I think its funny that Jimmy Page's Fender Telecaster going into a Vox AC30 has sold a lot of Les Paul's and Marshalls. Just sayin'

To me the best tone Page used was on Since I've Been Loving You

I've been chasing his tone since I picked up a guitar and man, the trick is how his tones can be so meaty/chunky but still retain clarity almost like there is no distortion at all. Absolutely phenomenal.

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Jimmy Page got his tones from other dimensions. He himself came from a different dimension.

dude the crucial element is the rest of the band...... Bonham's cymbals and JPJ's bass make a natural high and low freq sandwich that make Page's tone sound more balanced and centered than it actually probably was in real life

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I think Jimmy Page was the most creative guitarist of the 70s if not the most creative riff-master of all time. This example maybe a bit clichéd but I have pretty much heard every singe bootleg of Stairway there is on KZfaq and I can definitely attest to the fact that he's universally known for is that aside from the signature riffs, I have literally never seen the man improvise on the solo in the same way as before. I can never understand enough that just how gifted this man musically really was. Having been listening to so many guitar players play their songs for years, I strive to hear something that imaginably seems impossible now to play differently, POSSIBLE and much to my great astonishment, Jimmy for one has always delivered on that wish. I mean I solo over the song in my mind all the time and then when I come here and hear him play, I ask myself "just how in the world does he think of those gorgeous licks so damn quickly?" because I've been playing it in my mind again and again from days to months to years now but could never come up with something so magical. His brain clearly bred music so to speak.

He played a song from their 5th album and everyone keeps talking about the tele on the 1st album??????

*Cough* telecaster.

Based on a really old interview Page plugged into old Marshall 100 watt heads, that were modified for higher wattage. His used Herco Flex 75 heavy gauge pics and Ernie Ball Super Slinky strings, .008 for the high E. Page set his live rig amp settings on his Marshall Plexi as follows: Presence = 10 Bass = 9 Mids = 3 Treble = 5 Volume I = 6 Volume II = 6 Hope this helps.

One of the most perfect examples of Page's tone is the tone throughout "Heartbreaker"...especially the middle part with just the guitar. How the hell does he get that sound? I want it.

Now do habits of Jimmy Page

the recording sounds meatier to me. could be because of the bass but not sure.

"hmm lets analyze our amp settings. . ." --proceeds to crank everything up to 11

Jimmy Pages biggest guitar tone secret: HE DIDNT USE A PRS FFS

Next: Iommi's tone

He actually used a lot of telecaster in the studio. And do you even have a non prs guitar

As an owner of an Apollo Twin myself, who doesn't currently take advantage of the plug ins feature (I mainly just use it as an interface) this video has REALLY opened my eyes .... Watching you methodically tweaking different plug in settings to ultimately NAIL Jimmy Page's "Ocean" tone was really great to watch .... Thank you for the inspiration. I really enjoy your videos a great deal, it's obvious you are not only a great player but a great instructor as well. Thank you very much.

Best Jimmy Page tone guide on youtube by far. Though the tone for "Immigrant Song" was absolutely spot on

I think you were pretty close to his sound

I think most of the gear big musicians had back then was modified by themselves or tone nerd friends. This is why you'll never be able to match the tones of the greats. They didn't just chain pedals together and dial them in. They got into the guts of their guitars and amps and made something new.

I think the tone you got was freaking awesome and would love to have it for my personal live tone! Love Jimmy’s tone and you certainly did it some justice, bro. Keep rocking!

Discoverer your contents yesterday and to be honest it’s no stop watching 👍 Absolutely love your contents Thank a lot

Well I'm a gear head, only on cars...but I love page....I dont trust anyone who doesn't like LED ZEPPELIN

I read the title as "Jimmy Page's Guitar Tone Sucks" I clicked on the video in rage ready to write a long-winded hate comment 😂

Great job! Sounds like you're fairly close to me! Jimmy Page was the reason I picked up the guitar and the reason my first guitar was a gold top standard with mini buckers in it back in 1973! Jimmy Page is the epitome of an icon to me. So we both share the love of Jimmy's work

Lesson 1: Don't play in a PRS Lesson 2: Get a Les Paul or Tele Lesson 3: Get a Marshall and Orange amp

Sounds good to me. Just subscribed. Love that PRS. The color is killer. Mu brother has a 10 top 1990 model to die for. Live those guitars.

A little closer than the shirt and axe match

I freaking love your videos! So inspirational. You have definitely helped get me to the next level.

Excellent video, thanks! And yes, it's very close. There doesn't seem to be quite as much high end in the recording, but it's always hard to say how much of that kind of thing could be attributed more to the recording process than to the guitar/amp sound.

This is cool. I agree that there's little point attempting to emulate others, but Jimmy's SRTS tone is just incredible! I've been searching for that tone for the longest time, and I think you came close with the match to The Ocean from that concert. I'd love to see what you'd do with finding the SRTS tone from songs like Dazed and Confused. The one thing you seemed to miss was his use of the ECHOPLEX! That added the tight little delay and also the preamp brought a warmth to the tone that is crucial.

You do know that Zeppelin I was recorded with his Dragon Telecaster thru a Supro Thunderbolt, yeah?

Really enjoyed this, I liked getting your thoughts as you dialed in the tone and why. Do more-other songs or artists, that would be fun.

Wow. This came out really well! Better than expected for sure. Can't believe how close the PRS is to a Les Paul in that bridge pickup! That amp sim is really good too, of course.

Who else shook their hair around and started wailing when he started playing 'Immigrant Song'? ...oh... just me? 😶

Pretty damn close

Echoplex, tele, old tube mics. Great video.

You did a great job of coming close to his tone. I love Page's guitar work and have followed him since the Yardbirds. In spite of the Snarky comments on here, I really liked this vid. BTW to whoever thinks that was a "live" version of the Ocean is wrong. It was DEFINITELY the studio version that I've been familier with since it's release.

Tony Iommi please!!!

I've watched most of Jimmy's interviews, read most of his books, he had a collection of 50 different small amplifiers in the early days, he actually cannot remember what gear was used. he knows what gear and pedals he likes, and like us he's always rotating new gear in and out, what worked yesterday is gone and forgotten, he generally remembers what is used on each song. the stories of the recording sessions are insane drug and alcohol fueled sessions, they borrow each other's gear, no ones worrying or remembering what the gear was used. small low watt amps were used in the studio in the early days, if you asked Jimmy page to re-create Jimmy page's tone today, he could not do it either. later albums, after they are extremely successful they start keeping track of how the music was made. by the way what settings did you use on that KZfaq video 5 years ago, remember.?

Cool breakdown. Definitely nailed that big Marshall tone pretty darn closely. I have recently come to appreciate modeling stuff--crazy what it can do

loved THIS!! I shared it to my MASTER, Jimmy Page group, n FB!!

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For me, the closest I've ever gotten to page's tone was setting my presets to: Lows - 6, Mids - 9 and Highs - 4. Now this could vary depending on the amp you're using, but I think its accurate. Please let me know what you think as well as others that watched this video

Thanks for picking The Ocean, very informative and I watched and listened to your process closely.

Nice demo. I've almost always played real amps live, but I have used modelers for almost all my recordings of electric guitar and bass since about 2000. First and foremost, they can sound good if you know what you're doing. Without that, there's no point. But also, as someone who made his living by the hour, the flexibility to change sounds, effects, etc. without re-tracking is priceless.

Now all you need is John Bonham,John Paul Jones and Robert Plant to get that *classic zeppelin sound*.Just kidding,your videos are awesome,i even bought a green pick.

I personally liked Jimmy's tone off of Supro from earlier albums

I think you were spot on. I don't see how you could have been better. Sounded perfect.

Nailed it. Nice job. Sounds perfect

I was just jamming on my guitar playing different songs, rhcp, tool, then I started playing the stairway to heaven solo for about five minutes and put my guitar down. I picked up my phone and opened up KZfaq and this was the first video that popped up.....

The reverb is wrong. He never used reverb. What you're hearing is the echoplex on slapback and the natural reverb of the stage

Thanks man dialed it in with that verb finally got me the tone.

Typical EQ for his 180 watt MKII was at volume 3-4, bass 6, mid 4, treble 6-7 presence 10 out to 2x4x12 w/Greenbacks. Channels bridged. Good video.

Who cares if you matched the tone!! That sounds awesome! Cheers, Tyler! Hope we see more of these

Tyler, You're really Good at your Craft.🎸 James Patrick Page is in my Opinion, The Greatest Of All Time.

Sounds surprisingly good for a plugin! Can't wait to see more tone chasing video's dude ;)

The process you used is priceless!!!! thank you1

you should ask Jimi page to be on the show i mean never hurts to ask does it?

Could you do a full video about how that emulator works?

I started following MIW because of the way Tyler plays guitar (clearly exceptionally talented), but now I find I watch these things because of what he has to say... usually informative and helpful without being heavily opinionated. Thank you Tyler, this is what the internet is for.

What i dig about this is the video can be used as a template for any tone. excellent!

habits of marty friedman?

in the habits of Steve Vai vídeo Your tone sounds pretty much like Vai ,how do You get that tone?

great vid dude! just now exploring how to get that sound after 40 years

Interesting video. Thanks for taking us through the process.

What software does he use for emulating the amp?

Before Zep while he was a studio musician he used a telecasters as well. That telecaster (b-bender i think) also made it into the recording studio while with Led Zeppelin he even mentions not being able to nail the stairway solo with the Less Paul so he plugged in the tele and wrapped up the solo in two takes. Kashmir was a Danelectro and I believe he had several of them in the studio as well.

great videos and great playing and sounds, very helpful.

Nice job! I find a big part of Page’s tone is mostly using the rhythm pickup of a Les Paul with 9’s. I use a Tele for the first two albums and also for the slide stuff (lipstick pickup does the trick). An Echoplex pedal, Phase 90, Hendrix Univibe pedal (has Leslie sounds and tremolo sounds), and a classic sounding wah and whammo! You’re Out on the Tiles doin’ the Rover while Dazed and Confused! Personally, my favorites to play are In My Time of Dying and 10 Years Gone. Physical Graffiti is the bomb.

do david Gilmour

well done!

That was a great vid. I liked how you did a guitar version of the harmony part. Q: Do you run this unit before an actual amp or is this a computer interface only? Also, do the Marshall plug-ins come with the unit or sold separately? Thanks, nice work. Big fan of Jimmy Page.

The slap back was an echoplex set on low ms. Try about 60-70ms on a tape delay plugin to get that echoplex-like slap back effect.

Jimmy Page is the most talented guitarist in history

most of the early Zeppelin albums Page didn't even play a Les Paul. he was known to use Strats/Telecasters and some tiny little amps in the studio. his best tones aren't even what people think they are.

Definitely need more videos like this!

Thanks for sharing, I really like the Apollo, have planned to get one very soon. Great tone, and what are the pickups in the PRS, they do not look like stock pickups. Great playing as usual...

Light gauge .8 strings and Herco .73 holy grail picks. Thank me later.

Too bright

Nice job, enjoy the videos... getting my Nerd on...looking for the interface now... Apollo Twin, for the Win!

Watching him live, he seems really light on his picking hand which is counter intuitive bearing in mind how powerful his riffs are.

Cool. Can that thing replicate the tone of a shred wars with Jared Dines?

Page didn't use a Marshall in the ocean,... He used a HiWatt. But for the rest, good video!

Sounds like you captured The Ocean sound very well. Definitely some slap back sort of thing going on with Jimmy's sound.

The guitar choice is easy depending on what number and whether you are trying to emulate studio or live tone. You’re looking at either a Les Paul, SG double neck or Tele in many cases. And if you’re specifically looking for that TSRTS Les Paul tone, you will need: 4 wire PAF’s, overwound bridge, a “normal” wound neck, and super circuit wiring scheme are must haves on board the Les Paul. The phase switching, along with series/parallel switching was featured heavily on those recordings. Example: listen to the opening lick of Over The Hills. Neck pup selected, parallel switch, low pup volume, and scooped pup tone. It also would help to have a Les Paul that is from the early 90’s or older. My ‘’89 Heritage Pre-Historic Les Paul does the job for me with the setup I just laid out. This is key because of how mahogany ages, and how that aging affects the guitars tone. As far as the amp goes: Has to be a tube driven Marshall. I specifically use the JVM410H. Have to scoop the presence, mid and bass. Dial back the treble a touch. Definitely a need a bit of the amps onboard reverb. Effects are fuzz box, wah peddle, phaser, chorus and tape echo (each depending on which number being played) and that’s how I’ve achieved that very specific tone. It’s not exactly easy to achieve, but it can be done with the right rig and the patience to toggle all the controls just right.

For Immigrant Song that sounds like his Telecaster through on Orange amp.

Next, Brian May Tone Secrets please!

His biggest thing was the band For example people crank their amp's bass all the way and say "not enough bass" Because they're hearing bass guitar underneath some riffs

Cool. I don't play guitar but I enjoy watching you play. So I subscribed.

slash please!!

First album Telecaster

This would be a cool series you could do for this channel!

Very helpful... New things to try.

Habits of Nick Jonas plsssss

You can't even buy the tone if you had the money. The tone is lost and gone forever because the old Celestions speakers are gone and lost. It also has to do with other things such as amplifier tubes from back then which are also non existent. The analog magnetic tape is not used anymore and the mixing consoles are gone as well. None of this stuff can be made again and certainly not in any sort of digital way. The real secret of it all was the Celestion speakers made in the 60's. If you ain't got that, you can not make the tone. The reason is, you could distort the heck out of a signal using tube amps and it would never clip (square wave) the signal, and the Celestions would cut out any mid to high frequency noise. If you think about it, its the lack of hi-fidelity of it all that made it all sound so good. As an interesting fact, Celestion speakers were sold for PA intercom systems for boats and ships, and Marshal just kind of by using what was available in England put them into the cabs. I bet you even Page can't make the tone he used to be able to make anymore. I wonder what he has saved from the old equipment because I have not heard a good tone from him in at least some 30 or 40 years. It was all just a happy accident they had the equipment available. Good luck.

Hey, love your videos. Any chance of a short video covering a few fundamentals on pedals, fx, power supplies, cabling, etc? Tech stuff. Btw, Page quite often used Teles in the studio, one in particular that he had since the Yardbirds days. He favoured the Les Paul for live shows because of the humbuckers and the sustain.

Tyler i agree with you... i can't afford Apollo but i bought an Apogee Jam and guitar Rig 5.... finding tone our guitar hero used is just so immersive and lots of fun and overall.... easy! when i first used this digital plugin i was sooooooooo impressed... digital is the only way... excellent job T.