Riff Tone

Ten Years Gone

Led Zeppelin

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (1959, double-neck used for live, but studio is Telecaster for riff section)

AmpSupro Thunderbolt (vintage, likely modified, studio recording)

PickupsSingle-coil (Fender Telecaster stock pickups, 1959 era)

Amp Settings

gain5

bass6

mid7

treble7

reverb3.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1975 (Physical Graffiti sessions). Jimmy Page used his 1959 Telecaster for the riff section in the studio. The double-neck Gibson EDS-1275 was used live, but not on the original recording. Amp is the Supro Thunderbolt, which Page used for many Zeppelin studio tracks.

Tone Character(10)

chiming and layeredwarm and glassyslightly compressedopen and airytouch-sensitiveedge-of-breakupclear note separationBritish-voiced crunchmodest amp breakupsubtle plate reverb

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate skill due to its use of complex chord shapes, dynamic control to balance edge-of-breakup tones, and layering if played as a single guitarist.

Sources

Jimmy Page's guitar gear: everything you need to nail the Led Zeppelin legend's sound Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone tone : r/BossKatana - Reddit [DISCUSSION] Lets talk about Led Zeppelin and "Ten Years Gone"

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