Jimmy Page's Effects Pedals

According to WholeLottaLed, "It was used to create the annoying octave down fuzz for the Fool In The Rain solo." Jimmy Page's use of the MXR Blue Box backed up by http://www.jimmypage.co.uk/equipment.htm and http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/m103-blue-box-octave-fuzz (Dunlop is the current owner of MXR, the creators of the Blue Box).

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Used during Page's time with The Firm and his first solo tour, as is visible in this photo of Page's 80s pedalboard from this My Les Paul Forum thread.

Before the big Cornish pedalboard Jimmy commissioned from Pete Cornish in the early 90s, there was this much smaller pedalboard, in the Cornish style, but not from Cornish.

I know because I asked Pete Cornish by email and here's his reply:

Not guilty - it's not one of mine.

Best Wishes, Pete Cornish.

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In this photo, an M-101 can be seen on the right, on Jimmy's pedalboard. This pedal is discussed further on this website. It was used for part of 'Immigrant Song' as well as 'Dazed and Confused', and for "Rock and Roll' at Live Aid 1985.

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In the March 13, 1971 issue of Melody Maker, Jimmy Page is shown using the Univox UD-50 Uni-Drive to achieve an electronic cello effect.

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According to this list, Jimmy Page used the Roger Mayer Fuzz Box. Roger Mayer was an electrical engineer, and built a fuzz box and several other guitar effects for Page.

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Jimmy Page used the "Theremin" in Led Zeppelin's concert film "The Song Remains the Same" at Madison Square Garden, New York City in 1976 . He used it in the song "Whole Lotta Love" . The item appears in 1:48-3:40 . Additional quote : The concert was filming in 1973 (3 nights) but the concert film was made in 1976 .

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"For Jimmy's stage system, we fitted additional high impedance pre-amps between each effect to further isolate each one from the next in line. We also provided two send/return circuits so that new effects could be added at a later date and another send/return to Jimmy's Echoplex. The four isolated outputs to the stage amplifiers each had a line driver fitted to overcome the very long across-stage cables (total length 64m)." - via Pete Cornish

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According to Pete Cornish's website, Boss CE-2 chorus pedal is a part of his pretty massive pedalboard.

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When Jimmy plays the intro and the camera gets futher away, your able to see on the floor a gray wah wah pedal, really similar to the vox grey wah (used by amney artist like George Harrison).

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In this picture of Page with the final line up of the Yardbirds you can see his Tonebender Professional MII. See also this shot with Zep:

http://www.bigmuffpage.com/images/Tonebender%20Images/Screaming%20Lord%20Such_May%201969_TB.jpg

and this informative article on the history of the Bender family of fuzzes with a healthy dose of 'ol Pagey interspersed: http://www.bigmuffpage.com/The_Tonebender_Timeline_4.html

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According to Ant Macari, Led Zeppelin bandmate John Paul Jones recalled Page bringing in a MKI to early rehearsals.

I spoke to John Paul Jones a couple o' years ago and I said "Do You remember Jimmy Page with his first fuzz box, when he first brought it in to rehearsals?" And he said something that absolutely flattened me, he said "Yeah, I remember it looking like a piece of cheese." Which makes me think he had a MKI.

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In this dated image of Page you can just make out the Rotosound Tonebender MK III.

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In this clip from "It Might Get Loud", you can just make out the Whammy 1 behind Jimmy at :23s. Woodytone tries to decipher exactly what gear he uses in this move from this accompanying article, where they also mention the Whammy 1.

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In this photo, Jimmy Page can be seen with a Vox Thomas Organ Crybaby.

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In this photo you can see the little orange box sitting next to his Wah.

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According to Pete Cornish's website, Yamaha CH-10MII chorus pedal is a part of the board.

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In this image, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Paige can be seen playing a Sonic Wave Theremin.

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In this Instagram post, Jimmy Page mentioned playing on, “‘Is it True’ gave [him] a good opportunity to employ a DeArmond tone pedal,” for Brenda Lee on August 28th, 1964.

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From RM's own website:

“I try working with effects and making effects work for me. “When I Was a Child” just came out of using this Roger Mayer Voodoo-Vibe pedal. I set it up and just started playing around with it. Before long, I had the first part of the verse, and then I though up the chorus afterwards. But it was really dictated by the effect and being inspired.”

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According to Guitar Lobby, Jimmy used FZ-1.

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According to Guitar Lobby, Jimmy used V846.

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Jimmy Page MB/DG/BC/WL

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Jimmy Page MB/DG/BC/WL

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Jimmy Page MB/DG/BC/WL

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Jimmy Page MB/DG/BC/WL

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This is a community-built gear list for Jimmy Page.

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