Jimmy Page's Guitars

Although Page is associated with a Gibson Les Paul and Gibson double-necked ( EDS-1275 ) guitar on live shows with Led Zeppelin, he used a variety of acoustic and electric instruments on the band's studio sessions.  

This is a list of some of Jimmy Page's working arsenal, according to Wikipedia:

Electric Guitars

• 1958 Fender Telecaster Given to him by Jeff Beck

• 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (No. 1)

• 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard (No. 2) Given to him by Joe Walsh

• Danelectro 3021

• Vox 12-String

• Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty - stolen in 1970

• Rickenbacker 12 String

• Gibson EDS-1275 (Used for playing Stairway to Heaven and The Song Remains The Same live)

• 1973 Gibson Les Paul Standard

• 1964 Lake Placid Blue Fender Stratocaster

• 1966 Cream Fender Stratocaster

• 1959 Fender Telecaster

• Fender 12-String

• Gibson RD Artist

Acoustic Guitars

• Gibson J-200

• Martin D28 Acoustic

• Gibson Everly Brothers Acoustic

• Giannini 12-String Acoustic

• Harmony Acoustic

• Washburn 12 String Acoustic

• Ovation 1994 Double Neck Acoustic

• Andy Manson custom Triple Neck Mandolin, 12 string & 6 string acoustic

Other Instruments

• Gibson Mandolin

• Fender 10-String 800 Pedal steel guitar

• Violin Bow

• Theremin

• Banjo

Guitar Effects

• Vox wah-wah pedal

• Sola Sound Tonebender fuzz

• Maestro Echoplex

• MXR Phase 90

• MXR Blue Box

• Digitech Whammypedal

Personal Collection

Jimmy Page is reputed to own in excess of fifteen hundred different guitars.  Page revealed this rough estimate to BBC Radio Two presenter Stuart Maconie in June 2005.

Page's primary guitar, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul, was acquired in early 1969 from fellow guitarist Joe Walsh.

One of Jimmy Page's Les Paul Custom "Black Beauties" is now owned by Dan Hawkins of The Darkness, due to the fact the guitar was too heavy for him.  It is not the same Black Beauty that was stolen from him in 1970.

Amplifiers

Page worked with a Supro 1640T amp, modified for a single 12" speaker on his early session recordings, including all of Led Zeppelin 1.

With The Yardbirds, he often used Vox AC-30 amplifiers live and on their recordings.

He used various configurations of Marshall and Hi-Watt amplifiers live and in the studio for most of his career with Led Zeppelin.  He continued to use the Supro for some of the band's session work.  His usual live configuration consisted of  Marshall SLP-1959 100-watt guitar amplifiers, which were modified with KT-88 tubes, boosting their output to 200 watts,  played through multi 4 X 12" Marshall Celestion speaker cabinet combinations.

Page used Orange amplifiers with the theremin, featured in  the middle passages of Whole Lotta Love.

Other amplifiers used by Page include a Fender Dual Showman and Fender Vibro-King.  .

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