Jimmy Page - Rig - Equipment used in Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page discussing the equipment he used in Led Zeppelin at Abbey Road Studios. From the "Play It Loud" exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC York City, April 2019
He still got that style where he leans back almost like he's levitating. As if he was caught midway through a trust fall by an invisible person. Such a strong balance of unique style and elegance in playing and writing. 🤘
@@bjlatter yeah, with those old amps, when you get them really loud and with distortion, it legit feels like you can lean back into the sound like a big, fuzzy pillow.
@@prophetsnake Not everything was, but he sure has a lot of stolen tunes. 26 in all. I still Love what they created more than their plagiarism tunes. But if hadn't been for Jimmy Stealing all of those old forgotten tunes they would have been lost and forgotten in history. Jimmy Didn't steal, No Quarter, Kashmir, Misty mountain hop, Fool In The Rain. Ten Years Gone, Black Dog and countless other tunes. Not to mention how Jimmy Page is one of the best all time music producers. Led Zeppelin sounds just as good today as all the digital recordings and I believe even better.
47 year old now and playing for 37 years , Jimmy Page is still my all time favorite hands down. Nobody made me want to play more than him. Love this man.
I just got back from a rehearsal with a newbie guitarist. I'm on the drums, and he's a random company 'for a jam'. It was his first time out his bedroom, he really sucks at... a lot of things, but that's ok for his under 1 year of learning. He actually showed a little progress during those couple hours, so he'll be fine. Didn't ask his age but he looks like 15-17. When i asked him, "what got you into guitar? why are you doing this?" he just said: "Its Led Zeppelin".
Oh to see the man who created the most iconic riffs in the history of rock n roll actually playing those riffs on the gear he used in the original recordings...damn what a rush!
I love all the greats from Chuck Berry to Van Halen and beyond, but for me Page is number #1. There will never be a more iconic archetypical rock star guitarist. He may be a little loose but his skill set is so well rounded, his writing is superb and everything he does has such an aura of ease and class.
My first experience with Led zeppelin was when my brother played Whole Lotta love on 45 on the record player. I was jaw dropped! I'll never forget hearing it for the first time. Been a huge Led Zep fan ever since. He inspired me to pick up the guitar. Learned many of their songs. Can't say enough about Jimmy and his guitar playing influencing me greatly. They are a part of my life.
The first time I heard "Whole lotta of love" was at a Pool. I was 7 ish and some "big kids" (probably 14 year olds) had it playing on a flip top cassette player or a Transistor Radio as we walked out, about 1973/74 I thought "wTF is that, it was the "Oh wa Oh Wa" part but I do remember that incident probably because it was that part. That's the first Music outside of the car radio and Elvis albums I can remember.
Yeah they brought rock music to another level. Got to actually see them live in April 1977 from the 6th row Chicago stadium. Was so glad to have been able to see them like that. No doubt the highest point in my concert going, with right behind them the Eagles several times, fantastic, Boston, fantastic, Joe Walsh separately several times and with Glen Frey fantastic, as well as many others.
WOW!! Jimmy page!! Maybe the Best guitar player of ALL TIME!!🎸🎶🎵 I’ve been listening to Led Zeppelin for 40’ years plus.. Thank you Jimmy!! Always listening.. 🎵🎶🎶
When he finally decides to auction his guitar collection, especially the 3 showcased here, he will certainly take the record for most money paid for a single guitar. And in fact, he may take the top 3 positions lol. Those guitars essentially created the foundations for modern rock music! And the provenance, oh the provenance!!! You have his Tele which is also connected to Jeff Beck, the Les Paul connected to Joe Walsh, and the double neck associated with THE most iconic song in all of rock music, Stairway to Heaven. Just incredible.
@soyburgler, that tele is a reproduction by Fender based on the original which got paint stripped by a "friend" who thought he was doing Jimmy a favor. He never played it again after that stating it didn't sound the same.
When I was in my late teens Jimmy's chord sequences & lines in RAIN SONG on Song Remains the Same were so beautiful they would reduce me to TEARS. ...TRUTH 😔
Supposedly the same chords that George Harrison used in the song “Something”. Possibly, but maybe not exactly how the story goes is that George said Jimmy’s playing lacked melody so “Rain Song” was Jimmy’s response.
@@realledbetter5015 George’s Something has possibly 3 chords in sequence which sound a little bit similar to the start of Rain Song but the rest isn’t…and as a chord narrative I personally think Jimmy’s Rain Song is more beautiful. But that’s not to denigrate George’s songwriting….George wrote some fantastic songs…but I don’t think he had Jimmy’s technical proficiency as a player nor his experience with different artists in sessions. But George wrote ICONIC stuff.
@@paulmcgilloway yes you're probably correct, imagine today's bands, they'd be like, I got this guitar that might suit your needs, but I'm going to have to bill you 4 thousand quid, hahaha.
@@paulmcgilloway I don't think Les Pauls were cheap, from what I understand the reason Jimmy didn't have one his first few years is he couldn't afford one? Thankfully he was given one in time for Zep 2, and the rest was history.
I could just hear the stairway solo in my head when he got up to that point. It made me think to myself how truly legendary Jimmy is! Seems like its been eons since we last heard from him. They sure dont make em like that anymore!
I could watch this all day . I was lucky enough to be in New York when they had the guitar exhibition and that was just too much. To be in the room with all these history making instruments was a dream . Thank you Paul 👍
Hey Jude, yeah I know what you mean.. I must have made 20 visits.. I’m pretty sure I spent so much time hanging around Jim’s #1 LP that the Met had a file one me 🤣
This is amazing. When Jimmy starts playing whole lotta love its blood perfect just like the album. I was always under the impression that tone was a lot to do with mic placements and other mystery myths but its all in that gear and Jimmy's fingers
He always sounded/seems to be such a mellow guy during interviews. It’s hard to believe he was into such dark stuff, years ago. Youth and curiosity, I guess… What a wonderfully inventive guitarist he was/is.
I went twice to this exhibit at the Met. I love art and have been a member for years. All of their guitar exhibitions have been one of my favorites. These was on on jazz guitars too, but his one allowed me to see the instruments of the artists that have impacted my life. Jimmy Page seems like a genuine gentleman. A true genius that just loves what he does, no airs or pomp.
Jimmy has only played a guitar in public a handful of times since the O2 Reunion in 2007. This is the most recent footage, and to my knowledge, the last time he's played in front of anyone. Thanks for posting.
I could watch Page talk about his guitars and gear all day. Speaking of rig rundowns, I was thinking how cool it would be if they had Premiere Guitar rundowns back in the 60's and 70's with all of the iconic bands in their prime. Led Zeppelin would surely be a highlight. If only the internet and youtube were around back then.
For me, he is the greatest!. He would be the only man in the world I'd be starstruck and wouldn't know what to say if I met him!. A true, real star!!!!
All I can say is 1975 Feb.14th Nassau Coliseum,N.Y. The best show I have ever witnessed!! They got the Led out and some. My friends and I were truly bessed for the rest of our lives!
Wow, this is golden. Idk what to say? Thanks for the RU-vid platform. You'd never see this on regular television. Going to watch/study this post. Big fan of Led Zeppelin.
His sloppiness adds so much raw emotion to his playing. And the microharmonics and almost detuned sound of his strumming adds a whole other haunting choir dimension to his music. I think his playing is the most inimmitable of any guitarist I've ever heard. Right in the feels.
Because of some musicians , and specially that man, I started to play electric guitar at almost 60 years old. I always been playing acoustic guitar and always I saw the electric guitar from afar. There’s no time to start a new passion, a new hobby and who knows… Thank you, Mr. Page for your inspiration!
Super Cool ! These are the Rickenbacker Speaker cabinets he used shortly after the 1 st album. I saw them in a renovated bowling alley in Miami. They walked out and played Train kept rolling then played the entire 1st album. No wanking around and it was incredible. Next time I saw them they were famous and sloppy.
I had my picture taken with those Rickenbacker amps at the Rickenbacker museum in CA in 89! Purple/green woven front. Yeeha. Laid all- over them lol Was with my good friend Eddie , who still rocks!
What comes across is Jimmy's childlike exuberance, his almost innocent love of his passion! When he plays you can see the sheer joy. The only other i've seen with that look was Judith Durham when she sang. Hmmn, God and an Angel, they do have something in common, both the best!
I like to watch the reactions of people who’ve never heard of Led Zeppelin when they watched something like the live stairway or since I’ve been loving you or the cashmere from Knebworth. One of the comments that resonated more than any is somebody who had never heard of Led Zeppelin never heard stairway said that the solo gave him hope, and it was fascinating to have somebody else describe the emotions that floods roomy at certain points within this music and how more than any other guitar player or any other instrumental list, she has the ability to create and pull emotions through me. It is amazing. If we think of ourselves not as physical matter, but that of energy, light, and vibration, then it’s clear the frequency I vibrate that. Thank you for giving me a lifetime of brilliant emotions.
It would be great if there was more video footage of this kind of interview with Page. Getting to see the actual amp and guitar used on the first album plus the history behind it is really cool.
When you break down the magic, you're left with the human in all of us, and the miraculous beauty of life. ... as long as we entertain our passion , are gifted it, ... or at least commit to search for it , open our hearts to it.
So glad this surfaced. I saw it at the Met when the exhibition was there. This played on a tv in a separate room above an exhibit that featured Jimmy’s acoustic that he wrote Stairway on, his black and white Danelectro, Zoso amp and the Theremin. There were also 3 other exhibits attached to Page’s. One each for Keith Richards, Eddie Van Halen and Tom Morello. Of course Page’s was the best one.
Very interesting. Thank you for giving us a view into the way you created your iconic sound. Thanks Jimmy. BTW . Still would like to see a farewell concert.
Incredible! There are no words than can describe the creativity. And when I say creativity, I mean it. There is not one musician in the history of music who could produce never heard of before sounds on ANY instrument, mix them with this uncanny creativity, as well as be in charge of production as well, like Jimmy Page. There is no precedence to what he did, and nobody will ever do anything like it again.
