This sound has become highly sought-after amongst guitar players, so much so that flipping the magnet in the neck pickup has been affectionately referred to as the "Peter Green mod".

He bought it for sixty guineas from the Selmer musical instrument shop in London after being asked to join John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.

Many of Fleetwood Mac's early hits were recorded with Greeny, including, "Oh Well", "Black Magic Woman", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" and "Albatross".

[4] In January 1970, Green met Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, who was opening-up for Fleetwood Mac with his own group Skid Row.

Moore was initially hesitant, thinking he couldn't afford it, but Green told him to sell his main guitar and pay him whatever he got from it.

Most notably, he used it on Thin Lizzy's Black Rose: A Rock Legend and his solo with Phil Lynott on "Parisienne Walkways", which is considered Moore's signature song.

According to Andy Ellis of Guitar Player magazine, magnetically generated phase shift responds to pitch changes, giving high notes a "pronounced hollow cry".

[11] In 2021, it was discovered that Gibson Brand President Cesar Gueikian owned a Les Paul with the sequential serial number to that of Greeny.

[11] In 2022, Monty's Guitars released the Bethnal Green humbuckers, which were modeled after the pickups in Greeny, which company head Matt Gleeson had the chance to study personally.

[12] That same year, Seymour Duncan released the Green Magic humbuckers, which were similarly inspired by the pickups in Greeny.

[14] In 2023, Gibson released the Greenybucker set, which are the pickups included in the Kirk Hammett signature Greeny line.

[15] In 2010, the Gibson Custom Shop launched the Collector's Choice series, which included a limited run of replicas based on Greeny.

[18] Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell owns a custom Greeny replica, nicknamed "Gary" after Moore.

[21] The following year, the company announced a brand partnership with Hammett, which will include a line of signature Gibson and Epiphone models.