![]() On “The Song Remains The Same”, it’s just the Fender.1990s Vox USA Mark VI Custom Shop Black Sparkle Phantom Guitar Ex. Guitar World: Did you use them for tonal differences? Page: Well on “Stairway” I used both my VOX PHANTOM THAT I USED ON “THANK YOU” and my Fender Electric XII. Guitar World: Going back over both of these albums (Untitled fourth album and ‘Houses of The Holy’) it’s striking how much electric 12-string you used. YOU CAN HEAR THE VOX ON THINGS LIKE “THANK YOU” AND “LIVING LOVING MAID” ON THE SECOND ALBUM. And before the Fender, I used a Vox 12-string. Page: No, I used a Fender 12-string in the studio. Guitar World: What guitar did you use on “The Song Remains The Same”, was it the Gibson double-neck? Guitar World Januarticle-Jimmy Page Revisits Two Of Led Zeppelin’s Most God-Like Albums, ‘IV’ and ‘Houses Of Holy’ Elsewhere in the arrangement, John Paul Jones excelled in Hammond organ, AND PAGE COMPLIMENTED IT ALL WITH SOME DELICATE PICKING USING HIS ‘67 VOX PHANTOM. ![]() Recorded at Morgan Studios in London in June 1969, Robert Plant’s emotional love song to his wife brought out the best in him and provided one of his finest vocal performances. Guitar Player article 10-22-2019 ‘Ramble On: A Track-By-Track Breakdown of ‘Led Zeppelin II’ 50 Years Later’ The instrument also saw some action on “Living Loving Maid” and “Thank You”. The guitar was used from his time in The Yardbirds, both on the album ‘Little Games’ and on some of the band’s live shows. article ‘8 Weirdest Guitars in Jimmy Page’s Collection’Īnother twelve string in his collection-this time a bit weirder-is the Vox Phantom XII. PAGE PLAYS HIS VOX PHANTOM and also adds a strummed acoustic, supported by the rich vibrato of the Hammond. The sound is strongly reminiscent of The Byrds, all the more so as he doubles the instrument with an acoustic guitar, his E-ROS Model 606 Dakota with it’s more crystalline sound.-The track acquires a new dynamism after the first verse, Bonham and Jones falling into a pop-like groove still the limits of slow rock. JIMMY OPENS “THANK YOU” WITH AN INTRO ON ELECTRIC GUITAR, A 1967 VOX PHANTOM XII TWELVE-STRING ACQUIRED DURING HIS YARDBIRDS DAYS. The track was cut in a day, Jindicating that the group was on form and brimming with confidence. ![]() “Thank You” marked the start of a long and fruitful collaboration between Led Zeppelin and the chief sound engineer at Morgan Studios, Andy Johns (the brother of Glyn, who had engineered the group’s debut album). ![]() Guitar World June 2008 interview with Eddie Kramer who states that Page used a ‘67 Vox Phantom Electric XII on “Thank You”.įrom the book ‘Led Zeppelin: The Story Behind Every Song’ by Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin: Guitar World May 1993 mentions that the Vox Phantom XII was used on the second album: It’s also on “Thank You”, so it’s had quite an interesting life. It’s one of the electric twelve strings I used in the building of the recording of “Stairway To Heaven”-the other was the Fender Electric XII. On “Tinker Tailor” and “Glimpses”, I’m bowing it at the same time, so I was really putting it through it’s paces, abusing it, really? I played “Glimpses” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor” on it and it was used to do a Bob Dylan song “Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine”. I got it when I was a studio musician and then it went through to The Yardbirds. The Vox Phantom XII-string is a lovely guitar. ![]()
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