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The enduring image of Jimmy Page is of him with a low slung Gibson Les Paul or EDS-1275 Double Neck (see pics top / bottom right) and Marshall amps. But the first Zeppelin album was recorded with a 1958 Fender Telecaster that was a gift from his Yardbirds band mate Jeff Beck and a Supro amp.
At this time he was also using a "Black Beauty" Les Paul with 3 humbuckers and a Bigsby vibrato (which was stolen in 1970) but it wasn't til the recording of their second album (Led Zeppelin II) he moved to the Les Pauls and Marshalls killer combo.
GIBSON LES PAULS -
Jimmy mainly used two Les Pauls -
Number One
a sunburst finished '59 LP Standard. This has been modified with a shaved neck and the addition of push/pull pots to coil split the humbuckers.
Number Two
'58 LP Standard. Bought from Joe Walsh and very similar in appearance to #1 leading to confusion over which was which (This is the current information form Page's guitar tech and Gibson). It was modified as #1 but with the addition of two switches under the pickgaurd, one for series/parallel the other a phase switch.
This is the guitar that Roger Giffin copied when in at Gibson's custom shop that became Jimmy's Signature Les Paul series (pic middle right). On the now discontinued signature guitars the series/parallel and phase switches were moved to push/pull pots and having a compound radius fingerboard.
Page is also closely associated with the Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck, which was really just a stage instrument not actually being used on the recording of "Stairway To Heaven" and Danelectro using a modified conglomerate of two '59DC models.
Acoustic duties were take care of by Jimmy's 1971 Martin D28.
Album by album list of guitars used is below.
AMPS
Marshall SLP-1959 100-watt amp which was modded with KT-88 tubes, which boosted its output.
He also used Voxs, Hiwatts, Fender Super reverbs and Orange MatAmps with the Theremin.
EFFECTS
Roger Mayer tonebender fuzz box
Vox Cry Baby Wah
Maestro Echoplex
MXR Phase 90
MISC
Picks: Herco Flex 75
Strings: Electric - Ernie Ball Super Slinky, Acoustic - Ernie Ball Earthwoods
Violin bow
Theremin
In the '90s Jimmy started to use the self tuning TransPerformance system that can re-tune a guitar at the touch of a button [ click here ].
Album by album gear
Led Zeppelin I
GUITARS: 1958 Telecaster, 10-string Fender 800 pedal steel
AMPS: Supro
Led Zeppelin II
GUITARS: 1959 Les Paul, Vox 12-string
AMPS: 100-watt Marshall, Vox solid-state
Led Zeppelin III
GUITARS: Harmony Sovereign acoustic, Martin acoustic, '59 Les Paul
AMP: 100-watt Marshall
Led Zeppelin IV
GUITARS: Fender electric 12-string, Les Paul, Telecaster
AMP: 100-watt Marshall
HOUSES OF THE HOLY
GUITARS: Les Paul, Fender 12-string electric, Stratocaster
AMP: 100-watt Marshall
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
GUITARS: Les Paul, Danelectro, Stratocaster
AMPS: 100-watt Marshall
PRESENCE
GUITARS: Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster
AMPS: 100-watt Marshall
IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR
GUITARS: Les Paul, Stratocaster, Telecaster
AMPS: 100-watt Marshall
