Inside Jimmy Page's Marshall

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Jimmy Page is phenomenal man. If you listen to the Zep catalog, the way he just grabs your heart with those notes. All of his music still stands up today and from the heaviest tune to the softest one, just grabs ya.

Physical Graffiti is amazing and so underrated. I think if people listened to the "non-hit", "non-radio friendly" Zep songs, it would blow their minds. Listen to "In the Light" on vinyl in the house by yourself and tell me it doesn't move you. Or a song like "That's the Way" from Zeppelin III. So amazing.

I could go on and on about Zeppelin and Page's playing. I have read stuff about his Supro, Marshalls, etc. but don't remember a lot of the details. I just know that dude was a tone genius and the stuff he did with tunings was awesome as well.
 
Im sure he had many marshalls. You don't tour the world with just a couple. They 200 watts mod when it was just 6550 or kt88`s. All the modding stuff didn't go on back then.i remember steve morse had an efx loop in his amp around 76-77 Dixie Dregs, everybody was like wow.
 
Amazing how a simple topic can derail so quick now here? Didn’t used to be that way. The trolls are in full force now apparently.

To your topic , Page’s Marshall’s and his tone are legendary to me. His live tones between 73-75 are just jaw dropping. I’d love to know if his amps were modded beyond the power tubes. Obviously, a lot of the live tone is sheer volume and the speakers moving and working as they should. Hard to replicate in the front room.
 
gtrwun":2oqarm5c said:
Amazing how a simple topic can derail so quick now here? Didn’t used to be that way. The trolls are in full force now apparently.

To your topic , Page’s Marshall’s and his tone are legendary to me. His live tones between 73-75 are just jaw dropping. I’d love to know if his amps were modded beyond the power tubes. Obviously, a lot of the live tone is sheer volume and the speakers moving and working as they should. Hard to replicate in the front room.
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Physical is the icon. The production is so good and they were in top form at that point. We, (excluding trolls) know the Marshall tones and the volume but if you are really inspired by Page it's the small details. I hope someone can lay it all out to see. I've had a few metal panel Marshall's that had great parts in them but after the super bass I recently bought it changed everything.
 
exo-metal":1rd81r9h said:
Physical is the icon. The production is so good and they were in top form at that point. We, (excluding trolls) know the Marshall tones and the volume but if you are really inspired by Page it's the small details. I hope someone can lay it all out to see. I've had a few metal panel Marshall's that had great parts in them but after the super bass I recently bought it changed everything.
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I'd have to say, Les Paul, Echoplex EP2 or EP3 then a good Marshall. You said you wanted someone to lay it out to see, check out Eric's vid, only effect used is an EP3 echoplex.
 
I was literally talking his exact amps and not an approximation so I can cop his tone. I can speculate too but I'm not trying to copy anyone. Btw big claims over@Royal, I'm sure they're great amps but new amps don't use the parts manufactured like back in the day.
 
I was there 3 times and yes it was iconic, nothing else I have seen really topped it. It was an event to say the least dragon suit mirror shades double neck patent leather black and white loafers lol
 
exo-metal":3b96dd43 said:
I was literally talking his exact amps and not an approximation so I can cop his tone. I can speculate too but I'm not trying to copy anyone. Btw big claims over@Royal, I'm sure they're great amps but new amps don't use the parts manufactured like back in the day.
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If your 71 was stock and 30 watt celestions you would be close
 
exo-metal":3p7gh6si said:
I was literally talking his exact amps and not an approximation so I can cop his tone. I can speculate too but I'm not trying to copy anyone. Btw big claims over@Royal, I'm sure they're great amps but new amps don't use the parts manufactured like back in the day.
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Seemed like Royal amps had alot of info about the amps for you to check out at the very least.

After building quite a few amps with modern parts versus NOS parts I have to agree with you the parts from the day like Iskra, Phier resistors seem to make a difference but.... I would have to say the most important part of vintage Marshall tone is the transformers construction either techniques and materials the vintage original iron just sound better to my ears from 67 to 71 maybe 72 for Marshalls. All the modern replicas get close but just not 100%.
 
His Marshalls were probably bone stock as modding them didn't really exist when he was around IIRC. Thought the problem is that Marshalls weren't mass produced amps back then so each amp had something unique going on in them and i think that's the case with Page's amp as well.

A gutshot from one of his plexis would be amazing.
 
Thunkful":3272edlu said:
His Marshalls were probably bone stock as modding them didn't really exist when he was around IIRC. Thought the problem is that Marshalls weren't mass produced amps back then so each amp had something unique going on in them and i think that's the case with Page's amp as well.

A gutshot from one of his plexis would be amazing.
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A little side note. Don't remember if it was Pete Townsend or Jimmy Page that first asks for the Marshall "stack". They had this one-piece cab with eight speakers that weighed well over 200 lbs and he was like how the f am I going to be able to move or do anything with this? LOL. That is how the idea of the two separate cabs, angled and straight came about, stacked.

Love those old stories of the "first" of whatever started a trend.
 
midnightlaundry":2myfl9hd said:
It's not the amps.. It's the player..

Furthermore, JP like to use small amps in the studio. Although truthfully they kinda sounded like shit, the SONGS are what carried the production..

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"It's not the amps...it's the player" Why insult the intelligence of the OP when he's asking a music gear question on a site called Rig Talk? Maybe your brilliant wisdom shouldn't be on a site that discusses amps.
 
To the OP's original question.... I hope I'm not the only one who watched all those old LZ clips a million times before realizing "Holy crap, those aren't all Marshalls...there are a couple Oranges back there too!" It took me YEARS to notice that!

Also... I've always gotten the feeling Jimmy used tons of different little things in the studio, and only tried to get things somewhat close with his live rigs.
 
Noticed that too on the live reunion clips on YT. That sound is way ultra mega. Super clean and thick and to your thoughtful reply wtf comes outta pocket like that. People are random. I get where the troll term comes now. The lame "think" people want to hear their ramblings and they don't get it. Instead of focusing on if we bow low enough to the thin skinned whiners who live in a PC bubble we should make reading comprehension a requirement for joining.
 
IIRC allegedly the Orange amps were for the Theremin.
 
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