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===Amplifiers and effects=== Page usually recorded in studio with assorted amplifiers by Vox, Axis, Fender and [[Orange Music Electronic Company|Orange]] amplification. Live, he used [[Hiwatt]] and [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]] amps. The [[Led Zeppelin (album)|first Led Zeppelin album]] was played on a Fender Telecaster through a [[Valco|Supro]] amplifier.<ref name="ten">{{cite news|title=10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Jimmy Page|last=Gress|first=Jesse|date=July 2011|work=[[Guitar Player]]|pages=74β88}}</ref> From 1969 onwards, Page's principal amp for recording and live use was a Marshall [[Marshall 1959#JMP Super Bass|JMP Super Bass 100]], which Page had modified for more volume, clarity, and dynamic range, in part by swapping the stock [[EL34]] power tubes for cleaner [[6550]]s.<ref name="Rotondi">{{cite web |last1=Rotondi |first1=James Volpe |title="It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin' everything, y'know?" Jimmy Page reveals "the best amp that I'd ever had in my collection" |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-names-his-favorite-amp |website=guitarplayer.com |date=26 October 2024 |publisher=Guitar Player |access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> Page used a limited number of effects, including a Maestro [[Echoplex]],<ref name="ten"/><ref name="passing">{{Cite journal|last=Cleveland|first=Barry|title=Passing Notes: Mike Battle|journal=[[Guitar Player]]|volume=42|issue=8|page=60|date=August 2008}}</ref>{{sfn|Tolinski|2012|p=261}} a [[Dunlop Cry Baby]], an [[MXR Phase 90]], a Vox Cry Baby Wah, a Boss CE-2 Chorus, a Yamaha CH-10Mk II Chorus, a Sola Sound Tone Bender Professional Mk II, an MXR Blue Box ([[Distortion (music)|distortion]]/[[Octave effect|octaver]]) and a [[DigiTech Whammy]].<ref name="ten"/>
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