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Re: Jimmy's tone on TSRTS

Oner, good points and from what I have I have read seem to be on point. I rewired my goldtop and while it does lend some new interesting sounds it's really not necessary to modify a guitar for Zeppelin work. Most of the sounds that come from Jimmy's work come from his hands. He could play just about any gear and make it sound like Zeppelin. Play it bright with a little drive and rest is up to the player. Take it from a player who has spent way too much time gear shopping. Most guitar players get there sound from their technique.
Also, to get the sound on SRTS you might have to turn that Marshall up fairly loud, be in the Garden, and have a few other great musicians handy...
If you watch Billy Vander's videos (along with Jun626) you'll notice they are using a variety of equipment. Billy uses his POD and will generally tell what setting he's got it on... 




Oner Ozaylak wrote:

hi Anton,

welcome to the fbo. jimmy's live rig very simple. one les paul and a
100 watt marshall(s) modified to produce 200 watts with a compresor, a
fuzz/distortion and a vox wah between. there are exact brands and
models info on web if you search. for the most part he keeps the amp's
volume fixed and adjusts the loudness/overdrive with guitar's volume
pot. the only trick part is (as nech mentioned) the phase inverter and
coil splitter switches which i believe affect the tone dramatically.

if i could afford, i'd get a les paul or epiphone and rewire it like
jimmy's. if one can solder and use a screwdriwer it's not that
difficult. if you cannot find the schematic let me know.  good luck.

oner

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Anton Schragel
<awschragel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello and happy thanksgiving group!

I am not new to the group, just been in lurk mode most of the time. Anyway, I 
play guitar and found this great site (at least I think so) at 
www.vanderbilly.com. It features hundreds of videos on how to play classic rock 
songs with an emphasis on zeppelin. I especially love it because it has some 
pretty accurate videos on playing the live stuff from TSRTS. Definitely worth 
checking out if you play guitar.

The reason I am writing though is I would like to find out how to get jimmy's 
tone from the TRSTS album. Not really interested in acquiring all the amps and 
such that he specifically used. Just want to get close to getting that tone 
with what I have. I currently play a les paul through a fender cyber twin SE 
amplifier, which is a pretty flexible amplifier with modelling circuitry and 
effects if anyone is familiar with it. Also have a Boss GT-10 multiple effects 
board at my disposal.

Any ideas on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated. Any gearheads 
out there experienced in getting Jimmy's tone? Please write me or direct me to 
a site that could help. (And I apologize in advance to the admin if this post 
is in the wrong format for the list, I dont know how to technically do 
otherwise) Thanks!

Anton