his first guitar from a piece of plywood, and he also built guitars for the band in the early days when they had little money to buy equipment.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-daltrey-says-who-reunion-not-nostalgia-but-magic-20000607 |last=Skanse |first=Richard |title=Roger Daltrey says who reunion not nostalgia but magic |access-date=15 October 2012 |date=16 June 2000 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> As lead guitarist for the Detours, Daltrey played a 1961 [[Epiphone]] Wilshire solid-body electric guitar, which he later sold to Pete Townshend on an easy payment plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment.htm |title=Pete Townshend's Guitar Gear History – An Equipment Overview |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=3 April 2010 |publisher=thewho.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.didatticadelbassoelettrico.it/bassisti/alec_entwistle/image003.jpg |title=Daltrey playing Epiphone with the Detours |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031947/http://www.didatticadelbassoelettrico.it/bassisti/alec_entwistle/image003.jpg |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After he took over as the band's vocalist in the 1960s, and during the 1970s, Daltrey rarely played guitar on stage, except for a [[C. F. Martin & Company|Martin]] acoustic guitar he used while promoting his solo album ''Daltrey''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s.bebo.com/app-image/8046787031/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/04/13 |title=Roger with Martin guitar |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003181404/http://s.bebo.com/app-image/8046787031/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/04/13 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> He began playing guitar with the Who again during the band's tours in the 1980s, and used a [[Fender Esquire]] to play a second guitar part for the song "[[Eminence Front]]" on the Who's 1982, 1989 and later tours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1159&pid=3025927&dyn=artist |title=Daltrey playing Fender Esquire |work=Vh1 |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021022748/http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1159&pid=3025927&dyn=artist |archive-date=21 October 2012}}</ref> During the 1989 tour, Daltrey played a [[Gibson Chet Atkins SST]] guitar for the song "[[Hey Joe]]". During the Who's 1996–97 Quadrophenia tour, he played a [[Gibson J-200]] acoustic guitar.<ref>{{cite web |last=Black |first=Mike |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblackphotos/2734553580 |title=Daltrey playing Gibson J-200 |date=28 December 2006 |publisher=Flickr.com |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>

After 1999, it became common for Daltrey to play guitar during both the Who and solo shows. He played a Versoul Buxom 6 handmade acoustic guitar on the Who's 2002 tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.versoul.com/artists.php?sid=00011 |title=Roger Daltrey |access-date=29 April 2010 |publisher=Versoul.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194309/http://www.versoul.com/artists.php?sid=00011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Daltrey owns a [[Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop]] acoustic guitar which he played on the Who and solo tours in the late first decade of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/cannes/files/2009/06/roger-daltrey-179.jpg |title=Daltrey playing his Everly Brothers Flattop at Cannes |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812172936/http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/cannes/files/2009/06/roger-daltrey-179.jpg |archive-date=12 August 2011}}</ref> On his 2009 tour, he played Pete Townshend's "Blue, Red and Grey" on an Ashbury cutaway tenor EQ [[ukulele]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/roger-daltrey-rocks-horseshoe-casino |title=Daltrey with ukulele |publisher=Sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>

Daltrey is among those who brought the harmonica into British popular music.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.smh.com.au/noisepollution/archives/2009/08/mouth_music.html?page=fullpage |title=Mouth Music |last=Walker |first=Stephen |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=31 August 2009 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> Harmonica brands he has used include [[Hohner]] and [[Lee Oskar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/lee_oskar/harmonica?doc_id=103646 |title=Hands-On Review: Lee Oskar Harmonica System |author=Day, Dan |access-date=29 April 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=Musician's Friend |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225193038/http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/lee_oskar/harmonica?doc_id=103646 |archive-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Daltrey uses [[Shure]] microphones. Their cords are taped to strengthen the connection to the microphone and to avoid cutting his hands when he swings and catches it. He commonly uses a standard [[Shure SM58]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/PressRoom/PressReleaseArchive/2009PressReleases/us_pro_pr_2009_reason_why |title=Legendary Rockers Daltrey, Townsend Reveal The "Reason Why" They Use Shure Microphones |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=15 January 2009 |publisher=sure.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416052444/http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/PressRoom/PressReleaseArchive/2009PressReleases/us_pro_pr_2009_reason_why |archive-date=16 April 2009}}</ref> but has also used Shure SM78 (in 1981), Shure model 565D Unisphere 1, and Shure model 548 Unidyne IV.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/equip-pa.htm |title=PA and Foldback |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=1 March 2009 |publisher=thewho.net}}</ref> Daltrey also uses a hybrid monitoring system, with one in-ear monitor supplemented by floor wedges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smurphco.com/articles-par-thewho.pdf |title=The Who 2002 North American Tour |author=Murphy, Stephen |access-date=20 May 2010 |date=September 2002 |publisher=Smurphco.com}}</ref>