What Gear Did Jimmy Page Actually Use In Led Zeppelin? ( The Early Years)

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Hey guys if you want to learn about the scales Jimmy used check out my other video about there here :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ6cYn17oLmKp7s

[@carywest9256]

There's a reference in Hammer of the Gods where JP states someone stole a guitar at an airport,not sure what make it was but he was livid.

[@Agentblue009]

@@carywest9256 probably his black beauty les paul

[@samchipner1131]

Thats awesome think I've heard most of that over the years

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

Homie used small Supro amps in the studio.

[@kevinbrady6075]

Robert thanks!Can't even play gee-tar yet love this stuff!

[@bagmanh6120]

The amount of Les Pauls and Marshalls sold by Jimmy Page playing a Tele through a Vox...

[@HooksBill]

Supro

[@EliseoCaporale]

Vox?? Wow, never heard of him playing through a Vox, always Marshall... Did he use a Treble Booster as Brian May did?

[@ATreeForFive]

@@EliseoCaporale Page recorded with a Tele through a little cranked Supro amp and peformed live with a Tele through a Vox at least for the first album and maybe even the second

[@keithbetterley7430]

People seem to forget that Jimmy had 3 pup Les Paul Custom with a Bigsby from his studio days. If anyone has played a LP with a Bigsby it gets very Tele like and I think it's pretty obvious on tracks like Good Times, Bad Times. To my ear that has twangy Bigsby'd LPC through Supro all over it.

[@theccarbiter]

Keith Betterley I’m pretty sure that guitar was stolen before he recorded the first zeppelin album. However I do believe he used a Flying V he borrowed on she shook me because he was interested in that type of guitar but couldn’t afford it at the time.

[@JetAV8]

You seem like such a genuine dude. I don't know how else to describe it, but I admire your style man. Keep doing you, I'll keep watching.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks dude I really appreciate that

[@zhou_sei]

yep, subscribing, and i havent even watched more than a couple of minutes of this video

[@seanvandeman1512]

Really agree buddy!!! :) I love all your vids on this classic stuff bc I still play many of my Grunge/ Alt Rock stuff based on all these classic bands!!! Keep rawking bro!!!!

[@joedavis8481]

DILLY DILLY !

[@soundknight]

This feels dirty.

[@joeserin9593]

I'm an old dude. Back in the early 90's a friend of mine and I were treasure hunting gear at a nearby town wide garage sale. He picked up a tiny and very old Silvertone amp, maybe 10 watts at best. We both made several records with it and we are still convinced, to this day, that it was the Jimmy Page missing link. Perhaps it shared circuitry with the models mentioned here. I kept it a secret for years and everyone was certain that it was my JCM900 and bottom cabinet on 20. In reality that sort of volume would just squash the diaphragm of the microphone and make it sound like garbage. As Jimmy Page totally understood. Unreal for something that was made before I was born as a student amplifier that could be bought from a mail order catalog. Thanks for the awesome video.

[@schipbreukeling3]

I think also the amp was a small one

[@schipbreukeling3]

I must read another 1000 comments but you are the first one mentioning the amp.

[@samuelshepard]

@@schipbreukeling3 it was a little supro amp on the records

[@bluarcher5941]

I used to love lookiing through the Montgomery Ward and Sears catalogs at the musical section. Some of those Airliine guitars with all the knobs and switches on them were to die for... " : )

[@MrBHBjr]

I could definitely go for more episodes like this!

[@johnsmits2494]

This guy is an ace rhythm player, pay attention. He gets very slight variations with 8th and 16 th note Strums, but is not a robot. Big thing, and damn good tone coming from his hands.Don't be fooled, great gear may help your tone, but it's mainly from inside.

[@patf8845]

Simple. He used the pick of Destiny.

[@billhannis6095]

LOL, great reference dude (but seriously, Jimmy didn't need the Pick of Destiny)

[@andertons]

Purple Tele.....

[@heem8814]

you got a problem?

[@eog5217]

Sounds dope

[@big_bicep_bill7594]

Hmm?

[@TheDistortionPrinciple]

@@heem8814 lol

[@TheDistortionPrinciple]

@@heem8814 lol

[@wesmatron]

You'll love me for this: When you are playing Whole Lotta Love... when you play the D note on the 5th string at 5th fret, pluck the open D string at the same time and bend the fretted note up slightly/

[@chanceterrill5346]

Been doin that forever now, started as me being sloppy but then I realized it's spot on..... If u want to sound like Jimmy, you have to be a little sloppy lol

[@chanceterrill5346]

Mostly important on the first 2nd note of riff the isolated guitar, make it extra dissonant on the 2nd note of the riff and slide to the first note!

[@Kipas_Maspoin]

2 jimmies that are responsible for modern rock sound : Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix 😎

[@dasi2383]

you forgot to mention the jimmy their dads didnt use 😅

[@cyrus1357]

You forgot one major guitar. In the 60s when he was a studio musician, Jimmy Page played a 1960 les paul custom black beauty 3 pickups!!!

[@chrisflashmusic]

Indeed

[@bittrain1658]

He used at the January 9th Albert Hall gig as well.

[@stevethomson1972]

Yep. He used it on the studio version of Whole Lotta Love.

[@cammannick]

He actually didn't use any amps. When he sold his soul, a natural projection came out of his mouth every time he play

[@therapist6328]

I think you are mistaken. It was robert plant that made that deal.

[@scottmarino7089]

hahahahahahahahheheheheheehweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@richardbinder9662]

@@therapist6328 Yeah , he's confused. Maybe he's thinking of JIMI playing with his teeth.

[@isaiahmiller8550]

@Thera Pist If any of them sold their souls it was most definitely jimmy. But if jimmy did it I’m sure Robert and Bonzo did too

[@paulcooper5748]

Do you mean the whole crowley thing.?

[@anthonysclafani3963]

*Greta van fleet has entered the chat*

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

and are taking very careful notes ...

[@peterlloyd5285]

Whatever you say about GvF, they get very close to the Zeppelin sound. Many have tried and fallen by the wayside. It will be interesting to see if they can add anything creative to the template, or if they have painted themselves into a corner.

[@shoestringplayer106]

Who?

[@AchillesWrath1]

Ehhh...kids love 'em. They don't know the difference, let them believe. We know they aren't even remotely in the ballpark talent wise but that's ok. It's still better than most crap on the radio.

[@thejack0fhearts43]

Vai and Satriani are basically stylistic twins and nobody ever says a word about that...

[@jppagetoo]

A few notes. The Tele gets all the credit but... Jimmy had a Les Paul in '68. It was a Black Les Paul Custom. He mentions that he used it alot in the studio. There are pictures of him in '68 in the studio with a Sunburst Les Paul that was loaned to him (ex-Keith Richards). Likely used in recording the 1st album. He also owned a Strat since the the early 60's (he shows it off in the movie "It Might Get Loud"). I believe he had the Dano in the Yardbirds so that was already there for the first album as well. I would bet there was some acoustic overdubs that may be the 12 string you are hearing. He has said he borrowed some acoustics for the early Zep albums. The most famous 12 string electric was not a Gibson but a Fender XII he used recording the 4th album (the Gibson doubleneck was purchased after the album was completed). He may have owned that Fender XII as far back as early '68 but no one has documented that. His #1 '59 LP (maybe.. it has no serial number) was purchased from Joe Walsh during the 2nd US tour in February/March 1969. He used it a lot starting April that year and live ever after. I am sure it was used a lot of the second album since that album was recorded mostly on the road in many different studios. The Second album was finished off in Olympic Studios in the fall of '69 so he would have had all his guitars available at that point for overdubs or re-tracking.

[@shinjial]

jppagetoo even if he had a lp by the time he was recording the 1st album, i reckon there’s a slim chance he was using it. Test it yourself, you’re not getting those tones on a humbucker. Also, on the 12 strings he said it himself on ‘It might get loud’ that the double neck guitar came to be for him out of necessity for live performances; on the recordings he used acoustics (borrowed, like you said, it’s possible.

[@alabamahebrew]

I bet that's the one he used to record whole lotta love!! I mentioned to Robert that I had read an interview awhile back and a black Les Paul was what he did use to record that song with , according to that interview anyway.

[@shinjial]

Really? I'm looking it up then, since you're the second person to mention it. Cool. Though hearing LZ1 I still find it hard to hear a sound of a humbucker (maybe on You shook me? the slide lines) Nice :)

[@TheJUGGERNAUT987]

The only other guitar he used on lz1 was a flying V on you shook me, it was all tele thru supro other than that

[@modergav]

But it was a staple p90 black custom right?

[@Dreyno]

The “sound like yourself” guy is either amazing and a bit of a genius, or too shit to play other people’s stuff.

[@babayaga1767]

keep in mind, EVH was trying to sound like clapton and couldn't

[@liamfavre3547]

@@babayaga1767 cuz he was poor

[@rdanalytics9197]

That is so true on so many levels...

[@joecavazos1786]

The latter.,😹

[@TenThumbsProductions]

This is great, I've been looking for a good series on stuff like this. Reverb does "potent pairings" with modern relatively cheap guitar pedals to get close to the sound which is nice, but they don't talk guitar and amp, and a pedal is just a piece of the equation. Thanks!

[@stevengaryballmoonbugmusic5455]

Robert, enjoyed your video. Regarding the 1959 Les Paul standard, according to a book by Tony Bacon in an excerpt from Musicians friend, Walsh flew out to San Francisco at the end of April 1969. Zeppelin manager Peter Grant said later San Francisco was the first show Page played the Les Paul on stage. He wanted to become familiar with it and be comfortable with it because he knew he would be starting work on the second album at the end of that same month. Interesting personal note, I saw Zeppelin early in 1969 at the Baltimore civic center opening for Vanilla Fudge. I saw them again circa 1970 at the civic center in Baltimore again. This time they were the only act and they were promoting their second album. Page used his Les Paul however he broke a string during the set and upon finishing the song he grabbed his telecaster sitting on stage and once the Paul had the string replaced he immediately went back to it. I am currently playing a Les Paul but as a former professional guitarist live performance and studio I've burned through a lot of guitars and the telecaster was always one of my favorites. My first real quality guitar was a new 66 Fender telecaster in coral red ( pink) back to Page there was a notable difference between the Paul and Tele in live performance. Sincerely Steven Gary Ball Moonbug Music.

[@davidpggarrett]

Greetings from Italy. I'm from England and my Dad saw Zeppelin in Bromley College, Kent, in Greater London on 29th March 1969! As far as we know, he played a Tele for that show, probably like on the "Damarks Radio" TV performance a few days prior (check the Led Zeppelin compilation DVD). Oh, and don't forget the violin bow!

[@lufiealice6251]

So cool hearing all the methods he used and stories from back then. One of the greatest rock and roll guitar players, song writers and riff writers to have played. Guitar community is lucky to have genius’ like Jimmy Page.

[@stevegray2091]

One of the effects that separated Jimmy Page from Eric Clapton was his use of delay along with the distortion. I was playing in bands in high school at that time (my first amp actually was a Supro Vibro-Verb with 2 12" speakers). We young guitarists were all scrambling to figure out how to get that sound. I'm sure that he was using something to enhance the overdriven sound -- possibly a treble booster.

[@samdiemer6092]

You should talk about Clapton in his early years (Bluesbreakers and Cream) because so many people associate him with a Strat!

[@LESPAUL44mag]

Sam Diemer Clapton was better with a Gibson in his hands!

[@LESPAUL44mag]

The fools SG 👍🏻

[@samdiemer6092]

@@LESPAUL44mag Absolutely! The tones he got from his Les Paul, 335, and SG are incredible.

[@fmellish71]

Tele with the Yardbirds, Les Paul with the Bluesbreakers and the first Cream album (eventually stolen I think), Fool SG as his main Cream guitar til beginning of '68 (live record of Wheels of Fire), when he used a Firebird, 335 for the farewell tour, Tele with a Strat neck for Blind Faith, Les Paul for Delaney & Bonnie, Strat for Derek & the Dominos. Don't know details on which guitars were on which tracks on which albums, but it seems to me that Eric was a pretty simple guy as far as that's concerned. Just had whichever guitar he wanted and stuck with it till he decided to switch to another one. Could be wrong tho ...oh yeah, Fender XII for Dance the Night Away. Also, I don't anybody could touch Eric's ability with tone in the '60s. He was a master...totally in awe and would grovel at '63-'70 Eric Clapton's feet. My hero! The Grande Ballroom bootleg with Cream in Oct '67...I mean come on! That version of NSU is the peak of Rock music right there!

[@alonsoarciniega7664]

The blues breakers era is my favorite i really like his tone in the beano album

[@HooksBill]

Just something to throw out there that will probably never be read by anyone as this is an older video, but in an interview Jimmy said his LPs had thinner necks. He said they came that way, nothing he did to modify them. The only mod he did to LP #2 was change the tuners. He likely recorded LZ 1 with a Tele through a Supro amp as it shows him playing both in the studio during recording in a historic photo.

[@adrianjones1735]

I also heard him say this about the LP neck and tuners...I think it was the interview with Gibson guitars to help promote their Page LP reissue.

[@billhannis6095]

I make no claim to being an expert, but I seem to remember that LP#1 did have its neck shaved, almost to the point of it being structurally unsound (obviously it DIDN'T become structurally unsound, I said ALMOST.) I seem to remember someone with first-hand knowledge of Jimmy's LP's saying you could jab a pen knife into the back of the neck and hit the truss rod. Again, I make no claim to being an expert, maybe my memory is wrong.

[@Cam-yp7cn]

Hey man you forgot fuzz. Zeppelin I is telecaster into a supro and a Tonebender MKII.

[@danielakerman8241]

That has been the conventional wisdom for a long time, but Page himself has said that the amp used for much of Zeppelin 1 was actually a vox amplifier -- although he claims not to remember exactly which one.

[@jfo3000]

@@danielakerman8241 I read that Page himself said he used a Supro in an interview. Of course he might have said something else in another interview but that did come from Page, I think possibly in Guitar Player Magazine.

[@danielakerman8241]

Jimmy Running Dog Page is notorious for being cagey or just plain forgetful about which gear he used when. I’ve read about the Supro for years and years (forget the model name but it was the one with the 15” speaker). I myself read the interview where he mentioned the Vox amp. So, who knows? Probably all of the above!

[@dewiecox3533]

Not much Tone Bender on the first album or any Zep album for that matter. I believe on You Shook Me is the only song on I and that was with a Flying V.

[@grummanf-14tomcat8]

Everyone always forgets the fuzz.

[@sam_uelson]

There's one important thing no one talks about when discussing Pages playing. Gotta stand up, have your guitar slung uncomfortably low and put some shoulder into your playing.

[@ronniel879]

Jimmy Page played with so much intensity, no matter what he was playing at the time. Just to have that much vision to put together a band like Zeppelin. Cant imagine not having their music in my life!

[@LostSoulNo301281]

Definitely do more. Joe Perry Angus Young Slash

[@noname.___]

Syd barrett and Brian Jones and Neil Young.

[@NoirL.A.]

Brian May, Michael Schenker, Ace Frehley....the potential list is endless.

[@kraytkopacki4034]

@@NoirL.A. Brian May only used his red special

[@AB-vn2jc]

Krayt Kopacki and a tele

[@TheGuitarMan71]

Neil young gear review

[@Gustavo.Andreotti]

He uses his wizard powers too. Which is pretty awesome lol

[@Rick-the-Swift]

True. Along with some help from his good pal, Satan, lol

[@danielsmith5187]

Watched the full video and it went through pretty fast, felt like I was only watching for a couple of minutes, your good at keeping someone hooked 👌❤️

[@zman-ohio]

Did anyone ever interview Jimmy and ask him what exactly he used for each album?

[@kg-bk6gi]

Distortion, delay, and wah for the first.

[@KevinVeillon]

@@kg-bk6gi And fuzz ;)

[@Nred9999]

k g not sure about the entire equipment but he used The Dragon telecaster for Led Zeppelin 1.

[@ivan-vp6ex]

@@Nred9999 was the tele already dragon or still the mirror white blonde? Just wondering,

[@Nred9999]

ivan actually it was just an ordinary telecaster just like the one Clapton and many other guitarists of that time were using. It was gifted to Page by Jeff beck. Page then painted the guitar by himself.

[@tombrennan6312]

I saw Zeppelin on their first American tour, opening for Jethro Tull and Vanilla Fudge. Page played a Telecaster through Rickenbacker solid state amplifiers.

[@lloydonlead]

Great job on this! Alex Lifeson in Rush would be interesting.

[@zachary4670]

That dude has played every guitar known to man

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

So many guitars !!! I read an interview where Alex said that he used a Tele extensively in the studio.

[@blackfender100]

Great Job on this one Rob.I was a Kid in the 60's but my 3 older brothers were playing the Zeppelin so it was ingrained in me my whole life.

[@total_loss2694]

The album Led Zeppelin1 was actually recorded between late Sept. 1968 and early Oct 1968. It was recorded at Island Studios which still has the name above the front door in London, as I was there 2 years ago. The second record Led Zep 2 came out in 1969.

[@keiththompson1320]

1 was released January 12,1969.

[@total_loss2694]

I didn't say when it was released, I said when it was recorded.

[@frankpaparo6002]

Super. Video!!!! Love learning little things that help, looking forward seeing Angus Young and Tony Iommi such a unique sound but done in a simple way

[@noahyoung4283]

I’ve heard that he used an echoplex pre amp a lot

[@SonovaBish]

He'd keep one running live all the time.

[@pkortalk]

Great video comment from an old guy who played in the 60s and 70s. I saw Page live at a lot of concerts and could play pretty close to his style. Congratulations you are very close if not right on to Pages style and sound. I subscribed so give an old rocker a little more nostalgia

[@paulcooper5748]

Do one on ritchie blackmore.

[@johnrobie9694]

The Jimmy Page sound I enjoy the most, is a Les Paul with low output humbuckers (eg. t-top), in the middle position, going through a fast slap-back delay, into a mildly cranked 1959 SL. To me, that's "the sound".

[@OFR]

No one ever mentions the VOX 7120s. One of the rarest amps ever made, and Jimmy has 2 of the maybe 12 in existence, I've seen them in his gear. He loves them - and I've only seen The Stones and The Beatles get them in about 1966. SUPER rare amps...

[@blooeagle5118]

Led Zeppelin I: Dragon Telecaster, sola sound tonebender MkII professional with 3x OC81D transistor circuit (You can purchase this from the British Pedal Company, I have it, it is absolutely wild and super versatile) and a supro amp, you can use the new supro Black Magick that is modeled after Jimmy Page's supro he recorded through for LZI. I have played this combination before only once and it was identical to how LZI sounded. Everything was as close as possible, and it was absolutely glorious. My little Led Zeppelin ridden soul was very happy that day, and I crave owning that sound. Supro makes amazing amplifier still, and I plan on owning at least the black magick.

[@SRone45]

To be honest, I think he sounded better with a Tele.

[@Trigger_000]

*He didn't sound better on the telly. The albums give the best quality sound.*

[@noname.___]

He did

[@melvynobrien6193]

@@Trigger_000 Teles kick ass; Les Pauls suck.

[@chanceterrill5346]

@@melvynobrien6193 blasphomey black dog n whole Lotta love both les paul n imo. Jimmy's pinnicle riffs

[@tylerthompson1842]

Hence using humbuckers. Roy was the man, but I always thought he’d be better off if he got himself a singer like Beck or Nugent.

[@shawnstoner3602]

Great idea for a series! Looking forward to all the other episodes.

[@barano9729]

Obvious that Page never intended to recreate what he did in the studio on stage. It would be impossible to do it with just a Marshall stack, a wah pedal and a Les Paul. A led zep concert was essentially a 2 hour jam session of medleys. Improvisation.

[@shinjial]

Barano and phasers, and echoplex. And essentially probably doesn’t mean what you think it means.

[@peterlloyd5285]

I saw Zeppelin at their peak in !972. They sounded better than their records, and yes, Page did it all with his stage rig. They had the best live sound ever. The sound of each instrument complimented the other instruments. The Les Paul was at the centre and the vocals, drums and bass all had their place in the frequency range and the timbres of the instruments all matched. The arrangements were very well worked out with John Paul Jones filling much of the harmonic space. This sort of musicianship is something of a lost art these days. The medleys and extended improvisation came later in the set.

[@barano9729]

Peter Lloyd it’s almost as though they had mental telepathy.

[@SvenTviking]

A lot more distortion live. Listen to “The song remains the same”, from the start on Rock & Roll, Page’s guitar is much more “Chainsaw” than on the albums.

[@cpad007]

The Studio was one genre of Led Zeppelin and Jimmy did his thing there and Live was a whole other genre of Led Zeppelin and Jimmy did his thing there. For whatever reason and perhaps it is accurate, but many label Jimmy as pretty sloppy live. I personally think it was the improvisation continuing to evolve concert after concert and year after year. Now I'm sure substance abuse reared its ugly head and he did play sloppy. Finally, we all know Jimmy multi-tracked in The Studio but, again, he had to improvise Live as even he, The Guitar God, could only play one instrument at a time! Although, JPJ did pretty well pounding the keyboards and playing bass with his feet! LOL

[@elbik95]

I loved this video man! Keep them coming! The only thing it lacked (to me) was a little bit of Tone Bender action with the Tele and the Marshall on the edge of breakup ;)

[@Dustin2112]

Contrary to popular belief, the main riff of Whole Lotta Love was with the Telecaster. Heartbreaker was entirely Les Paul.

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

I was listening to him play that on the tele and going 'yes, thats it!' I bought a tele dead cheap a few years back, best purchase I ever made :)

[@zhou_sei]

tele bridge pickup could kick les paul bridge pickup's ass so hard... i need a tele

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

You have absolutely no evidence to back up the claim that a Telecaster was used anywhere on the second album much less any part of “Whole Lotta Love”.

[@adrianbingham8603]

@@AllenGarberGuitarFunI have read recently (sorry cannot remember where, but a credible source) that about half the tracks (before any overdubs) for LZ II were recorded in the same sessions as LZ 1. So highly likely Tele was used on LZII, the evidence is out there!

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

Adrian Bingham Your sources couldn’t be more wrong and there is no evidence to back up such a claim. All the evidence, studio notes, contracts, first hand accounts from the engineers on both albums, over 50 years of interviews with every band member and photos prove that whatever your “source” is saying is completely and totally false. A simple Google proves that they are as wrong as wrong can be.

[@davidmckean955]

There's videos someplace where Page himself discusses exactly what equipment he used on Led Zeppelin I and II. I know I watched them. He used the Telecaster for everything electric on LZ I except for 'You Shook Me' where he borrowed a Flying V. LZ II was a lot more complicated because it was recorded while they were on the road at multiple studios. I remember he used the Telecaster for 'Heartbreaker' but solo was added after the song was recorded and he used the '59 LP for that.

[@DubsTC100]

For those who don't know, Jimmy actually had a coil tapped LP as well

[@dougeriksen479]

WalkerTexas17 That harness is a monster to wire in. At-least it was for me.

[@Rich6Brew]

Not during the Led Zeppelin years, he didn't.

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

Yeah, he did. It had the switches mounted to the edge of the pickguard.

[@musishoon7950]

*coil split

[@zeppelin926]

@@cletusbeauregard1972 those were added after led Zeppelin

[@THPDA]

No matter how hard I try, I can't get my studio to look as clean as yours. well done

[@leonardsmith2170]

Who knew David Spade could play guitar so well.

[@ryanlusby569]

Leonard Smith I was literally was just thinking this lmao

[@krang07]

Robert could play David`s younger brother and every morning David would see the girl he brought home the night before, come out of Robert`s bedroom. David would say `Good morning Robert. Sleep well last night?` Robert would say, ` uh, ya, okay I guess but, i think i`ll go back to bed for a little while longer...`

[@Michaelgracon]

Joe Dirt in real life!

[@ImSoOld2007]

Great video! Love page as well and also am a HUGE fanboy! I wanted to say that, shortly after Supro announced/released those combo amp reissues a few years ago, i read in an interview with Pagey himself that LZ 1 he actually used a Vox Superbeetle. I believe you can see it in the Denmark 68 video. Now this isn’t saying he didn’t use the Valco/Supro cuz there’s a ton of info about his specific Valco. Just wanted to add that into the mix :) keep up the good work fellow fan boy! Lol ;)

[@mattgilbert7347]

Jeff Beck also introduced David Gilmour to the Coloursound Power Booster/Overdriver. Beck seems to be like a "6 Degrees of" character - if you follow any 60''s/70's "guitar legend" and their gear choices, you will at some point wind up with them meeting Jeff Beck and the gear he liked. I'd love to know what he used on "Ten Years Gone". So many different tones on that song.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Jimmy used a white Fender Stratocaster with a maple fingerboard that belonged to John Paul Jones to play the intro (at least) on 'Ten Years Gone' .

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@TheHumbuckerboy Thank you! It's such a haunting intro, the tone is slightly thin, raspy, and that's perfect for the feel of that intro. Cheers.

[@VoxMax1200]

Page used a Rickenbacker Transonic amp to..The amp that Page used in his first US tour!

[@bishlap]

nice video, Rob. Appreciate your lack of ego in explaining/asking/answering questions we might ask. happy new year.

[@johnpringo]

I saw him live at the Boston Tea Party in between Led Zep 1 & 2. He used a Les Paul all night

[@LESPAUL44mag]

johnpringo When in ‘69 was that?

[@johnpringo]

at the Boston Tea Party and Zephyr with Tommy Bolin opened for them. I was going to Salem State College at the time. I helped them with their equipment and got in free. It was May 26, 1969. I had the first album and they played tunes from the second album that wasn't yet out. they opened the show with Train Kept a Rolling so that was early Zep. Jimmy used a Les Paul through two Marshalls and to Rickenbacker cabs with a tone bender and Wah Wah and echoplex. They played May 26-29. I saw them the first night

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

ok, but isn't this about what he used in the studio?

[@johnpringo]

correct, I was just making a point, that he was using a Les Paul before the second album came out.

[@kisotkevkisovev5357]

That's the "Joe Walsh" '59 Les Paul.

[@Okla_Soft]

Awesome video homie... loved the outro! It was cool to hear what I am saying guitarist he actually use because I think most people just assume it was always Les Paul in the Marshall all the time great video and your playing was top-notch...

[@jorgegvb]

Good original content. Please do more of them.

[@stormedbyhippiesc3966]

Fun to talk about gear and set ups like this. Great vid! Keep rocking

[@mohammadramadan2225]

You forgot about his 1960 les paul custom black beauty which he used until it got stolen

[@LESPAUL44mag]

Mohammad Ramadan he used that guitar on Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin II.

[@macanoodough]

Great video. But Jimmy did have a black 58 Les Paul Custom that was stolen in the early 70's and somehow returned recently. His Red Sunburst was the guitar Joe Walsh insisted Jimmy buy from him. But he used the Black one on songs like Bring it on Home as seen on the DVD and spoken about in interviews. So he definitely had a Les Paul to use despite the date of the recordings. And even after he got the sunburst, all recordings were done on various guitars. Almost always his Strat (the first electric guitar he ever bought as seen on the documentary "It Might Get Loud" and it was what he used as a session guitarist), Les Paul and Danelectro appeared on one of any song's guitar tracks, and every song had many guitar tracks. I believe only the first album is all Martin, Tele, & Strat for the entire album because of the time frame he had to get an album recorded and mixed. I once heard a DJ interviewing Jimmy say it was all Tele and Page added that the Strat was used as well. Apparently he also rewound his pickups in the Tele. Adding wire, not replacing. You should do more like this, as you can tell, I love this shit.

[@alexskywalker664]

Please do Randy Rhoads Gun’s n Roses and Van halen

[@patrickshannon5856]

Randy always flipped from either a Gibson Les Paul usually standard. Or a Gibson flying v. Or a Jackson v usually Marshall amplifiers. Very little effects distortion reverb.

[@alexskywalker664]

Patrick Shannon he used Les Paul customs not standard!

[@sword-and-shield]

Well with Jimmy there is Live and Recorded, as you point out. One thing left out of the picture with most examining his tone is, Jimmy was learning the engineering process of recording very early on while just a sessions player. So personally massaging his own tracks in the studio prevents any specific equipment responsibility for the final tone.

[@plexibreath]

His Supro wasn't a Thunderbolt. It was a smaller single 12" speaker combo amp according to Jimmy. There's a lot of controversy over which one it was, most think it was the 1624 model number, I'm not sure, except it wasn't a Thunderbolt. Page also says he was influenced to buy the Supro by Albert Lee. The Danelectro. Jimmy was a big fan of Sid Barrett. Jimmy was a more schooled player than Barrett, but loved his creativity. Here you get to see a future rock star be a fanboy, Sid puts big black polka dot stickers on his Telecaster, soon after you see Page's Tele (the one he eventually painted with the dragon theme) with black polka dot stickers on it's face, then Sid gets a black Danelectro, Page gets the same exact model and color Danelectro.

[@tigmil8116]

John Kelley Brown Syd barret actually used these weird reflective disk. They weren't just polka dots. They were like tiny mirrors or something. I'm not quite sure what they were made of, but they were reflective.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

love it! thanks John

[@2550marshall]

I have the Origin 20H and it really comes to life by hitting the front end with an Exotic EP Booster. Adds some warmth and just musicality to it. I can see why guys back then liked to run an Echo Plex in front.

[@joeabstractjoe]

A keeper for sure. Thanks Brother.

[@rickhill6277]

Nice Vid Robert! Ya Joe is a friend of mine from many years now and he did give Jimmy one of his ‘59 Les Pauls in ‘69 as a gift cause like you stated he had 2 of them. Also Jim Marshall made the first Stacks for The Who with a 8x12 Cab. A slanted Cab was used for a while but it was too heavy and kept falling over! Thus the Marshall Slanted A and B Cabs. Jim used a slant on the 8x12 original and kept it on the A Cabs to project the sound up to the upper Seats at their Shows. Great job please keep up the Good Work! Love your Channel!!

[@biggrease7929]

When he played “How Many More Times” thanks rub

[@thehound2161]

Good idea for a series. Looking forward to the episodes. TY.

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

Jimmy Page... riff-master.

[@NoirL.A.]

i've always heard ZEPPELIN 1 & 2 is all TELE except 'BRING IT ON HOME' which is the first time the 59LP was ever used on record. people also forget at this time JIMMY had a black LP CUSTOM that he would sometimes use on stage but nobody knows if he ever recorded with it in ZEPPELIN he sometimes used it on session work before his time with THE YARDBIRDS (it was eventually stolen). ZEPPELIN 2 was actually recorded in a few different studios. there's also pics of him during the recording of ZEPPELIN 2 where he's using the RICKENBACKER amp that he used during most of his time in THE YARDBIRDS, although he has clearly stated he used a MARSHALL on 'BRING IT ON HOME' so he may have used it on other songs too. as for the SUPRO amp he has never really said if he used it after the first album except to say it was stolen at some point some poeple say he may have used the RICKENBACKER amp a bit on the first album too but nobody knows for sure and JIMMY has never verified. we also know for sure he used an ECHOPLEX and a TONEBENDER but also some other pedals too but nobody's really sure exactly which ones again JIMMY has never verified except those two. as far as i know all the acoustic work on the first few albums is a MARTIN which he bought in the states while on tour with THE YARDBIRDS it's rumored he may have bought that from JOE WALSH as well but nobody knows. anyrate that's the deal as i understand it with the first few ZEPPELIN albums but it was so long ago even JIMMY himself is not 100% clear on all the details. these big timers who have been at it for years rarely ever are as far as what equipment they used for what and at what time and i'm sure the drugs and alcohol didn't help.

[@liammurphymusic9962]

Your les Paul is my dream guitar

[@bpearson78]

I've drooled over that guitar so much I think I may break down and buy one.

[@therapist6328]

I bet if you buy Robert a '59 one, he will give you this one and throw in the Marshall too

[@frankspikes4867]

@@therapist6328 I remember walking into GC modesto ca, a few years back and seeing this beautiful emerald green stain Les Paul. I forget how much the price tag read, or wich model it was. The sales guy said it survived a flood. If I were a guitarist, and not a drummer lol, and had the scratch it would be in a case under my bed, or on a stand next to my practice amp.

[@therapist6328]

@@frankspikes4867 I'm sure you have a dream drum setup?

[@dwdunca]

I had one sweet guitar

[@Zoso981]

The James Gang opened for Zeppelin on their first US tour here in Cleveland at a place called Musicarnival. After the show, Walsh brought Page & Plant down to Kent, Ohio where the played a few numbers at a bar called JB's. (Still there, BTW) The club owner was so impressed, he offered them the gig as the house band (not knowing who they were). They politely declined. Cool, and very true, story.

[@andrewhill2568]

Hey, Robert. Great vid. It would be good to have one on AC/DC BIB tone. Or Extreme Pornograffiti. Or Brian May. Cool. Keep it up! Andrew.

[@therapist6328]

BIB is prolly just a gretsch jet firebird straight in to a marshall plexi or superbass, turned up REAL loud.

[@MrMatt9793]

Gretsch and an SG into a JCM 800 with the volume cranked. Very simple rig

[@andrewhill2568]

Yep, I think that’s the point of these series of vids. So, the Young’s are well known for their Gretsch/Gibson twin guitars into Marshall stacks... but... Malcolm toured with a White Falcon for BIB - did he record with it, too? Angus is famous for using a wireless system on tour... but when did he start using it in the studio? Also, the band is famous for having a wall of amps when they go on tour... but I think they use much smaller combos in the studio. Which ones? Were they ‘modded’ or just stock from the factory? Etc, etc. I think there’s a lot more subtlety than just 2 guitars plugged straight into amps.

[@wheresallthezombies]

definitely sweet. you made me want to get one of these marshall origin amps. specifically the 20 watt just because only one channel is useless for me live. but at home playing and recording it'd be perfect.

[@Chrispy_tV]

Great video!! Seems like this was fun for you so it was fun for us! Do you think his #1 is a '59 or a '60?? I think it's a '60 from all that red that's still in it. What about the EDS-1275?? How can we talk Jimmy with no double neck??? He has always said he recorded on something much smaller than anyone would think!!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks homie. Everything I had read says it was a 59 Joe Walsh I believe confirmed it was a 59 but he did also have a black beauty around the time

[@Chrispy_tV]

@@RobertBakerGuitar thanks for the response. Joe had it refinished so it had no serial number and no one knows if it's a 59 or 60. As I type that I also realize my red theory goes out the window with that fact! I've also heard Jimmy shaves the necks VERY VERY thin!

[@ttones3565]

Loved the video dude!! More like this would be greatly appreciated! Rock on 🤘 🎶🎶🎸

[@wcjohnny1]

He used his fingers . He used years of practice . He used his imagination . He could've got that sound , on a $200 Craigslist import .

[@ryanlusby569]

Another interesting fact is that Page didn’t play his 59’ nearly as much as his 58’. He modded the heck out of the 58’. He shaved the neck, did all the famous wiring with the coil taps and phase wiring, and he installed a Gibson T-top in the bridge. I got all this information from Jimmy’s interview with Guitar World magazine from January 9th of 1991.

[@gabrielvelloso9834]

On Zeppelin II he used a triple pickup les paul custom that later on got stolen

[@noname.___]

Only for whole lotta love and maybe some other small stuff

[@musoseven8218]

Cool video! Really interesting to compare all JPs early guitars and gear. On Communication Breakdown, JP plays it up the neck - not sure if you do too and just played it in the open position for this video? - it sounds more authentic that way. You've some great gear and licks, keep up the good work man.

[@RockDrillSuite]

Jimmy said it took awhile to actually like playing Joe’s Les Paul. He said he had to fight the chunky neck but persistence paid off and he eventually loved it. He was regretting getting it for awhile but adapted his style to it. Very interesting.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

I didn't know that how awesome thank you

[@MikeODandy]

And the neck is uncharacteristically thin for a 59 because whoever had before joe Walsh shaved it

[@RockDrillSuite]

There’s a KZbin video of this interview with Jimmy describing his initial getting used to his 59 Les Paul. I also heard Joe Bonamassa stating the 59 neck is not as chunky as described but I’ll never know.

[@jfo3000]

@@MikeODandy Wow, that's odd. Jimmy said the neck on his LP was shaved down by a luthier for Joe Walsh prior to Joe giving it to Jimmy. The Luthier was Virgil Lay, in Akron Ohio. Joe played the bars in Kent Ohio (close to Akron) early in his career. I've had Lay's guitar do fretwork for me a few times. Apparently Jimmy changed his stories the same as EVH did?

[@AlbertoJorgeSoares]

RockDrillSuite I think you're mistaken... I read about he saying that Les Paul's are much easier to play than Telecaster's. His words. And this is true, because of Gibson's shorter scale and flatter fingerboard. By the way, when he bought it from Walsh, the guitar neck has been already shaved, not a chunky one at all.

[@johngarner6823]

there's a video i saw jimmy page talking about his guitars during led zeppelin and said he used the dragon telecaster on the entire first album recording and why it was easier during live shows to use his double necker for stairway to heaven

[@frankiefresh3958]

Even if you have the same gear.. no one will ever sound like page.

[@zeppelin926]

@Ben Brasseur official yeah well I've been playing for over 20 years and I'm 3 years old and I sound more like Page than Page.

[@frankiefresh3958]

eastbaytouge hahahahaha

[@juantovar5084]

sayrxx official what fender amp and what led Paul dude just wondering

[@aWildJersh]

Great video Robert! Love getting to learn the different tones that my guitar role models used. Kinda gives me this sense of oneness with them, being able to see that they struggled with tone as well. I'm gonna need you to do a Stevie Ray Vaughn video bro!! Gotta get that SRV sound in!!

[@davedecker1725]

It's not the guitars, It's the Dragon suit, the heroin, and his undying devotion to THE HORNED ONE!!😲😲😲😲 ( calm down, I was only kidding) Great job! Rain song tutorial??? Hint hint😉😉

[@Patriotic327]

Dave Decker it wasn’t all the herion, he was more likely using morphine and “714s”

[@davedecker1725]

Ryan Brue Ludes? Do they even make those things anymore?

[@dwdunca]

All praise the horned one

[@joels5969]

TSRTS live tutorial, now that i've got a G-1275.

[@slickrockcreek1]

I always like to learn what gear different players use to achieve different sounds, so I'm definitely up for more if this! By the way, learning what other players use does not get in the way of having your own sound and amount to imitating anyone else. I don't rely on music to make money, I play because I love to play music and I totally have my own musical identity. But I hear timbre, tone, effects, or other sounds I like and I want to know how they were made. So this is super-useful information for all of us learning what equipment to use -- and how to use it -- to get the sounds WE want to make!

[@gottaxe_4787]

I'd like to see acdc episode

[@barclay3160]

Great video. Would love to see more like this. Had a chance to hear some excellent guitar player using a custom shop Tele into a 1967 Supro Thunderbolt. The sound was amazing, huge and nothing like any other amp. The 15 inch speaker really beefs up single coils in a beautiful way.

[@Randomly_Ruli]

Turned into David Spade at around 6 minutes lol

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

hahahaha

[@lucasmurray593]

Lmao

[@frufru0071]

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge and understanding of Mr. Page’s 'secrets'. Two thumbs way up!

[@Mudder1310]

On the Supro: there's arguments it maybe have been a different model than the Thunderbolt. Page is notorious for not being entirely forthright about gear or recording techniques.

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

Mudder1310 thought it was the Black Magick

[@johnnycab8986]

Listen to a Supro 1624 with the 6973 tubes, it sounds much more probable that that was the supro model he used, not the Thunderbolt.

[@MapleJames76]

Yup definitely talk about other setups, really enjoyed this video :) Eric Clapton, Brian May, George Harrison

[@andriealinsangao613]

Yes, please!

[@Knight14649]

To be sure, he didn’t use anything made in 2019

[@jonoakley11]

Glad to see you using the origin , i have the same head and i love it , i dont know why those amps get alot of hate......other than not giving it enough time to dial it in , when you find it , and then get that volume to the sweet spot.....it sounds killer!

[@andrewbevan4662]

Line 6 and Boss Metal Zone

[@ccr_enjoyer]

based

[@peppe406]

Valeriy 4chan Nazi slang.

[@ccr_enjoyer]

@@peppe406 no u

[@tokillthedragon]

peppe are you serious? The slang term based comes from the rapper Lil B who referred to himself as the based god.

[@declanl2167]

😭😂😂

[@kennygardner5041]

Actually on Whole Lotta Love Page had his Sunburst by then. Recorded through two Marshall stacks in the same studio the Kingsman recorded “ Louie, Louie” in. Both pickups on and using some kind of fuzz box. There are pictures of those sessions of you dig around. Oh by the way LOVE that Les Paul KM!

[@peterlee8580]

Rob. Get yourself a Vox.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Dude i know right

[@micahnewby3482]

Very cool! I love the throwback Batman. Definitely do more of these.

[@acemew3255]

Matt Bellamy - Muse

[@JeffJefferyUK]

I don't often subscribe immediately after watching only one video of a new (to me) channel, but I just did for this one.

[@jjnewbold]

Moby Dick was always my favorite Page tone, just awesome and fat!

[@jjnewbold]

Any ideas what amp that sounds like to you?

[@eog5217]

@@jjnewbold Probbably a Plexi. Vox Amps are bright which Jimi liked but Marshall Plexis are known for the mids to give it that fat sound

[@theaverage7550]

On Led Zeppelin ii he was mostly using a very rare Vox UL4120 hybrid amplifier with his 1960 3 pickup Les Paul Custom that was later stolen. These Vox hybrid amps were also used by the Beatles on the Revolver album.

[@jhneilson]

Yeah the UL4120 with a Les Paul is definitely what Jimmy used for most of Led Zeppelin II. Once you hear a demo of one of those amps, it’s unmistakable.