Jimmy Page
(1944)<\/p>\n
Band: Led Zeppelin
Main guitar: 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard
Must-listen track: What Is And What Should Never Be<\/p>\n
The wizard and the sex symbol. Within Led Zeppelin, Page created the ultimate image of the guitar hero\u2014one that every ’70s lead guitarist drew inspiration from. With long hair covering his eyes, dragon-patterned tight pants, and his Les Paul slung low\u2026 Page already looked charismatic and mysterious with just a guitar in hand. But when he added occult rituals involving bows and theremins, no one else stood a chance.<\/p>\n
Led Zeppelin wasn\u2019t Jimmy Page\u2019s first rodeo: he was one of the most in-demand session guitarists in swinging ’60s London, which led him to play on albums by Tom Jones, The Who, and even Johnny Hallyday. By the end of the decade, he joined The Yardbirds, eventually replacing Jeff Beck. One by one, he replaced the rest of the band members too, forming the New Yardbirds: Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass (also a studio musician and close collaborator), Robert Plant (a young amateur singer from the North), and John Bonham (Plant\u2019s drummer). A few months later, the band was renamed Led Zeppelin, and they hit the road across Europe and America to conquer the world with gargantuan riffs, psychedelic moods, and lyrics deeply inspired by Chicago blues.<\/p>\n
Page recorded the band\u2019s first album, released in 1969, with a 1959 rosewood Telecaster, but he soon bought a Les Paul Burst from Joe Walsh\u2014and that\u2019s when he found his true sound. Riffs like “Whole Lotta Love” or “Bring It On Home” wouldn\u2019t have had that nasty, fat tone if it hadn\u2019t been for that divine Gibson. Led Zeppelin II<\/i> cemented the band as a powerhouse, constantly winning over new fans despite not following the usual music business rules: no singles, no TV appearances, and albums consistently trashed by critics\u2014critics who would later have to swallow their pride and admit they completely missed what millions of fans already understood.<\/p>\n
The band split after Bonham\u2019s tragic death in 1980. Page took five years to form a new band, The Firm, with Paul Rodgers on vocals. He released his solo album Outrider<\/i> in 1988, and in 1993, collaborated with David Coverdale. That album sounded very much like an informal tribute to Led Zeppelin, and the inevitable happened a year later when the duo Page & Plant released No Quarter<\/i>, revisiting Zeppelin classics with an Egyptian orchestra. After Walking Into Clarksdale<\/i>, which struggled to prove the duo still had new songs in them, Page released no further albums of original material. He did, however, team up with The Black Crowes for a live album made up exclusively of Led Zeppelin tracks, and nowadays seems focused on curating the band\u2019s legacy\u2014masterfully overseeing remasters and reissues. With a goldmine like that at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If one sound could define rock music in the second half of the 20th century, it would undoubtedly be that of Led Zeppelin. Unmatched in its fierce power, unleashed depth, and psychedelic explorations, the sonic identity unleashed on the band\u2019s self-titled debut album is a tidal wave that swept away everything previously known. Jimmy Page emerged as a mad sonic scientist, crafting a distinct and revolutionary tone that helped shape the grand history of music. This Sundragon amplifier is the result of an exceptional collaboration with Jimmy Page, faithfully reproducing the amp he used to create the groundbreaking sound of Led Zeppelin I and other legendary albums.<\/strong><\/p>\n To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page partnered with Perry Margouleff and Mitch Colby to create an extraordinary amplifier. The result is Sundragon\u2014an amp that allows guitarists everywhere to access the singular tones Page developed to shape the future of Rock and Roll. Only 50 hand-built Sundragons were made, each bearing a signature plaque affixed to the back of the amplifier.<\/p>\n The original amp used by Jimmy Page has a storied past that helped build its legend. While on tour with Neil Christian, the Supro Coronado amp fell out of the band\u2019s van. Deeply attached to the amp, Page had it restored and extensively modified, ultimately unlocking a unique and revolutionary sound palette. After nearly half a century of mystery, Jimmy Page decided to share the secrets of this pioneering amplifier with the world. He was impressed by the scientific precision brought by Perry Margouleff and Mitch Colby in their quest to sonically recreate the original Supro amp. As a result, the Sundragon stands today as the most faithful reproduction of the legendary tone that changed music history. Just plug in your cable\u2026 and the golden age of rock is reborn!<\/p>\n Have questions about this product? Feel free to contact us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[348,347,352],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16645","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-amps","7":"product_cat-amps-effects","8":"product_cat-artists","9":"pa_artiste-jimmy-page-en","10":"pa_disponibilite-for-sale","11":"pa_marque-sundragon-en","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n