What was amazing about Zep, was that Jimmy got major guitar playing, recording, and business experience under his belt, and then found and assembled the other band members before anybody realized what was happening. So when the mighty Zeppelin hit the ground running, the band ran circles around the fans, the press, and the concert promotors, to all our enjoyment. Amazing!

When LZ one came out, I was in the fifth grade. A friend was walking down the road, and he had an album under his arm hanging at his side. He was taking this to other homes because he was so blown away that he wanted others to hear it and was walking it around to houses. I managed to get him to come to my house only a block away. I am not kidding - that is how it hit everyone. There was a serious urgency to it that even then with all of the other stuff that was already out or just coming out - understand that was a LOT to compete with. Music was in a rage of stretching and experimenting NEVER seen before. But this record grabbed you by the shirt, pulled you up close - face to face, and dared you to shake it off when you were done. It was the REAL SHIT. Needless to say, I saw LZ every chance I got. I still own ALL of their stuff. All of my band mates from that time in our gray hair still are shaking our heads at how incredible this band was and how fortunate we all were to be there. We had it all musically and didn't even flinch about it. It will probably never happen again, and that makes me kinda sad. We all agree we will NEVER get tired of listening to it. I am 65. That says it all right there.

Page is underrated as a producer and composer. He was much, much more than a guitar player.

I remember Led Zeppelin I. I saw the album displayed on a very large round display table in a book and record store. Dozens of the Zep I albums were stacked like a house of cards on the table above which hung a 3-4 foot paper zeppelin suspended on a string which rotated by a small motor at the ceiling. I couldn't resist so I bought a copy. I remember lying on the floor of my bedroom with my head between my stereo speakers listening to the album for days. Wow!

He’s more than a guitar hero, he’s a guitar GOD, almost not even human but decidedly so HUMAN that the humanity of his soul that shines out from his creativity of tone that has a divinity in its capacity to touch the souls of those of us around the globe who still listen after a lifetime of listening. I’m 50 and I STILL get that same feeling coursing through my whole body, that feeling you get when the music makes the little hairs on the back of your neck or your arms stand straight UP.

I totally know what it was like to listen to Led Zeppelin (I) when it first came out. I was the first person I know to buy the LP, in early 1969, having heard white label pre-album releases of Communication Breakdown and Good Times Bad Times played on underground FM radio in Washington DC. When the album came out in Jan 69, my guitar-playing friends and I wore the vinyl out in no time, and we saw LZ play on their 1st US tour that same month. It's difficult to describe what a game-changer Zeppelin was for me and thousands of others that year.

You hit the nail straight on the head. A lot of there songs are just a groove and everyone is in on it. The riff and the drum beat are one and the same. Seldom do Page and Bonham stray too far away from each other. In some songs, Iike Wanton song from Physical Graffiti, they are joined at the hip. I think that is why Page never really did that much after Bonham passed away.

DUDE!!! I just opened up my phone and you popped up, let me tell you that I did not think there was anybody who experienced what I did and you my friend are it only mine was Led Zeppelin III , still have it , I listened to it so much the grooves are worn down!! I have also “borrowed “ a couple vinyls from my big bro, he got to actually see the mighty Zep, as my father called them every time they came to Chicago. Jimmy is my hero and will always be in my heart and ears! Thank you for the video today, Steve.

I've been catching up on your videos and been learning so much from them. This is becoming (along with homeskoolin) my favourite channel now... thanks for these amazing videos again!

I already knew you could jam, but I had totally slept on the vocal range! Respect!

Your work is amazing, you've gained another subscriber! Hugs from a big brazilian Zep fan. 🎸

I’ve recently found your channel and very much enjoy it, your playfulness and excitement is catching. Thanks for the great content, looking forward to more in the future 🎸

Great 24 min video on the standard sundragon. Please more videos like this. This amp is criminally underrepresented on youtube.

I was lucky enough to stand at his feet at their first trip through LA. I caught them at a small venue called The Rose Palace in Pasadena. I think Argent opened. The record had been out for just a few weeks and I'd never really heard of Plant, and did I hear Plant. His voice boomed. Page was already legendary having replaced Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds. The show was simply delicious. Jimmy mostly played the Tele and that drummer was something to behold. I think we paid four bucks to get in. I caught them almost every time they came to town but never that close.

You have something special here - very interesting presentation and content. I'm a fan already, and although I'm just learning guitar, I love the minutia of your deep dives.

Just found your channel, it’s great. This video is awesome, great playing and excellent interview.

Yeah JB, that was kick ass.....great job. All the guitars were great, but the Dragon Tele tones brought it home

Learned a lot and inspired to listen those albums again. Thank you for your efforts 👌🏽

Wow. What an interesting video. I haven’t seen yours channel before today but this was just great. Great riffs with different guitars. I’m subscribing now!

JB I just found your channel today, and I have to say i'm really impressed. Great editing and pacing (and of course playing). Keep it up, looking forward to more content!

Man this is a great video! Thanks for putting this all together

Whilst modding a very icey sounding Fender blues deluxe I swapped out the eminence speaker for the same speaker that is in this Supro amp. I didn’t know that is was the same speaker that they finally agreed was ‘the one’ at the time I did it. I think it put the whole amp directly in the ballpark of this and I was pleased with the fuzziness that I feel is the character of the JP. Nice video bro.

Another great video JB! I might add, that it is criminally under viewed here a month and a half after release. This is a must-view for anyone (which is practically everyone) trying to get close to the Page tone.

Subscribed strictly off of how creative you were in the intro, and then the rest of the video was way better than I expected, not that I wasn't expecting much, but this was awesome dude. Keep killing it

The interview with Mitch Colby brought on goosebumps. To be entrusted with the holy Flippin' grail of amps is beyond my ability to describe. In 1969 I was ten years old and in the fifth grade when I first heard this album. A kid brought it to class to play during our art class time. The art class was after lunch. He set that album on the counter against the wall first thing in the morning when we came in. I asked him how good is this album. He smiled like the devil took my soul. All morning I kept staring at the album cover. At that time I didn't know a what a Zeppelin was or what the Hindenburg disaster was, but I felt that people died in that explosion in the picture. The image haunted me right there because I couldn't relate to it or understand what was going on. After lunch, we started in with whatever art project we were doing. From the first song I was blown away. Then Babe I'm Gonna Leave you. I never heard such a beautiful powerful song in my life. Then You Shook Me. We guess what people, I was shook! And then those first bass notes of Dazed and Confused. Oh my God! I turned to the kid next to me and said, "This music is scary, and I LIKE IT! And you know what, I have been liking it ever since. That you JB for this Video. After 53 years of Led Zeppelin I thrill every time I hear it.

Hey all, Ignazio Vagnone from Jensen Speakers here. We are SO honored being - small or not so small, you decide - part of this project. I clearly remember when Mitch asked us for some speaker samples to shoot out for "an amp project that is SO incredible I cannot tell you anything about it". And MY astonishment when the Sundragon was announced, learning in that very moment that Mitch picked up our beloved Jensen AlNiCo P12Q as the speaker of choice for the Sundragon, and that his choice was signed off by JP. We were pinching ourselves to make sure we weren't dreaming :) One of those moments that pays you back for all the hard work done to relaunch the Jensen Speakers!

Well done. I was surprised how responsive the amp was to your G&L and the SG. It all sounded great. Thank you.

Excellent video....fantastic playing and tones.

you deserve a lot more subs. you never fail to bring a smile to my face. thank you.

Greatness! LOVE that you got Mitch to come on and tell his story. Love the demo jamming, and holy crap is there anything better than that pelham blue SG special? Sounded so good. Great work

Please, oh please never apologize for your guitar playing sir! Really enjoyed this vid

I was in the fourth grade when I heard zeppelin ll 69. Bought all they’re albums from that point to summer 78 and found zeppelin l. In my cousins collection, I was completely blown away to hear it at that point, they’re career almost being over , I was completely blown away from where it started and ended… Magnificent man, Jimmy, he seen it all unfold before it unfolded..

Absolutely loved the content and the playing, keep it up brother!! New SUB !!

Hey JB, I like your playing, especially the Canadian Blues. Cool beans. 2 Thumbs up ! 👍👍😀

Wow.thanks for the insights!! Greets from across the pond! Btw,nise jamming!!

You lucky, lucky, lucky, LUCKY bastard. BTW my second video of yours I have watched today. Y Love how you edit and how your progression in the videos make sense and keep me with eyes glued on. MORE Led Zeppelin videos please!!!

You are my new favorite KZfaqr. I’m a Page nerd too. You should be well over the 100k subscriber count for sure. Love your passion

Great video That font usage is excellent btw

Hi! I’m your new sub. You had me at the when the levee breaks vid (holy balls). Now I find myself here. Once again…amazed

I've never seen a single one of your videos and I'm no more than 2 minutes into this one but that intro just got you another subscriber.

Love the video! As always - full of great info, greasy tones, and very inspiring. #Awesome! I knew there was a reason you are in my band! :-)

This is the greatest opening to a video I have ever seen

Video is so awesome!!

Excellent video about a subject I care deeply about. I’ve been chasing Jimmy’s tone (very specifically the last two HOWLING notes of the Good Times Bad Times solo) for years.

Great episode! Subscribed. ✌️

That G&L is money!!!!! Such a rich tone - gonna have to check one of those out!!!! Great video - very interesting.

Love it, as always, JB. Your insight and ability to convey it in such a cool fashion is unique and enlightening (and fun to watch). Thanks for this. (ps. I was 7 when it came out, and LZ was one of the first rock groups I was exposed to - musical older sibling) (pps. I did not know how "chaulky" sounded before this 😉)

Very Good Video! Is there a way you could please make another video about the effects he used, and demonstrate how he got his live sound?

Great demo, sounds incredible! I’d love to hear it with an Echoplex boost in front of it too.

Excellent video and the playing!!! Damn!!! Had to look up the price on of these. Wow. I can get dang close with a Deluxe Reverb and a Fryette Powerstation but there is some gold in that tone you got there.

I was one who heard Led Zeppelin's debut LP when it first came out. The impact of those first few phrases where mind-blowing and life changing and will always be with me.

Ive been saving for 2 years for this amp...drools

I am an old man of 70...playing music since 7...was in 5th grade when they murdered John Kennedy...the Beatles saved americans from true sadness...after comes 1 artist after another...many brittish artists re introducing blues to the americans that were not aware of the blues...we'd hear one killer album after another...so many mind blowing original sounds...shaking our heads and stealing our souls...when Zeppelin 1 album hit the streets...their sound was the scary for us yutes and scarred the crap outta the establishment...that was in the day when cops ducked their heads when doing a drive by...enjoyed your show. .cheers from mexico

Oh my gosh! Guitar afficionados dream video magazines!

He was a Mystic! That spooky edge I love it did since I was 6 listening to Zep 3 and 4

Love I & II and I've been digging into those tones recently. You're sooo right about playing the riffs or in the style of...with gear 😂 Got a JHS Superbolt couple of months ago, and probably played "Good Times, Bad Times" for about 6 hours, it was that clooooose, so I imagine that the amp is a lot of fun, too. Way too far for my wallet to reach, but a boy can dream. Since you know a guy that knows guys who all know Jimmy himself, if you could put in a good word, ship the Coronado to Pennsylvania for a little while... 😂

Sick intro

Wow! Angle of the sun. I have those moments too. Love those moments.

Got a hella chuckle from that intro ;)

I just found your channel bro! You should make tours and play! Even if you only play covers, I would pay for the tickets! You have talent!

Actually, that first album was under promoted in Britain. I didn't become aware of the group until L3 hit the stores around '71 because of its curious album cover. I didnt even know LZ 1 existed until i bought HofHoly ! Led Zep 1 was not really viewed as anywhere near as good as the other albums. Thats the truth of it back in the day. I didnt get a copy of LZ1 until 1978 ! The original album cover only had the nose end of the airship filling the whole front and the lettering was in Torquios . The back cover had the guys in a clear black & white photo not misted like later ones. Ive still got the original album cover and record.

Wow absolutely awesome. I’ve subbed !

Cool video. Page was a great magician.There are lots of good guitarists nowadays,but noone's got that magic.Greetings from Poland!

I can't prove it, but I do know Page said in an interview about 1969 that he used a small Rickenbacker amp in the studio for Zeppelin's first album. (I had the privilege of getting one of the first copies of the album in early January of 1969 or late December 1968). I remember Page said "Rickenbacker" because I did a double take and thought to myself (being from America) that I didn't know Rickenbackers made amps as I pictured a Beatles' Rickenbacker guitar in my mind. Maybe it was made by Supro for Rickenbacker? But Page did say a small amp and did not say Valco. I could not be mistaken about that.

Now i get it, when the U.S. made '59 Supro Coronado was broken from the fall on the road , it was repaired by a shop that Jimmy used, the tech most likely used UK or euro parts , it was unintentionally modified..that was the magic.

That part about mitch and ray and the other dude giving such high level of attention to each amp was amazing. Im sad there is only around 100 of these out there. Im still saving MITCH!!!

Love you intro song, bud.

I love the room JB is in!! Looks like the house I grew up in during the 1970s!!!

THANK YOU JB Eckl! When he got his repaired amp back, you can bet Page knew he had a serious studio "secret weapon" on his hands. In 1968, and at that point in his career, he could have tracked the 1st LZ record with a Fender, an AC-30, any number of Marshall models, or any/all of those and more--but that 2x6L6 powered 1x12 had the mojo & versatility. If that repair guy knew what that amp would go on to do, I don't think he could've held his his soldering iron straight! 😉

Alas, someone else who says, "chalky" with regards to Les Paul tone! Nicely done, thanks!

The first time I heard Good Times Bad Times it floored me. I know where it was, who I was with and what it was played through. There was no Metallica at that time. It was the heaviest thing I had heard up to that point. The stuttering double bass drum hits and the drums themselves were heavier than anything I had heard to that point. It made a deep impression. I had been swimming in a sea of 80's radio up to this point. It was that song, Purple Haze and Jumpin' Jack Flash that changed my world.

Dude, that p-90 SG! Sounded sooo good. Best one IMO.

Saw Jimmy Page with the Yardbirds the same year that the first Led Zeppelin album came out. He was playing the Dragon Telecaster through a bunch of Fender Dual Showman bottoms. If I remember correctly, the Telecaster was more of a Walnut stain behind the Paint. When I saw him play at The Shrine Exposition Hall he kicked my guitar playing ass like no other!

From another eternal Page/Zepp nerd, here’s my sub. 🤘🏻 on, dude!

The huy you were referring to is Eric Van Lustbader. He wrote the "Ninja" series of novels in the 70 & 80's. Before that he wrote for "RollinStone" magazine. He was the first to describe any kind of music as "Heavy Metal". He was describing the first time he heard Jimi Hendrix's guitar as sounding like "Heavy Metal falling from the sky".

I once, on a whim, brought my Tone Bender MKII Professional into a Sam Ash one day, and figured i'd have a go with it. Well, it turns out they had just gotten the Supro Black Magicks in which replicate the supro Page used for most of the recording of LZ I-IV. I grabbed a tele off the wall, plugged it all in and it sounded literally identical to the record. I can't even begin to describe how it felt. I highly, highly, highly recommend the British Pedal Company's Tone Benders to any Page enthusiast. I bought the OC81D version if anyone is curious. It just has sooooouch versatility. Yummy clean roll offs with a tiny touch of gain, full fuzz, or even metal can be handled by this beauty, it's my most cherished pedal and I recommend it to anybody. It even comes with a certificate of authenticity, and a nice bag to keep it in, good good stuff.

You could totally do your own Master Class on all of this!

I recently watched an interview with page and the said that all 4 first albums were recorded with his tele because it was more articulate than the Les Paul and it did what he wanted more than that Les Paul. He said he only used the Les Paul he bought from Joe Walsh on stage because it was more suited to reach the back of the arenas unlike the tele.

I almost fell outta my chair at that high-pitched "Jimmmiiiiii Paaaaage".

Isn't is crazy how some albums hit us so hard we remember the angle of the sun. Pink Floyd dark side of the moon was that way for me..it was like a story and the deep lyrics still make me feel like I'm not alone in my thoughts Yeah great vidio buddy can't wait to see it all. You got my subscription 👍

Just so you all get some background on JB and his Zep relationship, at 17 yrs old he would sit down and figure out all the parts, bass, rhythm, lead and any harmonies, to a chosen Zep track and the next day he would enthusiastically reveal his discoveries and play the songs the rest of us would struggle for weeks if ever to get right lol, he also had cassette mix tapes of every Zeppelin album with intricate hand drawn covers to reflect the mood of each, in short a true and worthy disciple;)

Thats a great logo

We thought the start was from that and lo & behold it was! It's straight away the gear and the things that were bundled together with amp and string with wotnot and that's how the stuff that wasn't there already began to be very familiar. Wasn't that great?! Everybody thinks he do the Marshal and the Les Paul but that simply wasn't anything about it all and there are surprises - oh yes ! Nobody look sensibly until the picture was revealed to be a lot of things that simply there - how is that? He take that from me with a verysmall amp overdriven with excellent effort and tone that thrills.

Sounds great

The “JIMMY PAAAAGE” is worth a sub alone 👌🏼 I actually live around the corner from Robert plant, he drinks in the local pub 💪🏼💪🏼 Kidderminster England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Another awesome deep dive JB. I'd love to hear a real zep riff on this amp and wouldn't worry about strikes...larzgallows and jun626 have been doing covers for years.

😎 Thanks JB ⚓️ I heard LZI in HS freshman art class fall ‘69, small college town California. Vietnam Vet art teacher > Sears turntable in the corner 🤯

Crazy british amp ! ! ! amazing sound ! Genius Page Jimmy

"Nobody in the history of ever can compete in writing monstrous riffs" Mr. Tony Iommi would like to have a word with you...

Great observations on Jimmy and Bonzo's and of course Jonsey's in sync playing .....

I like the sg with the p-90s sounds awesome

Any idea if this amp showed up in LZII at all? i swear i hear cranked combo on some tracks. Loving the upper mid cut of cranked Supros for rock tones

I was listening to Van Halen and Metallica in 1989 before ever listening to Zeppelin. When I heard them (Black Dog) for the first time, it floored me. I’d never heard anything so powerful. I was 15. I still get carried to that same place EVERY time I hear Zeppelin. Sometimes more than others but the results are ALWAYS the same to at least some degree. Any chance you could release the schematic,lol?

Hi. Glad you found me. I don’t know if could tell but I’m a Page nerd too! I only play Page on guitar and nothing else.🤷🏻‍♂️

epic opening

This is soooooo good. Keep these rockspaining videos coming

I saw the Sundragon in Nashville. Yep. It has the sound.

So for FX between guitar and amp what was in use. I heard some delay in the last part. Nice job, Great playing - Thanks 🎸🎸🎸

Great Video! What kind of microphone are you using, an old Shure? All the best & keep on zeppeling ;)

These guys are amazing and dont get enough press. You can actually buy nos tubes and get closer to the limited editiona sound