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    Re-Enter the Sundragon

    Jun 30, 2020 4 minutes
    BY TOM BEAUJOUR

    closely associated with the 1959 sunburst Les Paul Standards and 100-watt Marshalls that he employed both onstage and in the studio for the majority of Led Zeppelin’s mighty reign, Jimmy Page used an altogether different bit of kit to record the group’s landmark 1969 self-titled debut. The guitarist’s ax of choice for was a stock 1959 Fender Telecaster that had been gifted to him by fast friend (and fellow ex-Yardbird) Jeff Beck. That historic guitar has recently been commemorated with a Fender signature model, complete with a reproduction of the mystical Sundragon painting that Page applied to the instrument after receiving it.

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