Only 50 pieces of each model will be made available with personal touches from Page himself, including a signed headstock and personal hand-painted embellishments on the guitar body’s dragon artwork.
Likewise, people ask, did Jimmy Page play a Strat?
A Jimmy Page-played 1971 Fender Stratocaster is going under the hammer. Jimmy Page’s name is associated with a number of electric guitars, from his iconic Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck to the equally intriguing Fender Dragon Telecaster.
Additionally, is the Jimmy Page Telecaster limited edition? Two models will be produced in the Fender Custom Shop – dubbed the “Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Set”; the set will be available at select authorized showcase dealers globally, beginning March 2019.
Similarly, is the Jimmy Page telecaster made in Mexico?
Made in Mexico, the Jimmy Page Telecaster features a two-piece ash body stripped and hand-painted with Pages original design – colorful curls of green, orange, yellow, blue and red that snake around the guitar in a serpentine fashion.
What happened to Jimmy Page’s dragon Telecaster?
When Page came back from a tour in 1969, he found a friend stripped the body and painted over the dragon design. The paint job compromised the wiring, leaving only the neck pickup working. Page salvaged the neck and put it on his brown string bender Tele, and has since re-stripped and restored the body in full.
What Les Paul did Jimmy Page?
What pickups did Jimmy Page use in his Telecaster?
A pair of Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’58 single-coil pickups. A tinted maple “Oval C” neck matching the profile of Page’s original instrument. Clear vinyl pickguards on the ’59 top-load Tele® bridge. 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard matching the specs of the era, right down to the 21 vintage-sized frets.
What songs did Jimmy Page use a Telecaster on?
Also, Page famously recorded some of his finest solos with the Telecaster, solos like in “Stairway To Heaven,” and “Ten Years Gone” were done on the Telecaster, and huge parts of the album In Through The Outdoor feature the b-bender.
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When did Jimmy Page paint his Telecaster?
In its most recognizable form, the Dragon was a 1959 Telecaster with a stripped Ash body that Page partially painted over with darts and curls of green, orange, yellow, blue and red in a pattern that formed something of a swirling, psychedelic dragon done in a vaguely Japanese style.