Jimmy Page a history of his guitars Part Two (Led Zeppelin)

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[@nathonalexavier1505]

I love how nobody can say “out of phase” without mentioning peter green lol

[@marcuswilson3485]

“Out of phase.” See? No mention of Peter Gre...ah shit!

[@Michael-mm3fm]

Green’s Les Paul had the best sound. Out of phase.

[@bryanwilliams3665]

Pages Guitars were wired like that "Post Led Zeppelin" around 1984

[@plectrumsoul]

I played his white strat when I recorded with JPJ … it had a small screw in the headstock , you pushed the g string under the screw head raising the pitch to G# for slide playing

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Nice trick... never heard before anyone did it.. was it his idea ? (..looking for a small screw right now 🤣 )

[@thepaulmacfarlane]

the white Strat was Jonesy's orignally.

[@arthurdduda63]

Whatever he played he made magic with it,..

[@TheGuitarShow]

Agreed!

[@HBC423]

Magick you mean

[@BEHChrome]

Thank you. i wasn’t in to guitars when I saw Zeppelin on April 23, 1977 in Atlanta, but was so glad to see he used a Tele at the concert. 3 hours of non stop rock and roll.

[@Zoso981]

The shop that shaved the neck on his Les Paul was Lay's Guitars. Right here in beautiful Akron, Ohio. It's still open and still a great shop.

[@Johngonefishin]

I used to own the 1960 Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster pictured at the top at 8:33, got it in 69', sold in 71' to Prune Music in the Bay area, Jimmy bought it there. I was the one who switched out the truss rod cover for a Super 400 cover and had the covers for the PAFs replated in gold when I bought it in 1969.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Wow amazing John many thanks indeed for this info!!!!!

[@joeseymour4073]

Wow that's great, have you ever tried contacting Jimmy about that?

[@Johngonefishin]

@@joeseymour4073 I think he's fairly hard to get hold of, I told Perry Margouloff about the ES-5 history, but have never heard back. About 25 years ago a friend was in touch with Jimmys' guitar tech, and he said he only saw Jimmy maybe once a year unless there was a performance.

[@joeseymour4073]

@@Johngonefishin Hi John, ok! I remember the first time I saw a Switchmaster, when I bought the "Coda" album back in the '80s and saw the b&w photo -- one of my favorites of them - in the gatefold collage, where Jimmy's holding it. I noticed the six knobs and size of it and wanted to know what that big Gibson was! What a great guitar to have owned. Cheers! 👍

[@davegallagher7428]

Wonderful video, thoroughly enjoyed parts one and two please do a part three!

[@1pcfred]

Jimmy Page didn't use guitars. Guitars used Jimmy Page.

[@chocodiledundee1]

Paul Frederick there was a serious partnership going on between Jimmy Page and his guitars for sure ...

[@TheGuitarShow]

Amazing commment

[@MrUltraworld]

Very young girls used him too.

[@MarcosJ-mq4lk]

He used other peoples songs as well...Almost whole cloth !

[@NikkieRoxxx]

@@MrUltraworld lori ightening said he had a baby's breath...

[@lennydoyle7382]

Excellent piece of guitar history. Will be checking out part 1 soon. Interesting to see the adaptations made to those instruments.

[@carlhayes2299]

That was a lot of really good stuff on one of my rock-n-roll hero's. Thank you for sharing

[@jeffkenny9448]

Great video, thanks for sharing. I love the fact that he used that old Harmony Sovereign. John Paul Jones used a Harmony batwing Mandolin to go with it. Also interesting that the #3 Les Paul was a Norlin era LP. A 3rd video would be cool. My friend got to see firsthand a 2 pickup black Les Paul Custom that he used on The Page/ Coverdale album, in Vancouver. The guitar now belongs to a studio there. I guess Page had given it to somebody there (at Bruce Fairbairn's old/ now defunct studio) after they finished that record. He also acquired a goldtop during that era, with some strange tuning system on the bridge. It is in the Page Coverdale videos, as well as No Quarter. I also noticed he replaced his 3 pickup LP Custom Black Beauty, as it was used during the o2 reunion, notably on For Your Life.

[@joeseymour4073]

Yes that gold top was the TransPerformance system one. 👍

[@stevelangridge1755]

I saw them play in about 74 or 75. They were awesome, obviously. The thing which strikes me most about Page's playing isn't that he's the best at anything in particular, nor that he's the smoothest or slickest. He's none of those things. But he is (and maybe these days, sadly, we have to say was) one of the most versatile all-round rock guitarists. It probably stems from his studio session work, where he would have had to turn up, blend into and enhance the music of a whole range of musicians and styles. But basically he could play lead, riffs, acoustic, folk etc equally well and, when it came to playing live he could do that in an incredibly exciting way. I'd love to see him performing again but I doubt we'll see it happen, sadly.

[@kylergarcia7359]

I'd love to see a part 3 and maybe even an episode about what kind of amps or effects he used.

[@alexlococo3866]

Guys youre amazing....is a pleasure listen you talking about guitars...I born in 1958 and Im a pasionate about guitars and I got a very good knowledge and I think youre one of hte few people in the planet I can talk about it ....

[@maon7565]

I saw him one the Outrider tour, and he had PRS, so perhaps a part 3 would be cool, thanks man this is cool.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I love hearing about the transactions between different musicians. In your last video about Jimmy's guitars, the story about every man and his dog using Keith Richards Les Paul was fascinating. It seems like back in the 1960's a lot of musicians seemed to give guitars to each other at random. Great video Ramon. Really enjoying your channel. Thanks.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

@ Who got guitar lessons from Page?

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

@ So, he didn't give anyone personal lessons, just some random crap you thought you would throw up thinking it would make you look knowledgable when in fact it just made you look like an idiot. If I knew anything about Jimmy Page? Yeah, that's a good 14 year olds opening gambit when they're on the Blackfoot. He was one of a few with an acoustic...bullshit son. Ever heard of skiffle. Back when Page was learning guitar at school it was the biggest teen phenomenon in Britain and everyone and their brother owned a guitar, hence all the British guitarists that came along a decade later. So he was a guitar God when he was at school...have you seen the clip of him playing in his skiffle band at the tender age of 13 in 1957 (the year skiffle exploded in Britain with the broadcast of the T.V. programme The Six-Five Special) on the TV programme All Your Own , he can barely play the three rudimentary chords in the song, yet he's already a guitar God giving lessons? And finally, It Might Get Loud...correct me here but was that a documentary about three pivotal, pioneering musicians talking about how they wrote their most famous songs, or was it Jimmy Page giving Jack White and The Edge a 'guitar lesson'. So tell me again, who got personal guitar lessons from Jimmy Page?

[@golfhound]

I saw Led Zeppelin - a Day On the Green - Oakland Colosseum Summer of 1977. Page used that Burgundy Les Paul while playing No Quarter. He also used both sunburst Les Pauls throughout the show, his double neck (of course) and Dan Electro. He did not use his black telecaster that day. I guess it serves as a spare just like his burgundy LP.

[@vegashdrider]

There’s some great home movies of the crowd from that show somewhere here on KZbin. Day on the green, those were the days

[@liammclillyz4705]

I would absolutely love to see a part 3 my dad is getting ready to retire and wants to pick up a guitar again after 40 years his favorite guitarist is Jimmy Page it's so it is my dream and his to help him accomplish the Jimmy Page sound and equipment

[@evabergqvist1927]

Det vi väntar på att han ska bli adlad,till Sir JIMMY PAGE, det är han värd,England's bästa gitarrist,kram till er andra fina gitarrister i 'rocken -roll'-band

[@johnherbold5451]

The Lake Placid Blue Strat appears to be from 1962-- and not: 1964 as stated in the video. This is evidenced by the location of the upper middle pickguard screw location (between the neck & middle pickups), the wider "double dot" spacing at the 12th fret, and by the "slab" style Rosewood fretboard.It may sound "wonky", coming from a guitar nerd / collector, but I thought I should point that out, if only for the sake of accuracy.Thanks for your attention,John

[@crisslastname9417]

I'd love to have a double-neck SG! Great video! Looking forward to part 3.

[@TheGuitarShow]

yeah I like it also....part 3 coming up!

[@Stratamania]

Please post a part 3. Good to the point videos.

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure okay coming up next week

[@soundknight]

This was great, love it.

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure

[@briannacery9939]

Thank you for this article!

[@themusicdandy7844]

I am loving this series of videos! How about a list of the guitars mentioned? And keep up the good work!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great idea thanks

[@jerrymorganjr]

That shop where the neck was shaved, is close to where I live. The guy does lots of conversions and stuff like that. I've seen his Bursts at guitar shows. They look amazing.

[@rnarizona9686]

I remember seeing Zep play in 1969 or 1970 at Boston Garden. That night Jimmy mostly played the black and white DanElectro, with and without the bow. I remember being amazed at the sounds he got out of that particle board guitar. I could be wrong about the material of the guitar, but that is what the one at Sears that I used to lay was made of. It's case also housed a small amplifier, and the whole setup sold for $69.95--back in the 60's

[@gregorygermann5975]

Tranzite was the material, I believe.

[@marciashiraishi5891]

Only one word for this man: “legend”

[@joeseymour4073]

I have two words for ya lol. Living Legend! 👍😊

[@gregmyers81]

That Giannini 12 acoustic is a Craviola model from the Brazilian brand.

[@jerrymorganjr]

By the looks of the headstock and the binding in the cutaway, it does look like a 50s goldtop rather than a 70s deluxe.

[@guitartech-uk]

Agreed the thin binding gives it away as definitely not a deluxe.

[@emilyjohnson8808]

Yes do a part three video please :)

[@soapboxearth2]

at 5:18 i can see that #3 has a 50s headstock and trussrod cover

[@stenmark2235]

Thankyou for postning.....!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure!

[@customguitarkits6836]

you know it's my favourite band, need a jp replica now

[@TheGuitarShow]

me too

[@gregg4164]

You are missing the Danelectro with the lip stick pick up in it. He used one of those too. Many times on stage live.

[@allaboutdatGDA]

I read in a 1980’s Guitar magazine interview (that I still own) with jimmy page that his number one was in fact a 1958 les Paul.

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks - I'm pretty sure its a 59 - I could be wrong

[@bryanwilliams3665]

No Serial # so no one knows for sure, BUT the double 'White Coil PAFs " that were in it are NOT period correct for 1958. Historians point to it being a 1959.. It wouldn't have been a 1960 , as they already had a thin neck

[@cgonzoforit]

Thank you. I know that it isn't easy doing the research and reporting. Yes, please do another video on that guitar.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks and its great you enjoyed it!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

I have also seen footage of Jimmy playing live in concert where he appears to be using Stratocasters with what seem to be Fender Lace Sensor pickups.

[@markmarsh27]

very well done! ... SUBSCRIBED!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks Mark!

[@anthonyarredondo2682]

Thank you ! I enjoyed it !😁👍

[@WaRLoKWYATT]

You need to do a lot more of these

[@TheGuitarShow]

I promise!

[@felixmartinez5792]

Jimmy rock's ! He loves Miami and cafe Cubano!

[@killrockstars9990]

Hey, thanks. Great vids.

[@jonnybeck6723]

I think in the photo with his Selmer amp he has a LP Custom ...also aren't Deluxes sporting mini-humbuckers (to fit P-90 routes?) ...AND Yes, please do a part three and an amp one as well! Thanx in advance and thanx and cheers (Best mini-docs on the web IMHO!)

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Great video. How about a video describing the guitar work on the Helen Reddy recordings ?

[@pappyodanial]

Of note is the push/pull mod wasn't installed until after Zeppelin - and his middle position sound was the normal mid position of a real les paul through an amp that really emphasizes the mids and high mids.

[@bryanwilliams3665]

That type of 'Phase Cancellation' occurs when the treble and neck pickup are in near perfect balance and also is a T Top (low wind) pickup trait.. Pagey had the unconventional Low Wind 7.5k in the Bridge and Overwound 8.6k PAF in the neck (Set really low to balance) That 'Hollow Chirp' is nowhere near as pronounced when the bridge pickup is hotter (Modern Les Pauls) I demo Jimmy's Live Madison Square Garden tone on my channel

[@MickCorgi]

Thanks for the great work to find out what guitars were used particularly for what songs of what era. For me, the album of Presence is so big. All songs sound like a strato or at least single coil guitars. What do you think?

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

Another comment...there is no acoustic 12-string on "Thank You"...it's just acoustic 6-string and the Vox Phantom Electric XII. The Eko Ranger 12 string pictured was used on the session for "La La" according to the notes in the expanded reissue boxed set of the second album. The Giannini 12-strings (there were two different 12-string models and a 6-string model owned by Page) were likely bought in 1972...the Giannini would most likely not have been used to record "Tangerine", but it could possibly have been used to record the acoustic twelve string overdubs on "Over The Hills and Far Away"...or it may have only been used on tour in 1972 and never used on a recording.

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks for this update

[@boboala1]

Kinda happened upon this video and the one previously, and thought - OK he's gonna show us Jimmy's Tele & LP. Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the comprehensive research you presented and had never heard the Joe Walsh story of bequeathing his LP, so am now more 'edumacated' in my Rock history trivia...thankin' ya! Isn't Joe married to Ringo's daughter? Gee, holidays/reunions must be festive for that clan!

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure and glad you liked it ! - not sure about who Joe is married to

[@I_like_turtles_67]

Joe Walsh is one of my favorite guitarist.

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Wait.. no word about his 1960 Custom ? His 60s session guitar, and played with Zep too (RAH).. it was seen in studio when they recorded Whole Lotta Love.. who knows how many other Zep tracks is was used on.. stolen and gone for decades.. but reunited with Jimmy few years ago 🤩

[@TheGuitarShow]

I will revisit Jimmy's guitars and do a last episode

[@tomasvanecek8626]

@@TheGuitarShow 🤗 Great !! and well deserved

[@RedStingrayy]

Thanks alot man great job!!!

[@robertscottpurse1]

Part three? Yes Please ! Love to know more about Keith Burst, and who has it today. Cheers

[@thekitowl]

Keith sold the guitar to Mick Taylor. It was supposedly stolen , but ended up in the hands of Cosmo Verrico ( the Heavy Metal Kids ) who sold it in 74 to Bernie Marsden ( whitesnake ) who a week later sold it to Mike Jopp. Mike sold the guitar in 2003 to an investor who sold it a year later through Christie’s in New York . It was off the market for two years before being sold to a private collector for a reported $1,000,000. Hope that helps.

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@thekitowl many thanks for the info this is invaluable information

[@Francks_]

The giannini guitar is a brazilian guitar! It's one of the best brands here in Brazil, very nice design and sounding.🇧🇷

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the info Franco

[@bluesmanpiecantoni]

please do part three! as far as I know he used also an EKO Ranger XII

[@stephenlennartz3466]

Ahhh ... my first guitar hero. Got to see him in '77 here in St. Louis at the old arena where the St. Louis Blues hockey team played. Not the best acoustics in the land ... but I didn't care ... here was my hero and the rest of Zep.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Must have been a great show - thanks for the memories!

[@boboala1]

Did you have to rub it in Stephen? ;-) I graduated HS in '77 and lived in St. Louis, but being a forgotten preacher's kid learning 'rock' guitar& jamming alone in my basement room, I missed EVERYTHING cool (like KSHE's rating of Jethro Tull at Kiel Opera House as an iconic/best-ever concert! Was that 1976 or so?) during the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's (divorced...broke & still missing everything!) Yeah...me and my HS guitar buddy were convinced back in the day that the solo on 'Heartbreaker' was unplayable/incomprehensible to mere mortal guitarists. Cheers! (Never went/been to the old arena. Why they have to demolish it? AmTrac?)

[@stephenlennartz3466]

@@boboala1 The Zeppelin concert was April 15, 1977. Interestingly, there was no encore for two reasons. One, the building's furnace was out of control that night and the band was unhappy about the uncomfortable heat. Secondly, some guy in the upper deck was throwing strings of firecrackers into the crowd. It really ticked off Robert Plant. In spite of no encore, it was a bit of history for me. Pretty cool. Following the concert, I had a new appreciation for John Paul Jones. What a genius not only on bass but keys, too. Kiel Opera House is still here under a different name, THE BEST acoustics of just about any concert venue I've experienced. Saw many of my favorites there including Jeff Beck w Jan Hammer and Little Feat (with Lowell George). Yep, Heartbreaker is a tough one. Maybe just a bit easier with all of the KZbin 'How To's'? They demolished the old arena for several reasons. It was built in 1928 and it really was dated. Originally built for a national dairy show and convention? Anyway, it earned a reputation for its terrible acoustics as a concert venue. And yes, part of the light rail system took a section of the arena's parking lots, along with some condos. Are you still playing guitar or other? Best to you.

[@jimmyfishyaekel9216]

interesting I am Jimmy Yaekel live in Waterloo Facebook page Jimmyfish Yaekel

[@kegmon]

I saw that show as well and still have the ticket stub and the t-shirt I got at the show. It was actually called the Checkerdome wasn't it? We skipped school and drove our VW's across Missouri (I live in Kansas City). IIRC, they started with Song Remains the Same and did a medley of Physical Graffiti deep cuts like Sick Again and The Rover. I also remember the firecrackers and Jimmy leaning backwards pointing a large wine bottle bottom to the ceiling between songs. I wondered if that had something to do with the no encore thing..

[@mr.glabalabadubeestuthemex3845]

Maybe do a vid on Jimmy's amps? I know there isn't too much info on his amps or pedals

[@TheZayne34]

Hey Gobledeeeeegoopaloop Pagey did not really use effects pedals. He had a treble boost...kind of like a Tube Screamer...and a Wah pedal, a Dunlop Cry-Baby I believe.

[@bryanwilliams3665]

1973 'Madison Square Garden" Les Paul , Wha Pedal, into Echoplex EP3 Tape Echo in to Plexi Marshall KT88 Loaded (Simple) Plus Theremin into another EP3 Echoplex into an Orange Amp.. His Pickups in his guitar was unusual combination. I explain it here and in more depth on my channel

[@larrylove4911]

I agree!! Who did the mods on them? Did he have a Fat Cap in there? etc......... LL

[@bryanwilliams3665]

@@larrylove4911 His guitar in Zeppelin was "Standard 50s Wiring" What was 'unconventional ' was the Bridge Gibson T Top Pickup (7.5k ohm)was considerably LOWER power than the Overwound 8.6k Alnico 2 PAF Neck Pickup...ALL modern guitars have the bridge pickup Hotter than the neck (the opposite way around!) and people wonder why Factory Les Paul's can't can't get the Zeppelin tone. The overwound neck pickup needs to be set REALLY low to balance with that T Top....Then you get that amazing "Hollow Chirp " sound in the middle position where he played most of his stuff. (Whole lotta love, Rock and Roll, Black Dog etc) You can't get the sound with a hottish Bridge Pickup .You need Underwound with a Short A5 magnet

[@TheZayne34]

@@bryanwilliams3665 Damn Bri, how did you come by that info in Jimmy`s rig/

[@Mark70609]

What did Page use for all the pedal steel stuff. Amps an d pedals would be cool to hear about too. I seem to recall there was a movie (Blow up) where the Yardbirds play and Beck and Page are on guitar. What an era of the Yardbirds that would have been to witness!

[@TheGuitarShow]

coming in Part 3. many thanks!

[@larsnorquist]

The second red LP didn't have the wide Norlin-era headstock. I'm going to agree, it may have been a goldtop at some point, based on that alone.

[@bamtalaga8510]

Part 3 please!!

[@janeanderson363]

Jimmy probably has a cellar full of guitars and amp's, pedals as well think king about it, what a museum love to have a look.

[@geekgamerthings1]

giannini is the brand, the model is "craviola", that guitar is made in brazil. país tropical abençoado por deus

[@shoestringplayer106]

Any pics and videos of Walsh with the Les Paul before he sold it?

[@alabamahebrew]

The Les Paul became my dream guitar when I was about 13 in 1977 for two reasons - 1) Ace Frehley of KISS 2) I saw this really cool picture on a magazine cover of this guy playing a Les Paul, I had no idea who the guy was but he looked so cool in that picture. He looked like he had just struck this big chord on the guitar and had one arm behind his back. Open shirt showing his bare chest with that rock start pursed lips and holding that guitar all slung low and mean. It wasn't until 2014 That I was finally able to buy my first Gibson Les Paul, sadly due to Gibson's issues I sold the guitar. I now own several Gibson and Epiphone Les Paul and I felt I finally fulfilled my childhood desire - but then the grand finale happened! One day I was walking through a local head shop and was looking for posters for my studio I am building. Thumbing through the big wall posters that were on a cardboard back there he was! That same guy, I never forgot that pose and knew it immediately... I recognized not only the poster immediately but now I knew who it he was, down at the bottom it read - Los Angeles 1972 , Jimmy Page. It's funny that even though I have known who Jimmy Page was since about 1978 I never realized it was him in that photo that had stuck in my mind for so long. To me, my opinion you are entitled to yours, Jimmy Page is THE number 1 greatest rock guitar player EVER. When you look at and compare his catalog of music who can compare with him? With the different styles he plays so easily and has recorded no other rock guitar player comes close. The best musicians are not the ones we see on stages, anyone who knows anything about music knows that session musicians are the real deal. Those are the real "great"players and Jimmy Page was one of the most sought after session players up until he joined the Yardbirds.

[@craigusselman546]

And he still makes weird faces while he plays.

[@robertbogdan7058]

One correction...that blue Strat is not a 64. The neck is slab board and it has a spaghetti logo. 60-62 iirc. The pick guard has the pre mid 1963 screw placement on the top between the neck and middle pickups. And of course the obvious brass tip on the trem arm gives it away as a much later replacement.

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks

[@pappyodanial]

The guy who sold it to Page said it was a 64' I believe

[@stuartpenney6829]

Regarding the Gibson J200. Jimmy has said he borrowed this guitar not from Big Jim Sullivan but producer Mickie Most. Jeff Beck also used this J200 to record some of the acoustic tracks on the "Truth" album and the sleeve notes confirm this.

[@meleepinata]

Pagey had an RD at knebworth. Rosewood tele. The white strat he used on 10 years gone. I think a couple are missing. Part 3 should happen.

[@TheGuitarShow]

yes part 3 coming real soon!

[@teredude]

Great job.

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure

[@69zenos1]

Yes part 3 and how many more ya need.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming soon I promise

[@brunonjezic6208]

I hope you make part 3. Where bajo sixto baritone telecaster is

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming soon! Its great to get some feedback to know what you would like in it!

[@juliecostello5018]

Has a third been made in this awesome, and educational series?

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming soon

[@jr13227]

What was the guitar he used for White Summer at the Royal Albert Hall 1970 concert? Danelectro?

[@dwb131313]

I always heard, and I believe seen in an interview from Page that he used an old Stella or Sovereign acoustic on the first record.

[@pearsecobb6168]

You are correct probably, I have a picture of Jimmy at his ranch with a Sovereign Harmony guitar

[@carywest9256]

@@pearsecobb6168 Jimmy owns a ranch? Never read or heard of him owning livestock. I know English folks love their horses,and Robert Plant can be seen riding in TSRTS soundtrack movie. Would like to see photo of Jimmy in a cowboy hat roping & branding some cattle. He would be a honorary Texan like Robert,because he lived in Austin in recent years.

[@pearsecobb6168]

@@carywest9256 Its not in the U.S like Robert Plant's ranch in Austin (which btw, a friend of my dads has actually met Robert in Austin) I think it is in Wales or Scotland or something. He might have sold it, I have the picture in the Jimmy Page definitive biography

[@joshuadowling8778]

Come on man, do you think it would have made a difference? Jimi and Page could have made a fucking teabag sound good.

[@dwb131313]

@@joshuadowling8778 Did I say he couldn’t?

[@davescupper5789]

I did read somewhere that the red les paul had been painted by someone at his request.

[@LessAiredvanU]

You mention the Danelectro only in passing - as an owner of a Danelectro D59-q-12 reissue I am somewhat peeved... :p

[@JP-hs6ii]

The Gibson-J 200 Page used on the first Led Zeppelin album was borrowed from producer Mickey Most not guitarist Jim Sullivan. Jeff Beck also used this same guitar on Greensleeves for the album Truth.

[@KennyLarvitz]

Nice vid ! about the lake placid blue strat , the neck is a slab board so This not a 1964 strat. Maybe he mixed two different part , a 64 body with a 59-62 era neck...

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Kenny

[@arthurdduda63]

Very cool... i imagine his collection is only dwarfed by his record collection... the other red guitar is a classic i belive.

[@TheGuitarShow]

true Arthur! Thanks

[@montydaniels1054]

@The Guitar Show. Jimmy Page has One Wine Red 1969 or 1970 Les Paul Deluxe with a one piece mahogany neck, which he had to buy to replace the 1960 Les Paul Custom that was stolen in NYC a day before they were to play Madison Square Garden, at the end of their 1970 US Tour

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks Monty for this info - happy new year!

[@montydaniels1054]

@@TheGuitarShow You're so welcome. Although I've heard Page had a 2nd Red Les Paul with a B-Bender, when Led Zeppelin performed 2007 (I think) concert, Page used that 69-70 Les Paul because I could see the ''Pancake'' body during Kashmir. (And No B-Bender On It), which I'll add this about this LP, #1 it was originally a Goldtop & 2, the source I got a lot of JP's gear info from, claimed Page only used the Red LP briefly in 1970. Funny thing is, when His original #3 was supposedly stolen in New York City the day before the 2 Madison Square Garden Concerts, it was the end of the tour. So if it was in fact a Goldtop & also briefly used during the 1970 US Tour, I would have to say that the Les Paul stolen took place at the beginning of the US Tour, which would have given enough time to have it repainted. Other that that, Then this replacement #3 Les Paul was used briefly during the 70 tour with it's Goldtop Finish.... **Hope I haven't made things too confusing here..**, Dan

[@joeseymour4073]

The red Les Paul that Page used for "Kashmir" at the 2007 O2 show does have a B-bender. It's the same red B-bender LP used in the "Unledded" performance of "Thank You", what he used with The Black Crowes, etc.

[@lightningrt434]

If the other red Les Paul Was a 70s Deluxe, the headstock would have the wider ‘winged’ top to it.

[@guitartech-uk]

Yes, you are correct, also the binding in the cutout is narrow suggesting that it's not a deluxe.

[@larrylove4911]

I've read where Seymour duncan re-wound pickups for him. Also the #2 has a white pickup in the bridge position. Do U know what they are? If and when they were put in, etc........?

[@e.l.norton]

That black tele with the rosewood neck might well be the dragon tele. A friend of Page's stripped and painted it black. It has since been restored to the original dragon design.

[@knockoutguitarist087]

Why is it that at the royal albert hall show it looks as if he’s playing les Paul number 2 but it wasn’t put to stage use until 75 but it was purchased in 73

[@soundknight]

8:00 that's not quite true. He used the 6 string for the introduction and lead solo, he used the 12 strings for the verse chorus (middle section), bridge (pre solo) and at the coda.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

At 04:24 you speak of Jimmy's #3, a '69 deluxe, which has humbuckers but came stock with mini humbuckers. The next supposed deluxe also has full sized bobbins, so he must have routed the tops of both guitars, neither mods were mentioned.

[@plectrumsoul]

Agreed

[@bryanwilliams3665]

The 69 had T Tops in it (Low Power around 7.5k) Jimmy seemed happy with T Tops . There were 7 of them in the film TSRTS. 1 in his #1 Les Paul, 2 in the Red Les Paul and 4 in his Double Neck

[@willyroussel3563]

enjoyed great info was wondering what jimmy is playing on in my time of dying

[@robertbarrass7519]

Live it was the Danelectro

[@larrylove4911]

Nice video. The blue strat was used for "In The Evening". I'd LOVE , if U could find out everything about the pickup changes, he made to "#1" throughout the years .Was that white bridge pickup REALLY a DiMarzio " PAF" or Super Distortion model in "#2"? Thanks LL

[@bryanwilliams3665]

Larry Love: #1Les Paul 1969-Mid 72: 2 X PAFs They had White Bobbins , Neck was Covered and was Hotter than the bridge by quite a bit. Bridge Pickup had White coils exposed.... Bridge Pickup started failing on the New Zealand/ Australia Tour 1972 and was repaired by Merv Carghill in Melbourne . The Bridge PAF was finally replaced with a T Top (7.6k) so again the bridge pickup was way lower powered than the neck... The Guitar now remained UNCHANGED throughout Zeppelin ( no switching, no Out of Phase).. 30 yrs later a Duncan went in...Push Pull switch... This was the guitar Edwin Wilson saw....At this point , it was quite different from the Zeppelin instrument... My Source?..CLIVE COULSON. . Clive ( A New Zealanders) was a customer of my shop .He was Jimmy's Guitar Tech/Road Crew in the Early 70s..I was a Gibson Custom Shop dealer in New Zealand.

[@RavenMadd9]

Thank you

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure

jimmy page had alot of insight of how blues rock should sound it dosnt matter what type of guitar he used he did it and would have done it on any guitar around those days today there are hundreds of guitar makers but dosnt change what jimmy page had in mind for the world to hear

[@luvbasses5487]

The '64 Lake Placid Blue Strat seems to have a slab form rosewood neck...which would put it (the neck) from late '59 to mid '62. In late '62 Fender changed the rosewood caps to a veneer, curved variety instead of the flat laminated slabs. Do you notice this too, about Jimmy's Strat? What about the Olympic White Stratocaster he recorded Ten Years Gone with? Are you aware of this?

[@Jedifier]

In a pretty recent interview (available here on youtube) he's stated that he had the Harmony Sovereign from the beginning, and used it as his basic writing tool - including the stuff he wrote whilst in the Yarbirds. He said that he used it as the basic writing tool for the first four Led Zep albums, and got the Martin around the time of the 4th album, which he then used in the fifth album. It's straight from the horse's mouth.

[@tomk3420]

Don't forget his Gretsch 6120. Please discuss his amps and stage effects.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Ill do that in part 3 I promise!

[@vegashdrider]

You'll really have my respect if someone can name the campfire guitar that was jimmy's first guitar that was left in his house by the previous owner

[@vtwinbuilder3129]

Doctor Enigma I’m not gonna cheat and google it now but I don’t remember the name brand. I remember him saying it was a smaller scale, Spanish style guitar though.

[@vtwinbuilder3129]

I thought about it a little more, the brand was “Grazioso” or something like that? People have speculated that that is where the “Zoso” stuff came from in the LZ days. Bam! No google needed, nailed it!

[@AllysWorld05]

@@vtwinbuilder3129 That was his first electric. The guitar Doctor Enigma asked about is the acoustic which he found in his parents' house.

[@cazziebb1707]

I thought you said in Part 1 the solo for Stairway was played on the Telecaster.

[@bgarrison67]

The solo was played on the Dragon Tele on the studio version. He got the double neck for live performances of Stairway and the Rain Song.

[@zosojstro]

Pagey also uses a RD in 79 at knebworth

[@ohrofax]

whats about his Danelectro ? I have seen him in Munich with a Danelectro with two pickups in the 80ies

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes - I will do part 3 very soon sorry for the delay

[@geschickt]

This was quite nice! However, I think you could have skipped the remedial YB breakup/LZ formation stuff in favor of more guitar info? ;) Like the LP Custom that got stolen (the one you can see briefly in that early RAH concert), the other 50's 'burst Strat (maple neck, used on 'Dancing Days'), and the Danelectro. Btw, isn't it the blue Strat on 'For Your Life' and 'In The Evening'? Seems worthy of a mention! Oh, and the brown B-bender Tele is _all over_ In Through the Out Door, and was pretty much his main guitar in The Firm--I mean, we all know it, but still deserves pointing out in a vid such as this. Great info on the acoustic guitars in any case!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks I may do a 3rd video soon so Ill update the guitars I missed and thanks for the suggestions on the format

[@davemitchell4222]

where is the danno big part of his live rig

[@Braglemaster123]

Jimmy used a Gibson Flying V on “ You shook Me, on Led Zeppelin 1 run through a Leslie. He says this in an interview on KZbin. Please get it right.

[@georgecarter144]

Page played /used a sunburst strat with maple neck

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes I was going to deal with the other guitars in Part 3 - which I promise to do soon

[@zeppelinfan82]

Unless Jimmy had the pickup spaces routed for bigger humbuckers than this is an old goldtop,as the DELUXE Les Pauls at that time had mini humbuckers,&still do. They also make goldtop deluxe models