live 1973 jimmy page marshall tone

[harleytech]

I just bought that book from Amazon and got it the other day... Great book !

 

[5stringsdown]

Thats the tone I get out of my SV20H.

What speaker(s) are you using?

 

[paul-e-mann]

What speaker(s) are you using?

Greenbacks, part of the tone is the guitar and pickups, R7 LP with BB 1 and 2 pickups.

 

[javadesigner]

This is my attempt to replicate that Pagey live tone

That sounds amazing and authentic.

Could you tell a bit more about your guitar, signal chain, amp and speakers ?

 

[paul-e-mann]

That sounds amazing and authentic.

Could you tell a bit more about your guitar, signal chain, amp and speakers ?

Thats an isolated track of Jimmy playing I believe.

 

[AndyD]

This is my attempt to replicate that Pagey live tone

Confused! Who’s playing.....you or Page?!!!

 

[Dogs of Doom]

he said it is "his attempt" to recreating the sound...

 

[junk notes]

Greenbacks, part of the tone is the guitar and pickups, R7 LP with BB 1 and 2 pickups.

Excellent formula!

 

[EADGBE]

I'm thinking he was using Mullard EL34s and preamp tubes.

 

[tallcoolone]

As mentioned, it is impossible to get Heartreaker tones without Jimmy #1 mod, which means you cannot have it without a 4 lead bridge humbucker.

Jimmy #1 mod? Page’s pickups were stock at that time, and he used stock wiring until well after Zep broke up.

 

[tallcoolone]

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That is just ugly and a shame lol. I got to play one of his Transperformance equipped guitars at their shop in CO once and while cool I thought that was a shame too. Why carve up your guitars when you can just buy (or have Gibson build you) another guitar?

 

[AndyD]

he said it is "his attempt" to recreating the sound...

If that’s the case, it sounds bloody close to me!

 

[Dogs of Doom]

I'm thinking he was using Mullard EL34s and preamp tubes.

he used KT88s...

 

[junk notes]

Jimmy #1 mod? Page’s pickups were stock at that time, and he used stock wiring until well after Zep broke up.

Do you use the #2 mod? Do you like the #1 in mod comparison?

 

[tallcoolone]

Do you use the #2 mod? Do you like the #1 in mod comparison?

Sorry man, I don’t know what you are talking about. Page’s guitars had no mods when LZII was recorded.

 

[junk notes]

Do you use the #2 mod? Do you like the #1 in mod comparison?

 

[tallcoolone]

Looks like someone is having a stroke lol

 

[Seanxk]

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If it's any help, I see EL34 in nearest two amps and KT88 in the farthest amp.

 

[junk notes]

@tallcoolone I asked two generic questions, sorry.

 

[tallcoolone]

@tallcoolone I asked two generic questions, sorry.

Sorry my man, I didn’t understand them. I don’t know anything about the Jimmy mods—I’ve never liked splitting humbuckers and my fav Page tones are all from Zep (well, and his Live at the Greek tone which I think is completely badass). I know a common misconception is that Jimmy’s guitars were tweaked out during the 70’s but that’s not true. Most of those odd timbres he got came from him being cheap and/or using whatever was avail and focusing it in after the fact. Like the Heartbreaker non-unaccompanied (?!?) parts which I’m pretty sure was a top loaded tele strung with .008 strings thru a solid state Rickenbacker Transonic. Not exactly a dream rig.