Jimmy Page ... History of his Guitars !!!

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Well he did put it about quite a lot during the 70's, I'll ask my mother, fingers crossed

This pic shows the strat one used on "Ten years gone" and had been in the possession of John Paul Jones until he gave it back to Jimmy not long before this was shot .

[JimmyAce2006]

It ain't right seeing Page with a Fender! Well, even though he played the Stairway solo on the LP with a tele......it doesn't look right!

[tonebone]

Jimmy can play a cigar box with strings on it, AFAIConcerned.

If I get a strat, it's gonna be a maple equipped one, but still not sure if sunburst or this nice cream color, tho.

Nice to see Mr. Page getting acquainted with an old long lost friend.

[tonebone]

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

Now a very early pic of #1 with it's original nickel cover on the bridge. still very clean and the burst looks quite dark.

Why couldn't the cameraman have loaded up with kodachrome?

Hey tech, if you clean out your photobucket account, I'm gonna hunt you down and pour a pint on yer hed'!

Thanks for the lovely shots, btw!

[myspace.com/jessenoah]

i think tonebone's sig pretty much sums it up

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Originally Posted by JimmyAce2006

It ain't right seeing Page with a Fender!

I'm Sorry.



....not!

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Quote..."there's something about seeing a bone-thin Page making love to that Gibson, sweat-soaked, scraggly hair flying,"



Jimmy had the string vest Les Paul combo going 8 yrs before Steve Jones did it in the Sex Pistols



Now a close up shot of Jimmy's BOBBO mod in 75.






And here's one for the lady's

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Jimmy on playing bass in The Yardbirds, but I'm more interested in what Jeff Beck's got on the neck of his Led Paul at the nut?...surly he's not experimenting with string dampening ..or is he.





This must have been taken during one of his session gig's, Interestingly he had his Danelectro at this early stage of his career.

[JimmyAce2006]

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

Quote..."there's something about seeing a bone-thin Page making love to that Gibson, sweat-soaked, scraggly hair flying,"




Now a close up shot of Jimmy's BOBBO mod in 75.

He looks like Austin Powers in the first pic! What is the 75 BOBBO mod?

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Originally Posted by JimmyAce2006

What is the 75 BOBBO mod?

Our Clown friend here on this forum calls the double thumb wheel on the bridge a "BOBBO" mod, 75 was the year of the pic, BOBBO must be a lot older than he looks to beat Page to the punch over this modification

[tonebone]

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

I'm Sorry.



....not!

And he still owns that one, I've read. One of his first guitars? Vintage '57? Looks like a beauty! Got anymore Sol Studio shots? Besides the little amp one?

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

Jimmy had the string vest Les Paul combo going 8 yrs before Steve Jones did it in the Sex Pistols

I clearly recall the Sex Pistols calling Led Zep, contempuously, "dinosaurs" in the late 70's! hahaha And they nicked Jimmy's wardrobe ideas while they were at it. Too funny!

[tonebone]

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

This must have been taken during one of his session gig's, Interestingly he had his Danelectro at this early stage of his career.

That's Big Jim sitting next to him, the dark haired guy? Or is Big Jim the guy next to the blonde guy? Vic Flick, blonde guy playing the strat?

[JimmyAce2006]

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

Our Clown friend here on this forum calls the double thumb wheel on the bridge a "BOBBO" mod, 75 was the year of the pic, BOBBO must be a lot older than he looks to beat Page to the punch over this modification

The trouble with that mod on the 2004-2006 Page guitars is that the necks are not all set exactly the same on them. They all come from the factory with the same action setup. But factory action is not quite low enough for me. And on some of the guitars, with the double wheel, the action won't go any lower because the second wheel is in the way. I would not want to remove the extra wheel.....besides not having it on the guitar as it should be, the way they come from the factory is that they are flush with the top of the guitar, like the wheel is there to make the bridge more sturdy. But in the pic of Page above, the wheels are not flush with the top of the guitar. Hmmm.

[bootlegboy1]

Originally Posted by Nigel Tufnel's tech

Well he did put it about quite a lot during the 70's, I'll ask my mother, fingers crossed

This pic shows the strat one used on "Ten years gone" and had been in the possession of John Paul Jones until he gave it back to Jimmy not long before this was shot .

I always thought he used the brown tele on TYG? All the live stuff from 77 and 79 shows the tele in use.

he used the lake placid blue strat on In The Evening, just for info that is

[huw]

The TYG info re the white strat comes from Ross Halfin's website. He did the session with Page prior to the O2 gig, and Jimmy showed up with the white strat, which John Paul Jones had had on "long term loan" for decades.

Jimmy was delighted to have it back & told Ross all about it - Ross' blog diary is always a useful source for zep trivia as he & Page are close.

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Originally Posted by tonebone

That's Big Jim sitting next to him, the dark haired guy? Or is Big Jim the guy next to the blonde guy? Vic Flick, blonde guy playing the strat?

Not sure who the guy on the far right is, could very well be "John McLaughlin", Blond guy with Tele? Vic Flick is a good call, maybe it's a Bond session. But the Fella with dark hair nearest us is "Joe Morrett". he played lead guitar on "It's not unusual" and i think Jimmy just played the solo,

[tonebone]

That is a tele, shoulda seen that.

Never knew they lined up the session guys like that, interesting.

Love the way the tele guy is watching Jimmy. <chuckle>


I saw a brief clip of a Les Paul birthday on tv (MTV? Entertainment Today?), must've been 1992 or 93, Jimmy and Jeff (maybe Eric too?) were on both sides of Les, Jimmy was playing (something extraordinary of course), Les was watching Jimmy the very same way as that tele guy. I thought they all looked terribly old then, wow, 17 years ago!

Actually, Les looked a little more astounded-incredulous, now that I think about it.

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Jimmy holds Les Paul's accomplishments in playing and recording techniques as a huge influence on him, so i bet he was as amassed to see Les as much as Les was at Jimmy's playing.

[pomponio]

WOW!!!!!!what a thread, just found it!! I've got tears coming out of my eyes right now!!!!!

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

Maybe this is why the solo in Stairway sounds so good?

Where can i get a switch tip like that.

[myspace.com/jessenoah]

i have one for sale

[banditguitarist1]

im in love with this thread

[myspace.com/jessenoah]

i would have sex with this thread, but i dont know how to do it

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

[myspace.com/jessenoah]

LMAO
what is the pink think sitting on the couch next to him?

[Nigel Tufnel's tech]

He is the Warlrus, "Goo Goo Gajoob!"

[myspace.com/jessenoah]

jimmy is rockin the same john lennon military jacket
lol

[banditguitarist1]

I can't get enough of Zeppelin live pics/video you can feel the energy and charisma of each member so much!

[myspace.com/jessenoah]

you know what i like most about zeppelin, is how they are like comic book superheros, plant looks like an angel, jimmy wears his les paul soo low and has so many little riffs and tricks to throw in, JPJ was sooo good @ following jimmy during their long drawn out jam improves, and of course, bohnom was all the sizzle of buddy rich and gene krupa, but also had such a thunder-ous sound.


what can you say about zep that hasnt already been said 1000 times

[banditguitarist1]

Originally Posted by myspace.com/jessenoah

you know what i like most about zeppelin, is how they are like comic book superheros, plant looks like an angel, jimmy wears his les paul soo low and has so many little riffs and tricks to throw in, JPJ was sooo good @ following jimmy during their long drawn out jam improves, and of course, bohnom was all the sizzle of buddy rich and gene krupa, but also had such a thunder-ous sound.


what can you say about zep that hasnt already been said 1000 times

so True, I found this odd photograph where everyone has a stringed instrument except Bonzo I feel a lil bad for him.