Articles tagged: jimmy-page

American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs live playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar on the American Folk Blues Festival tour in London in October 1965

“In the flesh, he was earth-shattering. His style on every level was fantastic… playing with his teeth, his feet, and behind his head": When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page

By Neil Crossley published

The inspirational playing of the last living American blues legend: "I was bringing it up to Eric and Jimmy – ‘Have you heard this stuff!?'"

Led Zeppelin (L-R) Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant pose for a photo backstage at the Lyceum Theatre on October 12, 1969 in London, England

"People say, ‘Oh, Bring It On Home is stolen’. Well, there’s only a little bit in the song that relates to anything that had gone before it, just the end”: Jimmy Page and the story of Led Zeppelin's Bring It On Home

By Matt Frost published

"I remember we did vocal overdubs in an eight-track studio in Vancouver where they didn’t even have proper headphones. Can you imagine that?"

Jimmy Page EDS-1275 Doubleneck

"It captures the very essence of Page’s original instrument": Gibson drops $50,000 Jimmy Page EDS-1275 Doubleneck signature model, and each guitar has been played and signed by the Led Zeppelin legend himself

By Rob Laing published

If there's a bustle in your wallet, don't be alarmed now

Led Zeppelin

"Though these songs have a hard rock edge, blues is the stronger influence in the solos": 3 ways to play like Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin I

By Total Guitar published

Fundamental steps to avoid a communication breakdown

Led Zeppelin IV cover art

“I know Pagey made me mix the outro section half a dozen times: ‘Not enough of me, dear boy! Not enough of me, make me louder!’” – Andy Johns on the challenges of engineering Led Zeppelin's Rock And Roll

By Matt Frost published

In 2011 the acclaimed engineer revealed some of the realities behind making Led Zeppelin IV: "John’s got his hi-hat nearly all the way open and that was bleeding all over the place"

Top Wrapped SG Special guitar

The cheapest tone upgrade ever or a myth: should you be top-wrapping your guitar bridge like Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa?

By Rob Laing published

Slinky sustain-enhancer or psychosomatic? Let's talk about top-wrapping

Jimmy Page with a Gibson EDS-1275

“We think of Jimmy as an ambassador emeritus of guitars and a music trailblazer in the birth and evolution of rock!” Gibson and Jimmy Page are teaming up for a “multi-year partnership”

By Jonathan Horsley published

The news broke as the Led Zep legend appeared the Gibson Garage London launch event, with the epic signature collaboration to kick off with a repro of Page's iconic EDS-1275 Doubleneck

Jimmy Page performing at Earls Court 1973

"I really wanted The Yardbirds to continue, because I really believed in it... ": Jimmy Page on the Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin and his early career with guitars

By Tony Bacon published

Jimmy Page at 80 - classic interview: "It’s hypothetical, but I may not have come up with the riff from Whole Lotta Love on the Telecaster"

Zakk Wylde, Dave Grohl, Lemmy Kilmister and Slash backstage during Dave Grohl's birthday bash at The Forum on January 10, 2015 in Inglewood, California

16 famous musicians who almost joined very famous bands

By Rob Laing published

Best of 2023: What could have been: featuring The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Beatles, Van Halen, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and more

Sundragon Super Dragon, the new limited edition Super Bass replica developed for Jimmy Page

Sundragon and Jimmy Page unveil the Super Dragon, a “faithful recreation” of the modded Super Bass that was his “number one amp” from Led Zeppelin II onwards

By Jonathan Horsley published

Enter the Super Dragon, as Sundragon and Page's second collaboration breaks cover. But the chances are you have already heard this super limited edition tube amp already...