Later, that same "friend": "Man, sorry for that, I made another gift. I noticed two of your guitars were stuck together, so I separated them. You can thank me later".
I don't blame him, I'd be pissed if someone fucked with/fucked up one of my guitars without my permission too. I don't mind people playing one of them, but don't do anything to change how it plays, or looks without my permission. Especially one with that much importance to me.
Get a map of Surrey put one end of a ruler on Jeff Becks house and the other end on Jimi Pages house the ones they grew up in. measure half way along and hey presto there's the house I grew up in with no musical talent at all I recon those two sucked it all up and left me in a musical black hole, Bastards😁
@@streamofconsciousness5826 Strange I never considered I might be a fence or a force field, lord forbid an anti gravity device But it would explain why clocks stop working in my presence.
Jeff Beck used it to record several Yardbirds songs in the studio...then it was used on Led Zep 1 and the Stairway solo. Priceless piece of history, imo.
To be fair, this was 1969. People weren't aware of how special these guitars were, compared to nowadays. It's still an incredibly strange and selfish thing to do, but not as terrible as people are making out. The road to hell is paved with good intentions as they say, the guy probably thought he was doing something really special and nice.
Why not? Gibson released a Slash Les Paul that is based on a Derrig copy of a Gibson Les Paul. So if Gibson will make a model based on a COPY of a Gibson, anything is possible.
Same thing happened to Jeff Beck! Jeff left a prized vintage Les Paul with a guitar tech, and without Jeff,'s permission, he sanded the neck profile radically changing it, AND did a bunch of weird inlays in the neck. He ruined his guitar and Jeff said do himself¡
you dont touch another musicians instrument like that. you dont make adjustments, you dont make modifications, you dont do clandestine paintjobs (unless explicitly directed to). its just not done.
Same thing happened when we stopped in his house while he was on tour and we repainted his kitchen. Apparently he doesn't like matt black as much as you'd expect.
Long Story Short: Don't touch anything that doesn't belong to you. But; this Telecaster would have been one of the most unique & artistic Tele designs of all time. (It still is; because they became a "super successful band") Would it change the tone of the guitar? I'm not sure, maybe... Would it add extra weight; Probably... Apperently Jimmy Page had limited money at that time and didn't like the design. 😉
This still hurts, you can tell. Few will fully appreciate, many might sympathise, but seasoned guitar players will KNOW how precious a particular instrument can be. It's in the hands, ears and head. It's irreplaceable. Back then it was trendy to decorate guitars. Examples; Clapton's "The Fool", G Harrison followed suit, Lennon even had his Roller done in multi-colours. But that's no excuse. Page was very close to Beck, admired him to the end. The Telecaster would have mean't everything, and believe me, after a paint job like that it would have never felt or sounded the same again. Makes you weep and moan.
@@michael1 Ok. Someone takes a precious instrument and without asking, strips away the strings, hardware, electronics (whatever), scrapes off the existing paint, repaints, reassembles oblivious to original set-up, returns it with grinning expectancy. Or consider in another, more personal way. My beloved Martin 00M is taken while I'm away. Without consent, is painted pink, re-strung and handed back. Do you really think it wouldn't make a difference to my musical perception with this instrument? 😂 Quite clearly you're not a proper musician, and never will be, so why are you even on this page?
I can relate to this jimmy, got a Gibson 1930’s Roy smock stage de-luxe .a friend was going to restore for me did it all wrong ! So I basically paid him to bugger my own guitar up 😢
What about the Dragon Telly Page used? Iconic guitar. Saw him play it live back in 1968 and 1969 with The New Yardbirds at the Anderson theater, and with Led Zepplin at Madison Square Garden.
@@justanothercommenter6763 JP infamously went for a particular underage groupie at least one time. if i recall correctly, they carried on for a time as well
Never screw with someone else's guitar... had my frets dressed by someone I had never used before and when i got it back, he had cleaned all the sweat, drool, blood, beer, spit...etc. I looked at it and said, "You cleaned my guitar, never do that again."
Your comment resonates. 1974. I was just 18 years old, practically broke yet managed to loan some cash for a beaten-up old walnut Gibson SG which I PLAYED and LOVED for the next 4 years, till taking it in to be set up. The guitar tech who worked out of London for many of the stars like Steve Howe undertook the job, reassuring me the guitar's security and quality of work. I collected the guitar a long month later, looking like new pin. All these later I remember what he said. "I cleaned it up for you, it was filthy". I was horrified. It never felt, or played the same ever again. I sold it to play acoustic guitar, didn't touch an electric for years afterwards.
same story, I hesistated with doing refretting job on my all Maple neck Strat with years of beautiful wear on it, Finally after playing it till the Frets evaporated, I had to take it for a refret job he sanded it down, now it looks like a new guitar with stainless steel frets(Never refretting it again), One year of playing it still can't get over it. Man, Guitars are so Personal. I don't know with all that wear and sweat it sounded warmer or something. It's Driving me nuts.
@@ProcashFloyd It's impossible to describe to most, but I know the feeling exactly. Even the smallest changes, whatever they are can make a huge difference, you can intrinsically feel it under your fingers.
You could be sitting somewhere watching YT clips where audio isn't appreciated at all. Public transportation, Waiting room @ hospital et cetera. And yes, you're dumb.
Yeah, let's complain about accesibility accomodations! Hope you go deaf someday and thne can't enjoy watching interviews with your favorite musicians because everyone agreed with you and got rid of subtitles!
Because he was one of Jimmy's best friends? They knew each other since they were teens and went on to art school later. Jimmy also got him the gig with the yardbirds by recommending him when he originally was approached first. There's a lot of love there.
Jeff gave the guitar to Jimmy when Jeff left the Yardbirds. Jimmy liked Jeff’s Telecaster and Jeff felt bad about leaving Jimmy to take on the full load of all the guitar work in the Yardbirds. There was no longer a rhythm guitarist in the band and Jeff left in the middle of a US tour. There was always a very tight bond between Jeff and Jimmy and I do not think most people understand how deep that bond was….
I mean, this type of comment is so dumb and ironic. He didn't ask for sympathy, he wasn't acting like a baby... This entire interview is done because they're replicating two different versions of this exact guitar in the story for mass production of "signature Jimmy Page guitars..." Ergo, he's telling the story of this guitar in this interview... Not to mention the guy who did this to his guitar was a friend, and was supposed to watch over his possessions so nobody would rob the place, because he's very wealthy... ...If he didn't hire somebody, and somebody just stole it outright, you'd make the *EXACT opposite point* - That HE SHOULD leave his valuables with somebody... ...But since he did, you obviously NOW say he shouldn't have done that, because you're just working backwards from the point you want to criticize him for *something...* Lesson is, you're an idiot sir.
It's a quite famous story! There's several accounts about how devestated Jimmy was from himself, Jeff Beck and others. It's the 'dragon telecaster' which he painted himself after his childhood friend Jeff Beck gifted it to him while they were both studying art before either of them went fully proffesional musically. He had many art friends, it's a perfectly reasonable story.
Sorry what? If the guy wanted to gift him something he could have bought another guitar to modify and then gift...not one that is already hand-painted. If he couldn't afford a guitar he could have just done normal ceramics.
Later, that same "friend":
"Man, sorry for that, I made another gift. I noticed two of your guitars were stuck together, so I separated them. You can thank me later".
😂😂😂
Don't touch somebody's
Wife
Motorcycle
Guns
Guitars
Basically, don't touch shit that ain't yours!!
You can burn my house; steal my car; drink my licquor from an old fruit jar, but uh uh- Don't step on my Blue Suede Shoes....
I don't blame him, I'd be pissed if someone fucked with/fucked up one of my guitars without my permission too. I don't mind people playing one of them, but don't do anything to change how it plays, or looks without my permission. Especially one with that much importance to me.
Not just any guitar but one gifted by someone very important too
@@pabl0sauced0 Yes sir, that too!
Get a map of Surrey put one end of a ruler on Jeff Becks house and the other end on Jimi Pages house the ones they grew up in. measure half way along and hey presto there's the house I grew up in with no musical talent at all I recon those two sucked it all up and left me in a musical black hole, Bastards😁
That's got to be the funniest comment of the day for me :)
You were integral in keeping them apart so they could develop their own unique styles in isolation. I thank you for that Eurasia.
@@streamofconsciousness5826 Strange I never considered I might be a fence or a force field,
lord forbid an anti gravity device
But it would explain why clocks stop working in my presence.
Could have been worse. Someone could have played Stairway to Heaven on a kazoo at a kid’s birthday party in Ohio without paying him royalties.
That someone? Randy California
@@michael1 Didn’t know he used a kazoo? lol…
Jeff Beck used it to record several Yardbirds songs in the studio...then it was used on Led Zep 1 and the Stairway solo.
Priceless piece of history, imo.
To be fair, this was 1969. People weren't aware of how special these guitars were, compared to nowadays. It's still an incredibly strange and selfish thing to do, but not as terrible as people are making out. The road to hell is paved with good intentions as they say, the guy probably thought he was doing something really special and nice.
You fix a leaky faucet. You mend a fence or a floor board. You don't paint the guitars.
I wonder if Fender will release a signature model of Jimmy’s messed up Tele😅
With a ceramic mug, with a broken handle.
Why not? Gibson released a Slash Les Paul that is based on a Derrig copy of a Gibson Les Paul. So if Gibson will make a model based on a COPY of a Gibson, anything is possible.
50,000$ for you. 🚫🐉
Same thing happened to Jeff Beck! Jeff left a prized vintage Les Paul with a guitar tech, and without Jeff,'s permission, he sanded the neck profile radically changing it, AND did a bunch of weird inlays in the neck. He ruined his guitar and Jeff said do himself¡
you dont touch another musicians instrument like that. you dont make adjustments, you dont make modifications, you dont do clandestine paintjobs (unless explicitly directed to). its just not done.
He is still emotional about it
true musician
Interview may have been after the death Jeff Beck who had been a friend since childhood.
Could have been worse - could have been his 59 bursts.
😮
Not worse for him emotionally. It was a treasured gift by a friend.
Same thing happened when we stopped in his house while he was on tour and we repainted his kitchen. Apparently he doesn't like matt black as much as you'd expect.
That's so weird that someone would do that.... Strip it and apply multiple coats of toung oil.... It's most likely an ash body.... 🤙
Long Story Short: Don't touch anything that doesn't belong to you.
But; this Telecaster would have been one of the most unique & artistic Tele designs of all time. (It still is; because they became a "super successful band")
Would it change the tone of the guitar? I'm not sure, maybe...
Would it add extra weight; Probably...
Apperently Jimmy Page had limited money at that time and didn't like the design. 😉
This still hurts, you can tell.
Few will fully appreciate, many might sympathise, but seasoned guitar players will KNOW how precious a particular instrument can be. It's in the hands, ears and head. It's irreplaceable.
Back then it was trendy to decorate guitars.
Examples; Clapton's "The Fool", G Harrison followed suit, Lennon even had his Roller done in multi-colours. But that's no excuse.
Page was very close to Beck, admired him to the end. The Telecaster would have mean't everything, and believe me, after a paint job like that it would have never felt or sounded the same again. Makes you weep and moan.
The body paint job would make diddly squat difference to how it feels or sounds.
@@michael1 Ok. Someone takes a precious instrument and without asking, strips away the strings, hardware, electronics (whatever), scrapes off the existing paint, repaints, reassembles oblivious to original set-up, returns it with grinning expectancy.
Or consider in another, more personal way.
My beloved Martin 00M is taken while I'm away. Without consent, is painted pink, re-strung and handed back.
Do you really think it wouldn't make a difference to my musical perception with this instrument? 😂
Quite clearly you're not a proper musician, and never will be, so why are you even on this page?
I can relate to this jimmy, got a Gibson 1930’s Roy smock stage de-luxe .a friend was going to restore for me did it all wrong ! So I basically paid him to bugger my own guitar up 😢
What about the Dragon Telly Page used? Iconic guitar. Saw him play it live back in 1968 and 1969 with The New Yardbirds at the Anderson theater, and with Led Zepplin at Madison Square Garden.
If I’m not mistaken this is the same guitar he is talking about
It's all about the Vibe and Memories that guitar brought, That's what it's all about. I'm sure he had many guitars but it was special to him.
Blackmore also has a story about a favorite guitar being ruined by someone "helpful."
The Luthier though the scallops on the neck were naturally worn and he leveled the fretboard until it was way to thin and flat again 😁
always avoid "helpful'people who claim to know a lot..
I had a 68 jaguar sunburst color I wanted to be white I completely ruined it. Giant bummer ! That must have been devastating for Jimmy!
Heresy. I would not be happy.
But... he told me he loved it...sniff.
Omg ….Poor Jimmy…..absolute nightmare scenario 😢😔😕
Is he talking about the Mirror tele who he paint later with a dragon? Or is it an other one?
Yep. He is discussing the Mirror (which became the Dragon). You can see the original videos here put out by Fender when they recreated them.
the dragon design looks crappy, did the childmolester paint it himself`?
@@felixflatterer6646 ?
@@justanothercommenter6763 JP infamously went for a particular underage groupie at least one time. if i recall correctly, they carried on for a time as well
@@daiichidoku based
Poor guy! Was this the original telecaster?
Yep. A present from Jeff Beck
Astounding, how some stupid people treat things.
Poor baby.
I THINK THIS STORY IS HILARIOUS🙂😀😁😂🤣
Never screw with someone else's guitar... had my frets dressed by someone I had never used before and when i got it back, he had cleaned all the sweat, drool, blood, beer, spit...etc. I looked at it and said, "You cleaned my guitar, never do that again."
Your comment resonates.
1974. I was just 18 years old, practically broke yet managed to loan some cash for a beaten-up old walnut Gibson SG which I PLAYED and LOVED for the next 4 years, till taking it in to be set up.
The guitar tech who worked out of London for many of the stars like Steve Howe undertook the job, reassuring me the guitar's security and quality of work.
I collected the guitar a long month later, looking like new pin. All these later I remember what he said.
"I cleaned it up for you, it was filthy".
I was horrified. It never felt, or played the same ever again. I sold it to play acoustic guitar, didn't touch an electric for years afterwards.
same story, I hesistated with doing refretting job on my all Maple neck Strat with years of beautiful wear on it, Finally after playing it till the Frets evaporated, I had to take it for a refret job he sanded it down, now it looks like a new guitar with stainless steel frets(Never refretting it again), One year of playing it still can't get over it. Man, Guitars are so Personal. I don't know with all that wear and sweat it sounded warmer or something. It's Driving me nuts.
@@ProcashFloyd It's impossible to describe to most, but I know the feeling exactly. Even the smallest changes, whatever they are can make a huge difference, you can intrinsically feel it under your fingers.
I'm so glad this video put the words on screen. I'm too dumb to understand audio. This is incredible journalism.
You could be sitting somewhere watching YT clips where audio isn't appreciated at all. Public transportation, Waiting room @ hospital et cetera. And yes, you're dumb.
Yeah, let's complain about accesibility accomodations! Hope you go deaf someday and thne can't enjoy watching interviews with your favorite musicians because everyone agreed with you and got rid of subtitles!
Life is so hard.
Better off,the thing had the tone of an ice pick....why do you think Beck gave it away??
Because he was one of Jimmy's best friends? They knew each other since they were teens and went on to art school later. Jimmy also got him the gig with the yardbirds by recommending him when he originally was approached first. There's a lot of love there.
Jeff gave the guitar to Jimmy when Jeff left the Yardbirds. Jimmy liked Jeff’s Telecaster and Jeff felt bad about leaving Jimmy to take on the full load of all the guitar work in the Yardbirds. There was no longer a rhythm guitarist in the band and Jeff left in the middle of a US tour. There was always a very tight bond between Jeff and Jimmy and I do not think most people understand how deep that bond was….
poor baby, lesson is don't leave your valued things with others
I mean, this type of comment is so dumb and ironic. He didn't ask for sympathy, he wasn't acting like a baby... This entire interview is done because they're replicating two different versions of this exact guitar in the story for mass production of "signature Jimmy Page guitars..."
Ergo, he's telling the story of this guitar in this interview... Not to mention the guy who did this to his guitar was a friend, and was supposed to watch over his possessions so nobody would rob the place, because he's very wealthy...
...If he didn't hire somebody, and somebody just stole it outright, you'd make the *EXACT opposite point* - That HE SHOULD leave his valuables with somebody...
...But since he did, you obviously NOW say he shouldn't have done that, because you're just working backwards from the point you want to criticize him for *something...*
Lesson is, you're an idiot sir.
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@@BoboMcBooboy awww, are you upset? poor baby
i agree, your things could be broken, lost or stolen.
@@mightymikethebear especially with some ceramic making/painter artist in the late 60's --too funny
Problems, am I right?
I’m having a hard time believing this story.
WTF? based on WHAT?
How? It’s literally Page himself relaying the story of how his guitar was destroyed
It's a quite famous story! There's several accounts about how devestated Jimmy was from himself, Jeff Beck and others. It's the 'dragon telecaster' which he painted himself after his childhood friend Jeff Beck gifted it to him while they were both studying art before either of them went fully proffesional musically. He had many art friends, it's a perfectly reasonable story.
You don't have to
Ungrateful
What? 💀
Sorry what? If the guy wanted to gift him something he could have bought another guitar to modify and then gift...not one that is already hand-painted. If he couldn't afford a guitar he could have just done normal ceramics.