Did Jimmy Page play a ..........

Jam10

Fender Telecaster before he went on to a Les Paul? Did Page ever play Strats?

keeponrockin

Yes.
I think the first 2 albums (and the Stairway solo!) are teles!

xtremehardy388

He used a Danelectro, too

Anon

Here's an early google video from 1969 with Page playing a tele...

Staines, England, Tuesday, March 25, 1969

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2003973125694702746&q=zeppelin

39 years ago. holy moly.

Hebejebe

keeponrockin wrote:

Yes.
I think the first 2 albums (and the Stairway solo!) are teles!

Only the first album I think, I'm sure he had switched to les pauls for Led Zeppelin II. You are absolutely correct about the Stairway solo. I was very surprised when I first read about that.

FinsburyParkCarrots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTO7WVxjz3A


Note he was ripping off Syd Barrett's mirror telecaster idea.

ianvomsaal

I posted these a while back:

09-13-2006

ianvomsaal wrote:

Jimmy Page used a Telecaster to record "Stairway to Heaven," so go figure.

03-21-2007

ianvomsaal wrote:

**Remember**
Jimmi Page just used a small 15 watt type Supro Amp, a Telecaster, and multiple mics to recorded the guitar on Zeppelin's first few albums - we all know how those turned out
(yes, "Stairway to Heaven" was recorded with a TELECASTER and a little Supro Amp).

12-06-2007

ianvomsaal wrote:

By The Way: Who else knew that Page used a Telecaster (NOT a Les Paul) and a small Supro amp to
record "Stairway To Heaven" - I guess it's why he was known as a real tone chameleon.

reaching hands

played a strat on 'in the evening' at knebworth and on album i guess

brain of c

silvertone?

voodoopug

ianvomsaal wrote:

I posted these a while back:

Originally Posted by ianvomsaal
**Remember**
Jimmi Page just used a small 15 watt type Supro Amp, a Telecaster, and multiple mics to recorded the guitar on Zeppelin's first few albums - we all know how those turned out
(yes, "Stairway to Heaven" was recorded with a TELECASTER and a little Supro Amp).

I actually own one of those amps and recorded with it a few times....one of my most prized possessions!

jmccue7

that gibson SG double neck was invented just so he could play both parts of stairway live.

early stuff was definitely tele, alot of the fingerpicking stuff was done on danelectro guitars and the rest was mostly LPs. Not sure about strats, but i don't think he really used them.

FinsburyParkCarrots

jmccue7 wrote:

that gibson SG double neck was invented just so he could play both parts of stairway live.

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The Gibson EDS-1275 was around a good twelve or thirteen years before Stairway. The first models were in 1958. The first solid body versions came along in 1962. Pete Townshend was using one onstage in 1967-8:

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/images/gibson_eds1275dneck.jpg

ianvomsaal

I agree with Fins on this one.
Led Zeppelin IV was released on November 8, 1971.
The first EDS-1275 was put into production in 1958.
The EDS-1275 adopted the SG body style in 1962.
Here's a PIC of a click: 1962 Gibson EDS-1275

- Ian

jmccue7

oops..you're definitely right. sorry i wonder where i heard that?