When the opening riff of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” came through the radio in 1969, everything changed. Jimmy Page altered the course of popular music with a single guitar: his 1959 Fender Telecaster. Co-designed with Page, the Fender Jimmy Page Telecaster is an homage to that legendary instrument, which created some of the most iconic riffs of the 20th Century.
I remember Jimmy playing mostly Gibson guitars, but any instrument co-designed by Page is worth a look.
I have a friend who came out with the statement the other day that Page was the most over-rated guitarist in rock. It wasn’t worth trying to argue with that level of insanity.
Well then you don’t know shi…Page.
Played that Tele with the Yardbirds and all the electric guitar on the first album is that tele.
Have a listen to the solo on “Communication Breakdown” nothing gets as trebly as that but a tele.
He’s said the electric guitar and solo on Stairway were probably the tele.
He played a ton of tele. The b-bender solo on “All of My Love”
The second album was a lot of Les Paul and Marshall mainly I think because it was recorded while on tour.
The Les Paul and Marshall were mainly a touring rig I think to beef up the live sound since there was only one guitar.
Used mainly small amps in the studio. He had a small Supro he used a lot.
People didn’t use Marshall stacks in the studio back then because, why the hell would you?
A lot of recordings people assume are Marshalls are cranked small amps like Fender Deluxes.
I’m pretty sure Clapton and Allman both recorded all of Derek and the Dominoes through cranked 50’s Tweed Champs.
Depends.
I had a friend in Ontario, Canada who said Paige was a sloppy player. He was in a punk band. I went to a concert and heard him play, and realized a whole new level of tone deafness existed in the world outside of my own training (19 years of classical violin).