Awesome video Chris, as always. Ignazio Vagnone from Jensen Speakers here. So happy you had the opportunity of playing the Sundragon Amp, such an incredible piece of gear! Mitch Colby did a truly forensic job in recreating the magic. I'm chiming in to let the community know the exact Jensen model that is featured in all the Sundragon amps, both the LTD and the Standard version. It's the Jensen Vintage AlNiCo P12Q. Here's the story: Mitch and I, we know each other since many years, and one day I got a call from him saying "I need a few different samples for a project, that is SO big I cannot tell you anything about." Of course, we sent Mitch all the speakers he needed. And we didn't hear anything back, to the point we kind of forgot. And then... boom, the Sundragon was at the Namm booth. Big LZ fan here, I could not believe my eyes and my ears. And still pinchin' myself every time I get to play one of those beauties!
Hi Ignazio, you are truly one of the great guys at Jensen and I remember having some Email conversations with you, that were really helpful. Since I play the Blackbird 40 as one of my all-time favorite speakers, I am sure it would have been an at least equally great match for the Supro - if not better. For having the P12Q qualities, but a bit tighter. What's your guess?
@@heikopfister9739 Thanks for your kind words, it's always a pleasure talking ger and tone with the community of players. About your question, well, you are right, the relationship between the P12Q and the Blackbird 40 is a pretty close one. The BB40 is bolder, has a tighter and firmer bass, and is globally more efficient by 2-3dB. This because of a substantially stronger magnet: the Reinforced AlNiCo magnet in the Blackbird 40 is about 30% more powerful than the AlNiCo in the P12Q. But the membrane and the voice coil are really similar, so the overall tone is not that different... The simple reason why Mitch Colby picked the P12Q for the Sundragon instead of the BB40 is... because the BB40 was not even conceived in 2018, when the Sundragon amp was in development, since the BB40 was introduced in late 2020!
Appreciate the story Ignazio, so many years of questioning Page's tone, almost cant believe my ears myself hearing that speaker! Haven't heard the Black bird yet, but definitely looking forward to it!! Thanks again Ignazio!!!
@@bryanfalcho6293 Thank you Bryan! Pluggin into the Sundragon is something every LZ fan should do once in a lifetime. It tells a LOT about the dynamic control you need to have in your playing to approximate Page's tones. As said, we could not believe our ears either. A tele, a Bender and a Sundragon... a demanding but supremely rewarding rig!
I get so wrapped up in these videos (the spellbinding playing) and the historical information that I sometimes "almost" forget to hit the like button. That intro was so UNGODLY good, I can actually still taste it !!
The lead in one of the bands I play with had come by the house before rehearsal one day. He was waiting for his brother, our bassist, to bring his gear in the van for the rehearsal, but he said he had a song idea in his head that he wanted to work out before he lost it. Now, I had a fair amount of gear at the time, but he just grabbed the first guitar and amp he could get his hands on. The guitar was an SSH-configured S-type made by Michael Kelly called the CC60 Burl Burst. It has a switch allowing you to engage the neck pickup regardless of pickup selection, which my friend started using for a Tele-style sound (even though I had a Tele as well). The amp that he used, though, was my old Peavey Bandit 112, red-stripe variant. With all the other amps and modelers, he just jumped onto an old solid-state combo. The riffs he played on that modest guitar and forgotten amp were just out of this world. The sound was punchy and tight, with plenty of overtones and dynamics. His solo was sublime, with so much tonal control coming just from the fingers When he was done, we listened back to it and sat there for a bit. Eventually, he asked if he could buy the amp and guitar off me. Of course, that was a NO. Even so, every time he hits the studio for any of his work, he comes by and borrows my Michael Kelly and my Bandit. The man with Kiesels and vintage LPs and Custom Shop Strats, with his modelers and tube stacks, deciding he can get exactly what he wants on a $600 guitar and an old solid-state combo. Yeah, great tone can come from the humblest places. Not from my fingers, though. I can't make my gear sound anywhere near as good as all that.
You're dead-on about killer tones coming from unexpected and inexpensive places. All of Led Zeppelin 2 and all the killer distorted tones on Rubber Soul and Revolver were all from transistor amps!
Sweet baby Jesus… You just keep getting better and better. Your playing has always been startling fiery, but you keep adding interesting and unexpected turns. I look for these Friday videos so much.
@@Skybluetoo I feel bad about forgetting the donkey. Now Joseph? The figure of Joseph always makes me a little sad because of how much shit everyone in his village must have given him. But, again, my apologies to the donkey.
Number 1 guitarist I love WATCHING and hearing when it comes to technique is Chris Buck. You're not just playing the guitar, you're man handling it with a passion you don't often SEE.
So grateful that you take the time to make these videos. The research that goes into it, the time it takes to edit, and the playing samples -- just amazing stuff. You don't NEED to be making these videos for us, but when you do, it's just marvelous content. Thank you!!
Actually biasing an amp cold increases headroom, although at the expense of it having a colder or harsh tone. Biasing an amp hotter reduces headroom and gives a warmer tone, although at the expense of shortened tube life.
And he is back. Was great to meet you at the Guitar Show workshop the other Sunday. Good to have this back in the Friday afternoon routine. JHS after this. Best wishes Tony.
The picture you chosen is from a concert in July of 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum which was one of the first I ever attended. Thanks for the memory Chris!
I absolutely love anything having to do with Jimmy's gear. That being said...I feel like Jimmy sounds like Jimmy no matter what he plays through. In the same manner, Chris sounds like Chris even when he's playing through "Jimmy's" gear. To me that's a sign of a truly iconic guitar player. When you hear it you don't think "that's a Marshall/Supro or a Les Paul/Tele". You instantly think " that's (insert your guitar hero here)". Thanks for sharing.
The thing I took from Mr Page was that he would use one amp for rhythm parts & use a different amp for the solo & if possible different mic’s. We know Jimmy had a couple of Vox’s including a ac30 & the amps he inherited from the yardbirds. I doubt the supro was the only amp used on Zep one but it’s probably on almost every track.
Whatever wood-shedding, or shredding you’ve been doing have been incredibly productive you’re playing and sound is better than ever. Thanks for another great installment of Friday Fretworks!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great come back episode with a very interesting story. At that time Jimmy might have all gear available to use, yet he chose something simple and effective that produced an immortal sound. Loved watching Chris playing that Tele and amp, what a way to start my Saturday morning in Australia!
dude!! DUDE!!! you´re awesome! everytime i watch your reviews / videos i have one of my guitars and play along with you and i always learn something even if it´s "just" a hint or an idea .. for me you are one of some guys in the net who really inspires me. so dude! DUDE!!! keep on making these videos! ;)
Great information. I was never sure about the amp on the first 4 albums, but I knew that he used a Telecaster. No matter what amp you plug a Telecaster into you can always hear that distinct Tele sound.
I've been re-re-...-re-re listening some tunes form Buck and Evans, or Cardinal Black. And something became clear. Considering how you play, your style so melodious, teh world needs a collaboration with Nick Johnston. We demand one!
Thanks for that insight to the amp Jimmy Page used in the studio. I remember that his amp tech had installed larger tubes in the Marshall Heads to drive them beyond their 100 watt capability. Overall very interesting story and thanks for the info.
Chris, your brilliant and soulful playing is some of the best around. So much so that when I hear you play this rig, not surprising I don't hear Zep tones thru that (albeit very nice) amp but Chris Buck. Perhaps I need to hear Jimmy play that rig to hear the mythical LZ guitar tones it is *supposed* to recreate? Thanks for all your brilliant work.
Thanks for covering this I totally forgot about this topic that we wondering about years ago This was in my main page YT suggestions Liked & Subscribed cheers!
Great playing, great history lesson - thanks for that. I spent HOURS listening to Led Zep1 when it came out . . . and then the rest of 'em of course. Your closing run thru was very cool!
my dad, may he rest in peace, was a guitar teacher and I was, according to him, his best student (I’m sure he was slightly biased) anyway, he was always buying & selling mostly inexpensive gear to sell to his students in an era when used stuff wasn’t that easily accessible (1960s & ‘70s) so one day he had a ‘new’ amp he was using to teach lessons on; it was a 40 watt, one 12 Supro that he bought for $40.00 (a dollar a watt!) I must’ve been 15 or 16 at the time and ‘borrowed’ the Supro to jam with my high school band…that was the last he saw it ‘cause it made my Tele sound incredible; I had never heard of Supro amps; never knew Jimmy Page used one etc…it had the most organic sustain with just a bit of overdrive; it sounded like old Rolling Stones records; it was my main amp until it literally blew up onstage (a puff of purple smoke rising from the back) in the mid ‘80s…and a funny side note to the story…the pilot light used some sort of gas because it stayed lit for 10 minutes after you turned it off…you’d be carrying it out to the car & it was still ‘on’ 😎
Phenomenal Chris. Loads of useful info. I've started using a pedal you played on TPS a few years ago: RambleFX Twin bender 3. The MK1.5 setting is great for Jimi type clean ups and with a bit of tweaking I can get near enough Jimmy. 2 tofus with one stone. All the best to you Chris and fellow commenters.
Having said that I played a gig with it on Saturday. Sound check at 3 o'clock. Pedal in the hot sun. All they say about germanum transistors and heat is true folks. Now I know why they used to keep them in the freezer.
I had a SD for a season (one of the 50). Mitch did such an amazing job pulling that off (playing a Yaron burst through it made me laugh... it NAILED it). There are a lot of great amp builders out there and Mitch is in the creme de la creme category. I don't have the SD anymore (It's in the collector category... I'm not a collector) but I have a Park 1800, and my "living room" amp is a Colby Mod Machine (the swiss army marshall). If you're looking for a "not yet another" amp, but don't know Mitch's work, YOU need to check him out.
I was lucky enough to play through that amp prototype. You look at that amp and say this is it? all that goes away when you plug your guitar into it. What an amazing little amp! being a Jimmy Page fan is an understatement, Not only is his name on it, it is that early Zep sound.
I always knew he used a tele on stairways solo but I was always under the impression (and read and told) the amp he used was a 1959 SL. Obviously he didn’t and after listening to you demo this amp it does sound like it could easily get that sound. I also wonder if he used this amp on since I been loving you?! That amp sounds amazing!!! Kinda sounds like a tweed at lower volumes and somewhat Marshally as you crank it. But I have played and owned tweeds that get Marshally when cranked too. Awesome amp though and your playing and style is as good as any blues guitarist on line today
Nice intro track! Lots of grit and attitude. I really admire your playing. Side note, what is it about wearing a watch on the fretting hand that makes a player more distinguished?
The amp Page used on most of the second record is even more interesting being a Vox Hybrid amp with a KT88 power section and a solid state preamp. Model UL 4120 but he called it a Super Beatle because the Beatles used the same amp at some point but It was not made in the USA like a Super Beatle Vox amp. The one Jimmy Page used was made by Vox in England and had a KT88 tube power amp. That is a very cool sounding amp.
I recorded a solo using a 1973 Fender Jazzmaster, a tiny Supro with a 10 inch speaker, and a Rat for distortion on an 8 track Fostex real to real. ..in 1989. The Fostex was mine, the Amp and guitar my friend's. Never again was I able to recreate such a heavenly sound with out that combination.
Chris... you are my Jimmy Page. You are awesome. I don't comment much, I just want to say you have taught me soooo much, about music, about TONE, about composition. I can't thank you enough, you are a fountain of knowledge and talent... DUDE! I love you
Wow! I can only imagine what that first run of amps sound like! I’ve always been an “Amp Guy” & you’ve really got my mind buzzing & wanting to bird dog one of these amps down! I’ve never owned one but I’ve seen many of the old SUPRO’s and played thru some but this is a little beast! I love single speaker combos! I’ve had many old Fender tweed amps & black faces. 50’s tweed’s are still my Favorite.. I’ve had pretty much all the major Vox amps except for the big Super Beatle. Had 3-Marshall Super leads & injured myself many times lugging those heavy amps around. Getting too old for that now! (So how much does one of these beautiful Frankenstein re-pro Supro amps weigh?) Love how it’s nice and compact & breaks up amazingly! My favorite amp at the moment is my tweed Bassman. Hard to beat! I guess the most desirable amp I’ve ever had was my Fender Prototype Twin Reverb. You can see it on TH-cam. Just put my name Ross Southerland Fender Twin Reverb Prototype. It has a fabulous history & I used it for many many years. Walter Carter at Carters Vintage guitars sold it for me. He has an incredible store in Nashville Tn. Great video here! I enjoyed this one best of all! Keep up the great work!!! ❤️🙏🏻
I remember hearing about these (Sundragon) when they first came out. Absolutely brilliant amps. Definitely capture that mojo. I hear tell that the new Supro Black Magic amps can get into this vibe territory as well. Led Zepplin IV and the Ramones Rocket to Russia are literally the first music I remember being exposed as a very small child. If you knew me, or rather new my playing style, that last sentence would profoundly make complete sense. Ha! Loads of down picking power chords. Loads of the pentatonic scale. Some absolutely fantastic content this is Chris! Your fluid bends and hybrid picking technique are seriously on another level mate! Hope you are keeping safe & well. Cheers!
A "broken in " Jensen speaker(s) are a delight to anyone who's heard/played them. A little patience goes a LONG way to a HUGE payoff. SHOUT OUT to IGNAZIO @ Jensen Speakers. SALUT!
Huge part of the sound is the pulsonic cone greenback. I was lucky enough to find two 1967 in great shape and uber rare 8ohm. Threw one in a Magic Amps Z1 and I think I prob have the sun dragon beat for closest to the sound.
I've got the Jimmy Page Mirror Tele and it's absolutely awesome. I've also got a Tone Bender and through an AC30 it sounds absolutely amazing. I've tried forever to get a Supro Coronado but I've never seen one in person. I've even got a little video on my channel of the Mirror Tele with the Boss Tone Bender. I have another Sola Sound Bender that I actually like even better than the Boss version but they'll both do Jimmy Page.
Awesome video Chris, as always. Ignazio Vagnone from Jensen Speakers here.
So happy you had the opportunity of playing the Sundragon Amp, such an incredible piece of gear! Mitch Colby did a truly forensic job in recreating the magic.
I'm chiming in to let the community know the exact Jensen model that is featured in all the Sundragon amps, both the LTD and the Standard version. It's the Jensen Vintage AlNiCo P12Q. Here's the story: Mitch and I, we know each other since many years, and one day I got a call from him saying "I need a few different samples for a project, that is SO big I cannot tell you anything about."
Of course, we sent Mitch all the speakers he needed. And we didn't hear anything back, to the point we kind of forgot.
And then... boom, the Sundragon was at the Namm booth. Big LZ fan here, I could not believe my eyes and my ears. And still pinchin' myself every time I get to play one of those beauties!
Hi Ignazio,
you are truly one of the great guys at Jensen and I remember having some Email conversations with you, that were really helpful.
Since I play the Blackbird 40 as one of my all-time favorite speakers, I am sure it would have been an at least equally great match for the Supro - if not better. For having the P12Q qualities, but a bit tighter.
What's your guess?
@@heikopfister9739 Thanks for your kind words, it's always a pleasure talking ger and tone with the community of players. About your question, well, you are right, the relationship between the P12Q and the Blackbird 40 is a pretty close one. The BB40 is bolder, has a tighter and firmer bass, and is globally more efficient by 2-3dB.
This because of a substantially stronger magnet: the Reinforced AlNiCo magnet in the Blackbird 40 is about 30% more powerful than the AlNiCo in the P12Q. But the membrane and the voice coil are really similar, so the overall tone is not that different...
The simple reason why Mitch Colby picked the P12Q for the Sundragon instead of the BB40 is... because the BB40 was not even conceived in 2018, when the Sundragon amp was in development, since the BB40 was introduced in late 2020!
Appreciate the story Ignazio, so many years of questioning Page's tone, almost cant believe my ears myself hearing that speaker! Haven't heard the Black bird yet, but definitely looking forward to it!! Thanks again Ignazio!!!
@@bryanfalcho6293 Thank you Bryan! Pluggin into the Sundragon is something every LZ fan should do once in a lifetime. It tells a LOT about the dynamic control you need to have in your playing to approximate Page's tones. As said, we could not believe our ears either. A tele, a Bender and a Sundragon... a demanding but supremely rewarding rig!
Thanks for the great insight Ignazio! The internet is a great place sometimes.
Doesn't matter what gear Chris plays he still sounds definitively like himself. Sign of a great player I think.
Chris is one of those rare musicians who make each note, whether long or short, utterly convincing.
I get so wrapped up in these videos (the spellbinding playing) and the historical information that I sometimes "almost" forget to hit the like button. That intro was so UNGODLY good, I can actually still taste it !!
The lead in one of the bands I play with had come by the house before rehearsal one day. He was waiting for his brother, our bassist, to bring his gear in the van for the rehearsal, but he said he had a song idea in his head that he wanted to work out before he lost it.
Now, I had a fair amount of gear at the time, but he just grabbed the first guitar and amp he could get his hands on. The guitar was an SSH-configured S-type made by Michael Kelly called the CC60 Burl Burst. It has a switch allowing you to engage the neck pickup regardless of pickup selection, which my friend started using for a Tele-style sound (even though I had a Tele as well).
The amp that he used, though, was my old Peavey Bandit 112, red-stripe variant. With all the other amps and modelers, he just jumped onto an old solid-state combo. The riffs he played on that modest guitar and forgotten amp were just out of this world. The sound was punchy and tight, with plenty of overtones and dynamics. His solo was sublime, with so much tonal control coming just from the fingers
When he was done, we listened back to it and sat there for a bit. Eventually, he asked if he could buy the amp and guitar off me. Of course, that was a NO. Even so, every time he hits the studio for any of his work, he comes by and borrows my Michael Kelly and my Bandit. The man with Kiesels and vintage LPs and Custom Shop Strats, with his modelers and tube stacks, deciding he can get exactly what he wants on a $600 guitar and an old solid-state combo.
Yeah, great tone can come from the humblest places. Not from my fingers, though. I can't make my gear sound anywhere near as good as all that.
You're dead-on about killer tones coming from unexpected and inexpensive places. All of Led Zeppelin 2 and all the killer distorted tones on Rubber Soul and Revolver were all from transistor amps!
Bandits have always surprised me, everyone should own one
@@jackgreenwood1817 Josh Homme's Peavey Decade springs to my mind.
Sweet baby Jesus… You just keep getting better and better. Your playing has always been startling fiery, but you keep adding interesting and unexpected turns. I look for these Friday videos so much.
Sweet baby back ribs Jesus
@@Skybluetoo I feel bad about forgetting the donkey. Now Joseph? The figure of Joseph always makes me a little sad because of how much shit everyone in his village must have given him. But, again, my apologies to the donkey.
@@Skybluetoo Mmm donkey wee aaarrgghhh...
Stan Culler, don’t feel bad for St. Joe… I have a feeling he was up to the job. But yeah, we shouldn’t forget the donkey…
@@Skybluetoo And who doesn’t love a wee donkey?
My goodness Chris, did you leave any frets on that tele? That was another amazing opening. You never cease to make me smile when you jam.
Number 1 guitarist I love WATCHING and hearing when it comes to technique is Chris Buck. You're not just playing the guitar, you're man handling it with a passion you don't often SEE.
Thanks for Friday Fretworks !! Makes my weekend complete. Jusr being able to watch and hear you play is wonderful. Thsnk you Chris Buck
Musically and verbally articulate combined always with interesting subject matter. Thank you.
So grateful that you take the time to make these videos. The research that goes into it, the time it takes to edit, and the playing samples -- just amazing stuff. You don't NEED to be making these videos for us, but when you do, it's just marvelous content. Thank you!!
To me that amp never sounds harsh. Bright lots of bite but not harsh. Chris is as smooth as ever.
Actually biasing an amp cold increases headroom, although at the expense of it having a colder or harsh tone. Biasing an amp hotter reduces headroom and gives a warmer tone, although at the expense of shortened tube life.
And he is back. Was great to meet you at the Guitar Show workshop the other Sunday. Good to have this back in the Friday afternoon routine. JHS after this. Best wishes Tony.
The only reason I open TH-cam on Friday.
When you realize you want to share a link to an amp demo with your friends. Appreciate you having the confidence to play it YOUR way.
The picture you chosen is from a concert in July of 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum which was one of the first I ever attended. Thanks for the memory Chris!
My lord. That intro solo. My god.
That Tele looks marvellous and it sounds even better.
I absolutely love anything having to do with Jimmy's gear. That being said...I feel like Jimmy sounds like Jimmy no matter what he plays through. In the same manner, Chris sounds like Chris even when he's playing through "Jimmy's" gear. To me that's a sign of a truly iconic guitar player. When you hear it you don't think "that's a Marshall/Supro or a Les Paul/Tele". You instantly think " that's (insert your guitar hero here)". Thanks for sharing.
I love watching your right hand, Chris.
beautifully played- music at 1.40
It’s not just the mind boggling skill and the heavenly tone, it’s also the brilliant composition. Sublime.
WOW.... Beautiful !
Very true. That telecaster/ supro combo WAS the whole of Led Zep 1 then brought out again for the Stairway solo. 👍🎸
The thing I took from Mr Page was that he would use one amp for rhythm parts & use a different amp for the solo & if possible different mic’s. We know Jimmy had a couple of Vox’s including a ac30 & the amps he inherited from the yardbirds. I doubt the supro was the only
amp used on Zep one but it’s probably on almost every track.
Far out, Killer tone and Playing !! love the Jam
As a long time fan of the band I would just like to say thanks for the interesting video.
Fascinating history and glorious playing; I could listen to you all day!
Whatever wood-shedding, or shredding you’ve been doing have been incredibly productive you’re playing and sound is better than ever. Thanks for another great installment of Friday Fretworks!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great come back episode with a very interesting story. At that time Jimmy might have all gear available to use, yet he chose something simple and effective that produced an immortal sound. Loved watching Chris playing that Tele and amp, what a way to start my Saturday morning in Australia!
That's one lovely sounding amp! Great to have you back Chris, those magic fingers keep getting better and better!
dude!! DUDE!!! you´re awesome! everytime i watch your reviews / videos i have one of my guitars and play along with you and i always learn something even if it´s "just" a hint or an idea .. for me you are one of some guys in the net who really inspires me. so dude! DUDE!!! keep on making these videos! ;)
Wow! What an amp Chris. Thanks for sharing this.
What a great story. Goes to show that you don't need a complicated EQ to get a great sound - just a great amp. Volume and tone. Wow!
Great information. I was never sure about the amp on the first 4 albums, but I knew that he used a Telecaster. No matter what amp you plug a Telecaster into you can always hear that distinct Tele sound.
I've been re-re-...-re-re listening some tunes form Buck and Evans, or Cardinal Black. And something became clear. Considering how you play, your style so melodious, teh world needs a collaboration with Nick Johnston. We demand one!
I love your jams at the beginning of your videos! 👍🤘🎸
Love the Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band bass drum head on the wall!
Thanks Chris, fascinating delve into the history of one of the classic tones.
At last! Welcome back Chris
This was a great one! Love this channel.
Good to see you back, hope all is well in the Buck household 👍
My God I love your technique tone and note selection. I get a lot of creative fire from you my man.
Great to see you back Chris. Well done 👍
Thanks for that insight to the amp Jimmy Page used in the studio. I remember that his amp tech had installed larger tubes in the Marshall Heads to drive them beyond their 100 watt capability. Overall very interesting story and thanks for the info.
That intro solo knocked me over Chris! Unbelievable mate, keep it up 👍🏻
It’s easy to forget the timeline of Zeppelin. That Zeppelin I came out before Abbey Road and Let It Be is wild
It sounds SOOOOOOOOO good! Creamy. Love your chill videos.
Chris, your brilliant and soulful playing is some of the best around. So much so that when I hear you play this rig, not surprising I don't hear Zep tones thru that (albeit very nice) amp but Chris Buck. Perhaps I need to hear Jimmy play that rig to hear the mythical LZ guitar tones it is *supposed* to recreate? Thanks for all your brilliant work.
Great to see you back, fantastic playing as always, and thanks for the history lesson!
Long time no see.good to see you back ❤👍👍👍
Bruh…. That opening JAM! 🤯🔥🔥🔥
if you dont know who Vic Flick is he was a session player who played on some of the biggest and most influencial hits of the 60s and 70s.
Professor Buckmaster. Every day's a school day. A tele? Amazing. 😳👏👏 I didn't know that.
Thanks for covering this I totally forgot about this topic that we wondering about years ago This was in my main page YT suggestions Liked & Subscribed cheers!
Always super interesting. Always nice music coming from you.
Great playing, great history lesson - thanks for that. I spent HOURS listening to Led Zep1 when it came out . . . and then the rest of 'em of course. Your closing run thru was very cool!
I don’t know what I was expecting from this amp but was surprised to find some Marshall like character to it’s overdriven sound in the video.
You are a Class act!!!! Thank you for your information and your incredible playing!!!!
my dad, may he rest in peace, was a guitar teacher and I was, according to him, his best student (I’m sure he was slightly biased) anyway, he was always buying & selling mostly inexpensive gear to sell to his students in an era when used stuff wasn’t that easily accessible (1960s & ‘70s) so one day he had a ‘new’ amp he was using to teach lessons on; it was a 40 watt, one 12 Supro that he bought for $40.00 (a dollar a watt!) I must’ve been 15 or 16 at the time and ‘borrowed’ the Supro to jam with my high school band…that was the last he saw it ‘cause it made my Tele sound incredible; I had never heard of Supro amps; never knew Jimmy Page used one etc…it had the most organic sustain with just a bit of overdrive; it sounded like old Rolling Stones records; it was my main amp until it literally blew up onstage (a puff of purple smoke rising from the back) in the mid ‘80s…and a funny side note to the story…the pilot light used some sort of gas because it stayed lit for 10 minutes after you turned it off…you’d be carrying it out to the car & it was still ‘on’ 😎
Fabulous episode, thanks for doing this.
Great video! It would be cool to see a comparison between this and the Supro Black Magick
Great video. The ECC83 os actually the exact same valve as the 12AX7. They are just two names for the same thing, like boot/trunk.
Nice one Chris, werent tempted to get the violin bow out then?... :)
Phenomenal Chris. Loads of useful info. I've started using a pedal you played on TPS a few years ago: RambleFX Twin bender 3. The MK1.5 setting is great for Jimi type clean ups and with a bit of tweaking I can get near enough Jimmy. 2 tofus with one stone. All the best to you Chris and fellow commenters.
Having said that I played a gig with it on Saturday. Sound check at 3 o'clock. Pedal in the hot sun. All they say about germanum transistors and heat is true folks. Now I know why they used to keep them in the freezer.
Damn dude! I'm not sure if that guitar should have a smoke or a shower after that intro jam..
That guitar intro was sick.
YESS! That intro was WILD! Great to see the rowdiness come out. That’s what I want from my guitar heroes!
I got chills that mellow LZ sound!
Hooray! Rock on Chris !
Wow I really like your version of Stairway to Heaven There pretty cool
Amazing video! Thank you!! :D
I subbed fir the guitar intro alone.
"It sounds like this" ~ It does when you play it, I don't think it would if I played through it!
I had a SD for a season (one of the 50). Mitch did such an amazing job pulling that off (playing a Yaron burst through it made me laugh... it NAILED it). There are a lot of great amp builders out there and Mitch is in the creme de la creme category. I don't have the SD anymore (It's in the collector category... I'm not a collector) but I have a Park 1800, and my "living room" amp is a Colby Mod Machine (the swiss army marshall). If you're looking for a "not yet another" amp, but don't know Mitch's work, YOU need to check him out.
You are an exceptional guitar man!
Like Jimmy Page, you're destined to be a household name in the general public. Exceptional player.
I was lucky enough to play through that amp prototype. You look at that amp and say this is it? all that goes away when you plug your guitar into it. What an amazing little amp! being a Jimmy Page fan is an understatement, Not only is his name on it, it is that early Zep sound.
Killer solos Chris, you're making that tele sing.
I always knew he used a tele on stairways solo but I was always under the impression (and read and told) the amp he used was a 1959 SL. Obviously he didn’t and after listening to you demo this amp it does sound like it could easily get that sound. I also wonder if he used this amp on since I been loving you?!
That amp sounds amazing!!! Kinda sounds like a tweed at lower volumes and somewhat Marshally as you crank it. But I have played and owned tweeds that get Marshally when cranked too. Awesome amp though and your playing and style is as good as any blues guitarist on line today
Sublime playing. I needed that. Thx
That tele suddenly is on steroids. The only other player I can think off is Tom Morello. Great playing as ever!
Nice intro track! Lots of grit and attitude. I really admire your playing. Side note, what is it about wearing a watch on the fretting hand that makes a player more distinguished?
The amp Page used on most of the second record is even more interesting being a Vox Hybrid amp with a KT88 power section and a solid state preamp. Model UL 4120 but he called it a Super Beatle because the Beatles used the same amp at some point but It was not made in the USA like a Super Beatle Vox amp. The one Jimmy Page used was made by Vox in England and had a KT88 tube power amp. That is a very cool sounding amp.
I have an old single 10 Supro, definitely led zep 1 in a box. Didn’t know he used it again on stairway.
I recorded a solo using a 1973 Fender Jazzmaster, a tiny Supro with a 10 inch speaker, and a Rat for distortion on an 8 track Fostex real to real.
..in 1989. The Fostex was mine, the Amp and guitar my friend's. Never again was I able to recreate such a heavenly sound with out that combination.
and the mike was an SM57
Fantastic guitar playing in beginning of your video. What was that?
Do you record the video separately and merge with the audio? Damn that thing sounds fantastic.
Always love these videos consistently brilliant. Same for the guitar playing
Truly unique sound and musician
Chris... you are my Jimmy Page. You are awesome. I don't comment much, I just want to say you have taught me soooo much, about music, about TONE, about composition. I can't thank you enough, you are a fountain of knowledge and talent... DUDE! I love you
Never underestimate a man and his Tele ... I've been thinking about doing the Kirchner reverse rig to mine as well.
Wow! I can only imagine what that first run of amps sound like! I’ve always been an “Amp Guy” & you’ve really got my mind buzzing & wanting to bird dog one of these amps down! I’ve never owned one but I’ve seen many of the old SUPRO’s and played thru some but this is a little beast! I love single speaker combos! I’ve had many old Fender tweed amps & black faces. 50’s tweed’s are still my Favorite.. I’ve had pretty much all the major Vox amps except for the big Super Beatle. Had 3-Marshall Super leads & injured myself many times lugging those heavy amps around. Getting too old for that now! (So how much does one of these beautiful Frankenstein re-pro Supro amps weigh?) Love how it’s nice and compact & breaks up amazingly! My favorite amp at the moment is my tweed Bassman. Hard to beat! I guess the most desirable amp I’ve ever had was my Fender Prototype Twin Reverb. You can see it on TH-cam. Just put my name Ross Southerland Fender Twin Reverb Prototype. It has a fabulous history & I used it for many many years. Walter Carter at Carters Vintage guitars sold it for me. He has an incredible store in Nashville Tn. Great video here! I enjoyed this one best of all! Keep up the great work!!! ❤️🙏🏻
Nice the way it doesn't ' fart out' in the low end, unlike a lot of similar amps
This amp sounds good, but part of what we’re hearing on the STH solo includes the analog signal chain, especially some very sweet compression.
Awesome! Great stuff! Many thanks :)
I remember hearing about these (Sundragon) when they first came out. Absolutely brilliant amps. Definitely capture that mojo.
I hear tell that the new Supro Black Magic amps can get into this vibe territory as well.
Led Zepplin IV and the Ramones Rocket to Russia are literally the first music I remember being exposed as a very small child.
If you knew me, or rather new my playing style, that last sentence would profoundly make complete sense. Ha!
Loads of down picking power chords. Loads of the pentatonic scale.
Some absolutely fantastic content this is Chris! Your fluid bends and hybrid picking technique are seriously on another level mate!
Hope you are keeping safe & well.
Cheers!
A "broken in " Jensen speaker(s) are a delight to anyone who's heard/played them. A little patience goes a LONG way to a HUGE payoff. SHOUT OUT to IGNAZIO @ Jensen Speakers. SALUT!
Wow that amp sounds good, amazing playing doesn't hurt
Huge part of the sound is the pulsonic cone greenback. I was lucky enough to find two 1967 in great shape and uber rare 8ohm. Threw one in a Magic Amps Z1 and I think I prob have the sun dragon beat for closest to the sound.
I've got the Jimmy Page Mirror Tele and it's absolutely awesome. I've also got a Tone Bender and through an AC30 it sounds absolutely amazing. I've tried forever to get a Supro Coronado but I've never seen one in person. I've even got a little video on my channel of the Mirror Tele with the Boss Tone Bender. I have another Sola Sound Bender that I actually like even better than the Boss version but they'll both do Jimmy Page.
I enjoy your videos and your great playing.