For the Amp I’ve used BASS on 78, MIDDLE on 78 and TREBLE on 81. I’ve put the GAIN up to 99 (or Full) because this sound is so compressed. The Amp in the recording may have been quite loud so I like to push the EQ settings up to get the correct response from the amp and then adjust the stand alone EQ settings to allow for the recorded EQ. Since we can’t be sure about the type of amp used I’ve started with a LEAD Amp setting on the ME-80 and turned the EQ up quite a long way. ▀ Put the gain up to about a quarter to half a turn so you can hear the gain character. all settings at the half way point or 12 o’clock) this gives you a neutral starting point so that the EQ isn’t colouring the tone too much yet.
Jimmy page guitar rig full#
Remember any multiFX/amp simulator like the BOSS ME-80 are just simulating a room full of gear, so think about it like that, you wouldn’t walk into a room full of amps and FX and start by turning everything ON would you? You would plug into an amp, get a good basic tone, then turn on any effects one at a time and build up your sound…likewise with any multiFX. Find the OFF button for everything in the signal chain so all you can hear is your dry old guitar sound coming through. When selecting an amp there are some basic rules of thumb that will help: We can start with a generic amp setting for the time frame (i.e. Just like the guitar there doesn’t seem to be any confirmation of which amp was used for the recording. This is a bridge pickup tone which you can tell by how sharp it is and the amount of “bite” to the tone.
In the end this sound is so effected by the compression and distortion in won’t matter too much which guitar we use. Jimmy is a classic Les Paul Player but is also known for his Telecaster work. Using the 4 Elements of Guitar Tone formula for this song we have:ġ. The final touch is a Wah pedal turned on and pressed all the way down. Then some delay that’s used in the recording and it’s important to get the delay time and repeats as close as possible to the recording for more authenticity. I’ve started with a LEAD amp and run a fuzz distortion pedal in the front of that. In any case we can start with an amp with similar characteristics from the recording. It’s a very squashed and compressed tone probably due to both the wah pedal fully depressed for the duration of the solo and the recording process itself giving some great tape saturation and compression. The only thing we know for certain is that he used as many variations of amps in the studio as he did live. There’s a whole range of legends surrounding which amplifier Jimmy Page used in this recording.
It features Jimmy Page squeezing out some nice short phrases between stops. Contributed by Joshua Munday for the Roland Australia Blog “Whole Lotta Love” is the opening track on Led Zeppelin’s legendary album Led Zeppelin II. The solo section comes blazing out of the swirling sound effect break down in the middle part of the song.
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