![]() When Jimmy first began playing the Tele in The Yardbirds, it had its original finish, but during the early months of 1967 he decided it needed something more distinctive. Its status as a 1959 example can be seen in the rosewood ’board and the top-loader bridge with optional string-through holes. When Jeff left The Yardbirds at the end of 1966, he took his favoured Burst with him and left the Tele in Jimmy’s hands. ![]() In The Yardbirds, Jimmy had worked alongside Jeff Beck since joining in the summer of 1965 and when he shifted to guitar, he mostly played a Telecaster borrowed from Jeff. Jimmy Page is using a violin bow on his ‘Mirror’ Telecaster, the subject of a recent Fender tribute model ![]() The Yardbirds at Holte Hallen in Denmark, 15 April 1967. And the guitar Jimmy played was no ordinary Tele, either. From Zep’s first appearance in 1968 that’s immortalised in Jørgen Angel’s photos, it was clear that this was no ordinary band. At first, however, he played a Telecaster that he brought with him from The Yardbirds. Think of Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin and probably the first guitar that comes to mind is a sunburst Les Paul, or maybe that spectacular double-neck.
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