Posts Tagged ‘Jimmy Page’
Friday, January 1st, 2010
The Gibson Custom Shop has recreated Jimmy Page’s famed “Number Two” Gibson Les Paul. Page, perhaps one of the most iconic Les Paul players of all time, collaborated on the limited edition model by providing Gibson access to the original guitar. Gibson and Page worked side-by-side to recreate one of the most tricked out Les Pauls known to man.
Only 325 will be made with famed aging expert Tom Murphy handling the aging of 125 of the models. We’re pretty sure most, if not all, of these will end up in the hand of collectors with prices ranging $11k - $25k USD.
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Tags: Gibson, gibson les paul, Jimmy Page
Posted in Guitars, News | 3 Comments »
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
After months of anticipation I finally had the chance to go see the guitar documentary It Might Get Loud. The film features the stories of Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White covering their childhood experiences growing up playing guitar, some of their main influences and talking about some of their favorite guitars.
It seems like a film starring these three rock gods couldn’t go wrong and for the most part the film does it’s job of entertaining us with the background of each of these guitar players. But when the three guitar players are put together in the same room, their different respective backgrounds and how they came to play their music reveals many differences. The Edge’s simple, layered approach was born out of desire to move away from the Jimmy Page guitar-gods of the early ’70s. While Jack White’s stripped down, analog sound was a movement away from the processed, compressed sound that was prevalent during U2’s heyday in the 80s. Director Davis Guggenheim puts the three of them together in hopes that something magical might happen, but in the end the jam sessions leave much to be desired.
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Tags: It Might Get Loud, Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
In connection with the release of the new documentary It Might Get Loud, Time Magazine music critic Josh Tyrangiel has published a list of the 10 best electric guitar players. From our standpoint, the only thing this list stands out for is its lack of originality. Still, we’re darn excited about seeing It Might Get Loud so we’re still going to go ahead and publish the list. Read on for the entire list.
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Tags: b.b. king, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, It Might Get Loud, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Johnny Ramone, Keith Richards, Les Paul, Prince, Slash, yngwie malmsteen
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
In demonstrating proof that some great legends never sell out, Jimmy Page has ruled out the possibility of a “Guitar Hero: Led Zeppelin”. After bands like The Beatles, Metallica and Aerosmith made their likeness and songs available to the makers of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, Jimmy Page has stood firm in his belief that Led Zeppelin would not translate well to video game format.
Just don’t tell him that we’ve all spent countless times in our bedrooms, guitar in hand and Led Zep blasting over the stereo, pretending we were on stage with Led Zeppelin…
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Tags: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, rock band, the beatles
Posted in Accessories, Bedroom Rockstars, News | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
We’ve reported on the upcoming documentary “It Might Get Loud” in previous posts here and here. It looks the movie now has an official trailer that’s been released today. If you’re not familiar with “It Might Get Loud”, it’s a documentary that brings together Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White and explores their various backgrounds. Needless to say this movie should be on the top of every guitar player’s movie list.
Guitar World is also going to release an interview with the trio in the upcoming July 2009 issue.
Check out the trailer!
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Tags: documentary, It Might Get Loud, Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
Back in September 2008 we mentioned a new documentary coming out called “It Might Get Loud“. The film takes a close look at three guitar players from different generations and explores their roots and how they got started on the guitar. At the end three guitar players come together for a jam session, teaching each other their songs and how they played them. Wait, did I mention the three guitar players are Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White? Yeah… “It Might Get Loud” might get totally amazing! Full story…
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Tags: documentary, It Might Get Loud, Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Looks like the party is over and Craig Deiffenbach of Electric Hendrix Spirits is left with a big hangover. The estate of Jimi Hendrix has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against Seattle businessman Dieffenbach, owner of Electric Hendrix Spirits, LLC for packaging his vodka in purple-tinted bottles with Hendrix’s face and signature above the label.
The lawsuit was filed in 2007 by the private owners of the Jimi Hendrix estate and they’ve been awarded a $3,200,000 judgment. Electric Hendrix Spirits has to cease all advertising and distribution of said vodka. There is still some of the vodka left for sale on Ebay but you’d better hurry. Full Story…
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Tags: Jack Daniels, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, lawsuits, vodka
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
While Lil Wayne might be the best selling artist in the entire music business for 2008, Fretbase readers can be a little more particular. Put more specifically, we’re into guitarists and bands that feature guitarists. In 2008, some fantastic guitarists rose to the top of our artist list for the year including one unique redhead that sprung all the way to the top (although we’re confounded by Dweezil Zappa’s showing).
So, without further ado, here is the list of the Top 10 Artists on Fretbase for 2008 - our inaugural year - measured in terms of unique page views.
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Tags: andy summers, Brett Dennen, Dweezil Zappa, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Synyster Gates, Tebucky Jones, ZZ Top
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Admittedly this might be old news to some of you but I just found out about it and had to share it. Led Zeppelin has put up roughly 80 videos on YouTube of old bootleg concert footage. Most of the videos are pretty short and the quality low, which is why I suppose they chose YouTube.
In related news Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge reportedly denied that he would be singing for the expected 2009 tour of Led Zeppelin. It may be that the band is going to tour under a different name since Robert Plant has refused to join up.
Here’s Sick Again by Led Zeppelin from an L.A. show in 1977. Check it out!
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Tags: Alter Bridge, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Myles Kennedy, Robert Plant, videos
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Jimmy Page and Jone Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin joined the Foo Fighters onstage at Wembley Stadium and played two of their biggest hits "Ramble On" and "Rock-n-Roll". Dave Grohl was quoted as saying "Welcome to the greatest day of my whole entire life."
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Tags: Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones
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