Is Jimmy Page a thief?

[GuitarMechanic]

The way we always heard it back in Ohio was that in return for the sunburst Walsh got some cash, plane tickets and recording studio time to make the James Gang's first album. I saw the gig where they met, at Musicarnival in Warrensville, the Gang opening for Zeppelin.

I heard that too a long time ago

 

[atheos]

Listen to how many time jimmy say joe walsh insisted he brought it off him. Its like he's trying to convince us the he didnt steal it.

I think he's just contrasting the difference in their stories. Jimmy remembers that he was given the guitar by Joe Walsh, but Joe insists that it was purchased. That's the way it sounded to me.

 

[shtdaprdtr]

I think that if it was stolen, then more would have been made of it years ago. Page could certainly afford the equivalent of a $3k guitar back then. Besides, he was in the country on a work visa, so probably wouldn't want to be associated with any criminal activity that might screw up the potential to fill the coffers.

If anyone were to yahoo Joe's guitar it would be Cole....

kind of like the magic bullet that killed kennedy and 2 buildings that collapse below from jet fuel burning above.....Money can sweep anything under the rug.

 

[EasyAce]

Read a very funny interview with the CLEAN Joe Walsh, two or three years ago, and there he said, he still finds guitars in his houses, that he thought he didn't know or own them(anymore)!!!

It makes you wonder what actually turned up in Les Paul's house after he died last year. He once said he had quite a stock of guitars around the house . . .

 

[Penny Dreadful]

Didnt Page "borrow" Stairway to Heaven from the band Spirit? (Taurus)
I think were getting off track. lol

 

[Catfish]

kind of like the magic bullet that killed kennedy and 2 buildings that collapse below from jet fuel burning above.....Money can sweep anything under the rug.

Two buildings? WTC7 also fell (was demolished) the same day and that wasn't even hit.

 

[bolero]

my guess is the deal included a bunch of heroin and neither of them really want to bring that up....plus I'm sure they were both stone sober at the time

 

[Ace1994]

As if, all of you dedicated Jimmy Page fans don't know the real story behind his number 1 Les Paul? Jimmy attended a party at where he was speaking to Joe Walsh, who told Jimmy, go into my basement, and look in the spare room. In the trunk beside the chair, theres a nice guitar I think you should look at. Jimmy wandered off into the depths of the basement, and as he walked down the stairs, the door locked behind him, and the lights went off.

He heard a loud booming laugh, followed by a flash of light, and a great heat. Jimmy noticed a dim green and orange glow shimmering from one the rooms. He noticed it was the spare room Joe was talking about. He proceeded to enter the room, and a wall of flames seperated him from the main room. He opened the trunk, and was immediately sucked into the depths of it. He fell for what seemed like ages, through a long hole, with songs unheard of, singing about stairways to heaven, and riffs that could crush any man who weaker than the subject rapidly descending through the fires of a new dimension.

Jimmy landed with a bang, and saw he was on a stage, which was seperated by a large blank space, from another stage, then another. He looked up and saw a magical Les Paul floating right in front of him, along with a Stratocaster, and an SG. Out of pure awe, he snatched the Les Paul, and strummed the most powerful and smooth A chord to ever be strummed. Just then, he heard a sound of a man walking beside him, and looked to see a black man wearing a leather coat and a large black top hat. He unleashed a kinda fast, trebly blues lick that was standard for most musicians who have ever been in a band.

Jimmy countered this lick, with just one note. The pure soul of this one note, immediately set fire to the evil demon who had challenged Jimmy. He was reduced to a pile of heroin and ashes, with just the black top hat remaining. Jimmy advanced to the next stages, defeating a grown man in a too-small schoolboy outfit, and a drama-queen who wore more mascara than most women, who called himself Dave Navarro.

He advanced to the next stage, and found a fat ManBearPig wearing Aviators. He introduced himself as Yngwie Malmsteen. Jimmy told him to move. Manbearpig did not budge an inch. Jimmy dumped a glass of water on him, and the Disgusting creature screeched in an unholy snarl, which was made humorous by a swedish accent. He screamed you have unleashed the F**king FURY MAN!!!

Jimmy told the creature to just shut up, and he was reduced to nothing. Jimmy stared in awe, as the enviroment changed to yet another stage, with iceburgs, so cold, it froze the Jack Daniels in Jimmys backpack solid. A crack appeared in the ice, and a giant red creature appeared. It was Satan. He played a Gibson Flying V, using a dragons tooth as a pick, and human bone for a whammy bar. The ice hissed and melted under every step from his iron clad hooves.

He challenged Jimmy to a duel, and Jimmy accepted. Unfortunately, I cannot write the rest of the battle, due to the fact that if I did, the world would blow up. At the end of this battle, Jimmy and the Devil shook hands, shared a shot, and said their goodbyes. Jimmy handed the Guitar to the Devil, but the Devil refused and laughed, and said its better in your hands than mine.

Jimmy returned to Joes party in one blink, and the rest is history.

 

[RombardO]

 

[hellraiser_666]

As if, all of you dedicated Jimmy Page fans don't know the real story behind his number 1 Les Paul? Jimmy attended a party at where he was speaking to Joe Walsh, who told Jimmy, go into my basement, and look in the spare room. In the trunk beside the chair, theres a nice guitar I think you should look at. Jimmy wandered off into the depths of the basement, and as he walked down the stairs, the door locked behind him, and the lights went off.

He heard a loud booming laugh, followed by a flash of light, and a great heat. Jimmy noticed a dim green and orange glow shimmering from one the rooms. He noticed it was the spare room Joe was talking about. He proceeded to enter the room, and a wall of flames seperated him from the main room. He opened the trunk, and was immediately sucked into the depths of it. He fell for what seemed like ages, through a long hole, with songs unheard of, singing about stairways to heaven, and riffs that could crush any man who weaker than the subject rapidly descending through the fires of a new dimension.

Jimmy landed with a bang, and saw he was on a stage, which was seperated by a large blank space, from another stage, then another. He looked up and saw a magical Les Paul floating right in front of him, along with a Stratocaster, and an SG. Out of pure awe, he snatched the Les Paul, and strummed the most powerful and smooth A chord to ever be strummed. Just then, he heard a sound of a man walking beside him, and looked to see a black man wearing a leather coat and a large black top hat. He unleashed a kinda fast, trebly blues lick that was standard for most musicians who have ever been in a band.

Jimmy countered this lick, with just one note. The pure soul of this one note, immediately set fire to the evil demon who had challenged Jimmy. He was reduced to a pile of heroin and ashes, with just the black top hat remaining. Jimmy advanced to the next stages, defeating a grown man in a too-small schoolboy outfit, and a drama-queen who wore more mascara than most women, who called himself Dave Navarro.

He advanced to the next stage, and found a fat ManBearPig wearing Aviators. He introduced himself as Yngwie Malmsteen. Jimmy told him to move. Manbearpig did not budge an inch. Jimmy dumped a glass out water on him, and the Disgusting creature screeched in an unholy snarl, which was made humorous by a swedish accent. He screamed you have unleashed the F**king FURY MAN!!!

Jimmy told the creature to just shut up, and he was reduced to nothing. Jimmy stared in awe, as the enviroment changed to yet another stage, with iceburgs, so cold, it froze the Jack Daniels in Jimmys backpack solid. A crack appeared in the ice, and a giant red creature appeared. It was Satan. He played a Gibson Flying V, using a dragons tooth as a pick, and human bone for a whammy bar. The ice hissed and melted under every step from his iron clad hooves.

He challenged Jimmy to a duel, and Jimmy accepted. Unfortunately, I cannot write the rest of the battle, due to the fact that if I did, the world would blow up. At the end of this battle, Jimmy and the Devil shook hands, shared a shot, and said their goodbyes. Jimmy handed the Guitar to the Devil, but the Devil refused and laughed, and said its better in your hands than mine.

Jimmy returned to Joes party in one blink, and the rest is history.

well, there you have it

 

[mgdesigns]

So is the one he is playing in this vid, kind of looking like Luky Skywalker, Page's No.1?
YouTube - ~JOE WALSH~ TURN TO STONE

Imagine the buckle rash on the back of that LP? I used to wear a Kachina belt buckle I hand made and my (now long stolen) '58 GT LP had enormous rash on the back. Real time RELICING at it's best.

 

[zep41]

So is the one he is playing in this vid, kind of looking like Luky Skywalker, Page's No.1?
YouTube - ~JOE WALSH~ TURN TO STONE

Wow -- this guitar does look exactly like Page's No. 1. The coloring, figuring, grover tuners, and what appears to be a slimmer than usual neck -- all match up.

Can we confirm an exact date and venue of this performance? Obviously, if it was during a date Zep was touring then that would rule out any possibility of Page lending Joe the guitar (unless they were in the same city around that time..) But if its while Zep wasn't touring then there's a possiblity.

I know Page changed the jack plate on his #1 quite often over the years -- if we can get a date on the video and match it up with the plate Page was using at the time, that would help.

Its hard to imagine that this is Joe playing the Page #1, but I guess its not that unbelievable.

 

[Guitar Freak]

As if, all of you dedicated Jimmy Page fans don't know the real story behind his number 1 Les Paul? Jimmy attended a party at where he was speaking to Joe Walsh, who told Jimmy, go into my basement, and look in the spare room. In the trunk beside the chair, theres a nice guitar I think you should look at. Jimmy wandered off into the depths of the basement, and as he walked down the stairs, the door locked behind him, and the lights went off.

He heard a loud booming laugh, followed by a flash of light, and a great heat. Jimmy noticed a dim green and orange glow shimmering from one the rooms. He noticed it was the spare room Joe was talking about. He proceeded to enter the room, and a wall of flames seperated him from the main room. He opened the trunk, and was immediately sucked into the depths of it. He fell for what seemed like ages, through a long hole, with songs unheard of, singing about stairways to heaven, and riffs that could crush any man who weaker than the subject rapidly descending through the fires of a new dimension.

Jimmy landed with a bang, and saw he was on a stage, which was seperated by a large blank space, from another stage, then another. He looked up and saw a magical Les Paul floating right in front of him, along with a Stratocaster, and an SG. Out of pure awe, he snatched the Les Paul, and strummed the most powerful and smooth A chord to ever be strummed. Just then, he heard a sound of a man walking beside him, and looked to see a black man wearing a leather coat and a large black top hat. He unleashed a kinda fast, trebly blues lick that was standard for most musicians who have ever been in a band.

Jimmy countered this lick, with just one note. The pure soul of this one note, immediately set fire to the evil demon who had challenged Jimmy. He was reduced to a pile of heroin and ashes, with just the black top hat remaining. Jimmy advanced to the next stages, defeating a grown man in a too-small schoolboy outfit, and a drama-queen who wore more mascara than most women, who called himself Dave Navarro.

He advanced to the next stage, and found a fat ManBearPig wearing Aviators. He introduced himself as Yngwie Malmsteen. Jimmy told him to move. Manbearpig did not budge an inch. Jimmy dumped a glass of water on him, and the Disgusting creature screeched in an unholy snarl, which was made humorous by a swedish accent. He screamed you have unleashed the F**king FURY MAN!!!

Jimmy told the creature to just shut up, and he was reduced to nothing. Jimmy stared in awe, as the enviroment changed to yet another stage, with iceburgs, so cold, it froze the Jack Daniels in Jimmys backpack solid. A crack appeared in the ice, and a giant red creature appeared. It was Satan. He played a Gibson Flying V, using a dragons tooth as a pick, and human bone for a whammy bar. The ice hissed and melted under every step from his iron clad hooves.

He challenged Jimmy to a duel, and Jimmy accepted. Unfortunately, I cannot write the rest of the battle, due to the fact that if I did, the world would blow up. At the end of this battle, Jimmy and the Devil shook hands, shared a shot, and said their goodbyes. Jimmy handed the Guitar to the Devil, but the Devil refused and laughed, and said its better in your hands than mine.

Jimmy returned to Joes party in one blink, and the rest is history.

Sad thing is, I believed it up until he said "Manbearpig".

 

[zorglub!]

So is the one he is playing in this vid, kind of looking like Luky Skywalker, Page's No.1?
YouTube - ~JOE WALSH~ TURN TO STONE

I think that one is this Burst, nothing to do with Page's guitars...

 

[talven]

In the May 2012 issue of Guitar World just released, the magazine did an interview with Walsh where he told the story of the transaction: "Jimmy was still playing the Telecasters that he played in the Yardbirds. He was looking for a Les Paul and asked if I knew of any, 'cause he couldn't find one that he liked. And I have two. So I kept the one I liked the most and I flew...with the other one. I laid it on him and said, 'Try this out.' He really liked it. So I gave him a really good deal, about 1,200 bucks. I had to hand-carry it; I flew there and everything. So whatever my expenses were, that's what I charged him...But again, I just thought he should have a Les Paul for godsakes!"

 

[SGeoff]

^ wow, just like the JP stole it at a JW party story, only different!
can I just say, "we" don't know, and "I" don't care

 

[Comanche]

I'm thinking their memory's of that time may be a little foggy.

 

[Truth011]

From the interviews i have read from Walsh and Page i haven't
detected any HARD FEELINGS from either guy. Either way i sure am glad that guitar ended up with Page.....

 

[7gtop]

w!zard's


sw0rd


....there is only 0ne... #1

 

[toymaker]

In a recent issue of Guitar Player "Classic rock lead guitar, lessons, tips and techniqes" it stated that Joe Walsh GAVE the guitar to Page. He said that because Page didn't have that kind of money at that time ('69) he gave it to him. Either way, Page most likely bought it as Walsh was probably a little "hazy" in the late 60's.

There is no doubt that any store saying Page didn't "have" 500 dollars in '69 is complete BS. It's well documented that Page had a very nice boathouse and steady income from his session days...he was far from a starving artist at this juncture in his life.

Now "having" the funds and "willing to part with them" are 2 separate things...it's also well documented that Page is probably the cheapest guy in rock history. I have no doubt Page "borrowed" the LP from JW...and when the issue was pressed tossed him 500 bucks to go away. JW has lost millions more to people of lesser talent, and likely sees no point in picking at an old scab years later...I mean seriously, what positive could come from a rich rock star calling a richer rock star a thief? Better to keep his mouth shut and let bygones be bygones than piss off a guy who holds grudges.