Song Remains The Same 12 String Tricks 

Good Lord!! This gave me chills! And reminded me again why Jimmy is one of my all time favorite guitarist. There really is no one like him!! Thank you for taking the time to break down the parts on this. Fantastic job putting this together!! Whew!!!

perfectly played ...a rarity. Blown away by the sheer magnificence of this song and Fran nailing it

Wow what a great find! Thanks for doing this. About 10 years ago, I was looking for any video lesson for this song, live or studio. I finally gave up. Now there are a few, and this is by far the best. That's a nice Deluxe in the background, btw. I've got a 1980 natural top Deluxe, but with stock mini buckers. I need to search around your channel to see how the P90/mini hum combo sounds.

Well done maestro! Just one example of why Page is an all time great

Your playing is just sensational, thank you. Also serves as a reminder to how unbelievably ground breaking Page was in the early 70s. He was on top of his game and so harmonically inventive.

Awesome guitar playing!!! That 12 string sounds amazing!

Fukin page really Gifted this world!! And... Excellent Playing !!!

No one has ever captured the live sound like you, wow you put many years into this. I am amazed. Even Jimmy could never replicate his live or studio performance. You are very dedicated to the music!

I’ve also been playing this live in a four piece for years. Couldn’t agree more , no such thing as perfect or one way to play it and everytime you listen again you hear something new. Great job as you did it.

I don't know where you got the patience or skill to do this, but I for one am eternally grateful. Have learnt some of it already and will pick [no pun intended] away at it from time to time as life permits

Awesome job Fran! Only Jimmy Page could come up with something like this.

I am continually impressed by all of your playing! There was one video where you put in a reference to the red-eyed Loch Ness bit, hahah! The "If Jimmy Page played Eminence Front" video was so spot-on to Page's 80's playing that I could only laugh and appreciate. Even the incredible Mr. Jimmy doesn't touch the 80's Page stuff. Really good channel, man!

Bravo! Fran , I love your honesty of how difficult this was to learn and how you keep picking up new parts , even though you've listened to it a million times..The Genius of Jimmy Page! Joe Bonamassa once said in interview that Page was the most difficult to copy live because he was constantly adding notes ,almost impossible to replicate.. Very well done here!!!!

I don’t play guitar, but now I wish I did.

Exhibit 1 of really really bad judgment. I picked up the guitar in college and took some lessons. Picked up basics, improved a little bit and was having fun. My friends started a band for fun and decided we’d play a couple of Zep songs for a talent show. Did we pick an easier, fun Zeppelin song to tackle? Ya know, like Communication Breakdown or Rock n Roll? Nope. We decided to try our hand at The Song Remains the Same! Needless to say, it didn’t go so well. Lesson learned: you have to walk before you can run.

A huge thank you. I can’t imagine the amount of time you have spent. Truly a labor of love.

This is my favorite cover of my favorite Led Zeppelin song. Awesome playing. Thanks.

Oh hell yes. Great job man! It always blows me away, whenever I think of not only how difficult this is to play, but even more so, of the genius mind it took to write it! 🎸

Liked your happy face at 3:28 after succeeding most difficult part of the solo :))))

You are amazing. Thanks so much for the detailed lesson and congratulations on nailing an extremely complex song!

Fran that was no less than perfect and inspiring ! This is in my top 5 favorite of LZep songs. Always said to myself it is too difficult to learn, but now I may get a little bit, kinda slightly closer ! The only thing that sucks is that I will not attempt to learn it until I get a 12 string electric, because I only do my best when tone and volume is to my liking -which I find to be very synergestic - lol Looks to me like you have a Fender-ish Tele 12 string is that correct ? Thanks for you ripping through the song and taking the time to teach !! Best Wishes, Bill

Woooouuuuuuuuu,meine Hochachtung, perfekt gespielt. Das kann nur Meister Page besser. Bravo👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great you play zeppelin the best

Fabulous - thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to share your knowledge, Fran.

Brilliant effort at such an incredibly difficult song. "Controlled Chaos", as you say, could almost be the subtitle to this amazing track. Well done and thanks - I'll keep plugging away at it.

This is freaking BRILLIANT!!!!

You killed it!! Will definitely use this as reference for learning it. One of my favorite songs by my favorite band.

Bro. That was as perfect as humanly possible. Thanks for breaking this down

Best cover on RU-vid! Makes me want to play guitar rn 😊 so good 👍 love the explanation and chord diagrams! Well done sir 👏 thank you so much!

Great Job 👏 !! Tim & Eric Show !! 😊 You ROCKED it bro !!!!

I’d call that crop dusted! You nailed it again Fran. Now time to slow it down and get busy learning. Thanks friend.

Is crazy that page came up with this... you did a fantastic interpretation of it!! Really Great!! I might know... .09%

You’re my favorite guitar player

I sat 1st row loge in NYC as a kid opening night for the 77 tour.....Page was awesome.......GREAT COVER

Thank You , Fran !

This was so good. I can just see him playing it. You’re great.

Totally amazing, excellent Fran! The first time I ever heard the live album and this song (I remember where I was and really stoned) but was hooked for life. By the way, that's my 1977 Les Paul on your right.

Great job! Page was quite the composer.

Wow this is just fantastic! I got my 12 string electric this summer and this tune being a shining example of what can be done w one, I sought some videos for insights and tips playing it. With your video I found SO much more. This channel kicks ass. Our interests and aesthetics line up almost completely and your sense of humor totally hits the mark with me. Great stuff, keep it coming! In another universe we'd have logged decades of jamming together by now, my animal spirit! Sharing your channel w my music buds for sure.

F**king superb fella!

This is an outstanding video! I’ve been trying to learn this song, especially the live version. What a complex tune and you nailed it so well! That hybrid picking has been hard for me to get the hang of.

Good Lord!! U play drums like I do!!

Thanks!

Awesome

Well done! And thank you for sharing wisdom on this freaking awesome and I would even say goat rock song!

Amazing thank you 🙏 going to try improve my working version of this great piece my fav zep tune

Awesome!!👏🏼 👏🏼🩷

Excellent, just started learning this, great video, thanks for doing this...

This Is Stunning!!!! Damn! Love This!!!!

Great great job

Brilliant! You nailed it..

Oh man you gotta come on a Zoso show with us !!!

Wow. Masterful performance!

Hermosa! Fran

Wow!!! ..That was really nice!!! It’s fun riding that wave of Page!! ..Good job!! 👍

Dude..! You Nailed It …!!! 🙌🏻

Nice work

Sounds good buddy this not an easy song to play especially the live version 🤘🏻🇨🇦

Great video and beautiful guitar

wow man....i just learned more about playing this song in the time it took to play your video than i could in 20yrs lol

Sounds awesome man !!!!!

Brilliant Fran. Some great playing there!

Holly shit. Never really realized how freggin awesome the guitar work in The Song Remains The Same was or is. Deffinetely a life long learning experience. Thanks for sharing. 😁👍

Just wow! This blew me away. Amazing.

Thank you!

Awesome guitar. 🙂 Awesome video!!! Jimmy should invite you to play it at one of his gigs!!

Fantastic

Fran, you bring out the best of these guitars, amazing sound. killer tricks

Fantastic Fran !!!! Good work and Merry Christmas !! Your playing here was a huge gift for me !

If someone has to be considered to have played electric guitar ever, was Jimmy Page that night at the royal albert hall, i've practicing this one and the live Rain Song, your video helped me a lot :D awesome playing

Amazing you figured this out so well. I tried on my 12 string acoustic. Awesome!

somebody's been doing their homework...definitely not the easiest piece to play. nice job!

wonderful rendition

Fran you're an amazing player. However, that 12 string guitar of yours is all I want now. Cheers!!!

Nice job especially with out a backing track

YES!!!!!!!!!

Well shit... that blew my mind. Fantastic

Great work. Who could've thought up this song, for a rock band no less, but the one and only Jimmy Page? It reminds of the classical composer Percy Grainger, for some reason

Seriously fucking impressive!!!

Great breakdown. I've played most of those licks not realizing they apply to this song lol. I got most of them from watching Junior Brown, go figure. The country/blues playing over that frantic drum/bass thing, then the breakdown, OMG they can do no wrong. Oh Jimmy!

Excellent job

Would you consider a private zoom lesson on this ? Of course you’d be compensated there’s a few parts, A bit fast, some of the fingerings hard to make out, but I feel a zoom lesson could be really effective. Let me know what you think. Thanks again for posting this. This is awesome. This is my favorite zeppelin song.

Pretty cool. Props for doing it on the 12 string. I still have to get 1 to do this song amongst others. Some wrong notes and strums but 90%. Good one.

Great job. Starts off by saying we'll play it and then starts playing. So many of these start by the guy giving a 15 minute lecture with his guitar in his lap.

Holy shit 😲❤️

Great thanks for sharing a couple of years back there was little on you tube now ive from you and a guy called 12 foot chain i have no excuses! ( i haven't got a 12 string but i might have to get one now! - my Christmas present sorted! )

AWESOME. I utterly loved this, Fran. Now all I need is a twelve string Telecaster (or whatever that is) and I’ll be on my way...

Nice

"That wasn't perfect", yeah I couldn't even play a minute of what you just did.

Thank you! Fucking awesome. This filled in so many knowledge gaps for me.

Hey man. You’re a total bad ass Mo fo

"And it always grows..."

That's hot! Been shopping for 12 strings. Been bouncing between electric and electro-acoustics. Which brand is that?

Well done Fran. WOW - going back for thirds. Now my brain is wondering if a Harmonizer pedal could emulate a 12-string?

A year later and still watching Fran. Love your ending comments. " we did it. Theres a lot there to practice, so you better get started, its going to take a lifetime. " Not to mention that, that guitar is pretty awesome. What model is that? Can't find it anywhere it seems???

Man, you are wonderful guitar player! It s amazing that you have to copy live version of tsrts, it must be very very difficult work.

I was surprised that semi hollow tele still sounds close. Don’t you think about getting some double neck? May be some Japan made, Greco? I am very satisfied with my Burny Les Paul. Slight, minor difference from Standard but 3 times cheaper.

My God man, it must be so painful playing lead on a 12 string.😮

Hi Fran, do you by any chance have guitar tab for this compilation?

It seems like he flicks those strings downward with his middle and ring finger on the movie/vid…on those solo’s..?