Guitars that dont need BKPs *shock*

[JJretroTONEGOD]

Page could get that tone out of ANYthing



and he regularly does


disk 2, during Kashmir (i think) he plays a strat, and it still sounds just as good as the Les Paul, and still is pure Page

ermmm, not exactly, he uses an original vintage 50's Les Paul, for 95 percent of his stuff, it's more to do with the guitar's natural tone, and also the fact that he used some of the best valve amps ever made, including orange and early vintage marshall plexi heads. It's very very hard to get bad sounds out of them kind of amps, they're tone monsters!

Dont forget he'll use the very best of the best even when he plays on strats, which is very rare. Only ever seen him playing a tele, in 1968, a strat ONCE and a danelectro, oh and a double neck SG for stairway to heaven. He does seem to mainly play a les paul though, which was my original point.

[_tom_]

^Isnt Zeppelin I all Telecaster though?

[CaffeineJunkie]

think so

[JJretroTONEGOD]

^Isnt Zeppelin I all Telecaster though?

I dont know? you tell me, is it? I know he uses a tele on the recording 'Communication Breakdown' I can tell from the tone. Wouldnt really know about the rest of the album. p.s. I so love the riff in 'Dased and confused' and the SOLO, that's real rock n roll! I'm gonna go listen to it know full blast hehehe ; )

[_tom_]

haha I dont know either, I think I read somewhere it is though but could be wrong. I think I'll go listen to Dazed and Confused now aswell :P

[fps_dean]

A JS1000 that I had a few years back but sold (like a dickhead) whilst skint. It was beautiful in every possible respect, look/sound/playability. I still well up when I think about it.

*Stomps off grumbling about parental responsibilty*

I was going to say that.  And I have a RG 2550 I'm doing work on with the Satriani pup set (FRED-PAF Pro) that's the same way after the pup swap.

Also my Carvin DC127 with the stock C22 pickups set.

[fps_dean]

i played a JEM555 a couple of weeks back and the Evos in that sounded pretty good, although with the wrong amp settings they sounded very harsh and hurt my ears :(

Yeah Evos don't work with everything but when they do, they sound awesome.  I really like their sound with older Marshalls myself, from the beginning to the JCM 900s.

[Philly Q]

^Isnt Zeppelin I all Telecaster though?

It certainly is.  And most interesting of all, the solo on "Stairway" is also Tele.  I think Page got rid of the Tele he used on the first album (the psychedelic-patterned '58 ), but he always had a couple of others, including at least one with a Parsons/White B-bender and one which is a weird colour called Botswana Brown.

The Les Paul was his main live guitar, but on record he always used other things too.  There's one recording I know is definitely a Strat - the solo on "In The Evening" where he makes a weird and amazing noise with the whammy bar.