Editing Jimmy Page (section)

===Guitars===
[[File:Jimmy Page 1983.jpg|thumb|upright|Page frequently played a [[Multi-neck guitar|double-necked]] [[Gibson EDS-1275]] in concert, as seen here in 1983]]

For the recording of most of Led Zeppelin material from Led Zeppelin's [[Led Zeppelin II|second album]] onwards, Page used a [[Gibson Les Paul]] guitar (sold to him by [[Joe Walsh]]) with [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall amplification]]. A Harmony Sovereign H-1260 was used in-studio on ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]'' and ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' and on-stage from 5 March 1971 to 28 June 1972. During the studio sessions for ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]'' and later for recording the guitar solo in "Stairway to Heaven", he used a [[Fender Telecaster]] (a gift from Jeff Beck).<ref name="21century">[[Charles Shaar Murray]], "21st Century Digital Man", ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock Magazine]]: Classic rock Presents Led Zeppelin'', 2008, p. 56.</ref> He also used a [[Danelectro Shorthorn|Danelectro 3021]], tuned to [[DADGAD]], most notably on live performances of "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]".

Page also plays his guitar with a [[cello]] bow,{{sfn|Case|2007|p=294}}{{sfn|Lewis|Kendall|2004|p=67}}{{sfn|Fast|2001|p=210}} as on the live versions of the songs "[[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]" and "[[How Many More Times]]". This was a technique he developed during his session days.<ref name=tripleJ /> On MTV's ''Led Zeppelin [[Rockumentary]]'', Page said that he obtained the idea of playing the guitar with a bow from [[David McCallum, Sr.]] who was also a session musician. Page used his Fender Telecaster and later his Gibson Les Paul for his bow solos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/studio-and-live-gear/327|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020193729/https://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/studio-and-live-gear/327|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 October 2020|title=Cello Bow|work=led-zeppelin.org|access-date=16 December 2012}}</ref>

====Notable guitars====
;6-string electric guitars
[[File:Jimmy Page's Dragon Telecaster (1959 Fender, serial no. 50062), received from Jeff Beck ca.1965, hand painted & replaced the pickguard by Jimmy Page, played with violin bow - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.27.12 by Eden, Janine and Jim).jpg|left|thumb|307x307px|Page's Dragon Telecaster with a violin bow]]
*1959 Fender Telecaster (The Dragon). Given to Page by Jeff Beck and repainted with a psychedelic dragon design by Page. Played with the Yardbirds. Used to record the first Led Zeppelin album and used on the early tours during 1968–69. In 1971, it was used for recording the "Stairway to Heaven" solo.  It was later disassembled and parts used in other guitars.
*1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (No. 1). Sold to Page by Joe Walsh for $500. This guitar was also used by Gibson as the model for the company's second run of Page signature models in 2004. Produced by Gibson and aged by [[luthier]] Tom Murphy, this second generation of Page tribute models was limited to 25 guitars signed by Page himself; and only 150 guitars in total for the aged model issue.{{sfn|Bacon|Burrluck|Day|Wright|2000|p=121}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Higgs|first=Simon|url=http://www.higgs.com/archive/casestudies/gibson-guitars/jimmy-page-les-paul.shtml|title=Jimmy Page's Signature Les Paul|access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref>
*1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (No. 2) with a shaved-down neck to match the profile on his No. 1. He added four push/pull pots to coil split the humbuckers as well as phase and series switches which were added under the pick guard after the break-up of Led Zeppelin.  Used primarily as an alternate-tuning guitar (DADGAD) and as a back-up for his No. 1 guitar.
*1969 Gibson Les Paul DeLuxe (No. 3). Seen in ''[[The Song Remains the Same (film)|The Song Remains the Same]]'' during the theremin/solo section of "Whole Lotta Love" and for "Kashmir" at the [[Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert|O2 reunion concert]]. In 1985, the guitar was fitted with a Parsons-White [[B-Bender|B-string bender]] and used extensively by Page from the mid-to-late 1980s onward, including the Outrider tour and the Page/Plant "Unledded" special on MTV.
*1969 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. Used only for "[[Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin song)|Over the Hills and Far Away]]" during the [[Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977|1977 North American tour]]. Slightly different from the Les Paul Deluxe (No. 3) due to its smaller headstock and thin cutaway binding.  Refinished in a solid brick-red paint.
*1991 Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop. English luthier [[Roger Giffin]] built a guitar for Page-based loosely on Page's No. 2. Giffin's work was later copied for Gibson's original run of Jimmy Page Signature model Les Pauls in the mid-1990s.{{sfn|Bacon|Burrluck|Day|Wright|2000|p=121}}{{sfn|Case|2007|p=80}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giffinguitars.com/jimmy_page_pics.htm|title=Luthier Roger Giffin with Jimmy Page's 1959 Les Paul No. 2|publisher=Giffinguitars.com|access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref>
*1961 Danelectro 3021. Tuned to DADGAD and used live for "White Summer", "Black Mountain Side", "Kashmir" and "Midnight Moonlight" with The Firm. Also tuned to [[Open G tuning|open G]] live for "In My Time of Dying".
*1958 Danelectro 3021. Tuned to open G and used on the Outrider tour. This one has a smaller pickguard, as opposed to the large "seal" pickguard on his 1961 Danelectro.
*1960 Black Gibson Les Paul Custom (with [[Bigsby vibrato tailpiece|Bigsby tremolo]]) – stolen in 1970. Page ran an ad requesting the return of this highly modified instrument but the guitar was not recovered until 2015–2016. In 2008 the Gibson Custom Shop produced a limited run of 25 re-creations of the guitar, each with a Bigsby tremolo and a new custom six-way toggle switch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=51e5761d-0b16-49b8-9144-246fd0d43dfc&k=55524|title=Gibson built, Jimmy Page OK'd, yours for just $20,999|publisher=.canada.com|date=3 April 2008|access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref>
*1953 Botswana Brown Fender Telecaster featuring a Parsons and White [[B-Bender|B-string bender]], originally with a maple neck, and later refitted with the rosewood neck originally from the "Dragon Telecaster". Seen primarily during the 1980s since it was one of his main guitars on stage during [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]] and ''[[Outrider (album)|Outrider]]'' era. Also used on the Led Zeppelin's [[Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977|1977 North American concert tour]] and at Knebworth in 1979, notably on "[[Ten Years Gone]]" and "[[Hot Dog (Led Zeppelin song)|Hot Dog]]".
*1964 Lake Placid Blue [[Fender Stratocaster]]. Used during recording sessions for ''In Through the Out Door'', at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]] in 1975, Knebworth in 1979 and the [[Tour Over Europe 1980]] for ''In the Evening''.
*1966 Cream Fender Telecaster (used on ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'' and on "[[All My Love (Led Zeppelin song)|All My Love]]" during the Tour Over Europe in 1980).

;12-string electric guitars

*1967 black [[Vox Phantom]] 12-string used during the recording for the Yardbirds album ''[[Little Games]]'' and for onstage appearances. This was also the electric twelve-string guitar used to record "Travelling Riverside Blues" on the BBC Sessions and it was used to record "Thank You" and "Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)" on ''Led Zeppelin II''.
*1965 [[Fender Electric XII]] (12-String) used to record "[[When the Levee Breaks]]", "Stairway to Heaven" and "The Song Remains The Same".

;Acoustic guitars

*1963 [[Gibson J-200]], used to record acoustic parts for ''Led Zeppelin I''.  It was loaned to Page by its owner, [[Big Jim Sullivan]], and returned to him after recording the album.  Page would later own a re-issue built to the same specs as the 1963 model.
*1972 [[Martin D-28]], used to record acoustic songs after ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'', used live at Earls Court in 1975
*[[Harmony Company|Harmony]] Sovereign H-1260 (year unknown), used on ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]'', for the acoustic intro to "Stairway to Heaven", and in live shows from 1970 to 1972.
*1970 [[Giannini Craviola]] twelve-string acoustic used in recording "[[Tangerine (Led Zeppelin song)|Tangerine]]" and in live performances of the same.

;Multi-neck guitars
[[File:Jimmy Page's double-neck Gibson guitar, Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood.JPG|thumb|414x414px|Page's double-neck guitar]]
*1971 Gibson EDS-1275. Used during live concerts for playing "Stairway to Heaven", "[[The Song Remains the Same (song)|The Song Remains the Same]]", "[[The Rain Song]]", "[[Celebration Day]]" (1971, 1972, and 1979 performances), "[[Tangerine (Led Zeppelin song)|Tangerine]]" ([[Earls Court 1975|1975 Earls Court shows]]) and "[[Sick Again]]" (1977 North American tour). Jimmy Page says: "My original idea for the opening tracks for 'Houses Of The Holy' was that a short overture would be a rousing instrumental introduction with layered electric guitars that would segue in to 'The Seasons', later to be titled 'The Rain Song'."
*In 1994 Andy Manson was commissioned to make another triple neck guitar for Page. It was used during the "Unledded" performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/studio-and-live-gear/241|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015153126/http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/studio-and-live-gear/241|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 October 2018|title=Manson Triple Neck Acoustic Instrument|publisher=led-zeppelin.org|access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=rockfandom |date=2023-04-02 |title=Jimmy Page shares previously unreleased instrumental arrangement that became 'The Rain Song' |url=https://rockfandom.com/jimmy-page-shares-demo-that-became-the-rain-song/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Rock Fandom |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Strings====
*Ernie Ball Super Slinky electric guitar strings .009s-.042s<ref name="Gallagher2014">{{cite book|author=Mitch Gallagher|title=Guitar Tone:: Pursuing the Ultimate Guitar Sound|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=6XALAAAAQBAJ}}|date=14 May 2014|publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1-4354-5621-1|page=326}}</ref>

====Signature models====
Gibson released a Jimmy Page Signature Les Paul, discontinued in 1999, then released another version in 2004, which was also discontinued. The 2004 version included 25 guitars signed by Page, 150 aged by Tom Murphy (an acknowledged ageing "master") and 840 "unlimited" production guitars. The Jimmy Page Signature [[EDS-1275]] has been produced by Gibson. Recently, Gibson reproduced Page's 1960 Les Paul Black Beauty, the one stolen from him in 1970, with modern modifications. This guitar was sold in 2008 with a run of 25, again signed by Page, plus an additional 500 unsigned guitars.

In December 2009, Gibson released the 'Jimmy Page "Number Two" Les Paul'.<ref name="GIBJPNo2">{{cite web|title=9.6 Rating Jimmy Page "Number Two" Les Paul|url=http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/Jimmy-Page-Number-Two-Les-Paul.aspx|publisher=Gibson|access-date=4 July 2011}}</ref> This is a re-creation of Page's famous "Number Two" Les Paul used by him since about 1974. The model includes the same pick-up switching setup as devised by Page, shaved-down neck profile, Burstbucker pick-up at neck and "Pagebucker" at the bridge. A total of 325 were made in three finishes: 25 Aged by Gibson's Tom Murphy, signed and played by Page ($26,000), 100 aged ($16,000) and 200 with VOS finish ($12,000).

In 2019, Fender released two signature models, both based on Page's 1959 Telecaster (which he received as a gift from [[Jeff Beck]]):
* Page's "Mirror" design, which features the guitar in a white blond finish with eight mirrors attached throughout the body.
* Page's "Dragon" design. After the dissolution of the Yardbirds, Page removed the mirrors from the guitar, stripped the finish and applied a dragon design himself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/namm-2019-fender-unveils-jimmy-page-signature-telecasters|title=NAMM 2019: Fender Unveils Jimmy Page Signature Telecasters &#124; Guitar World|website=www.guitarworld.com|date=23 January 2019 }}</ref>