Comments on: Jimmy Page’s ‘It Might Get Loud’ Gear

By: windwalker9649

windwalker9649 — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:12:05 +0000

I have to agree with the sentiment here; I dont know how you cant get what Jack White is going for, especially since the very movie we’re talking about lays it out right in front of you.

I think J. White is one of the few truely down to his toes talented and imaginative people in rock that have come out in the last decade or so. Derivative? Yes, but its easy to see that besides the few odd-ball’s out there (not necissarliy a bad thing, but a lot of times its just not listenable to most music fans who arent listening to music in an acidemic way; which obviously musicials do, or there wouldnt be woodytone.com) he comes from a pretty obvious school of rock; namely delta/chicago blues, and makes it modern. Plus any band consisting of just 2 musicians, with one, much as I love Meg White, is really like 1/2 musician, and are able to come out with such unique, but utterly listenable music have to have something good going down.

Plus i think the guy could fill a bathtub with apple juice and empty cans of dog food; mic it, and it will still come out sounding cool.

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:04:41 +0000

I would have to agree with SpiderEd. The whole idea of Page is lofi, and listen to how sloppy he plays! He is godly, but man the approach is what makes him that good. Jack White's big thing is supro-this, dano-that and cheap etc. Page's early recordings were all done with supro amps and dano guitars. Keep that in mind. Heck the 12 string on stairway wasn't even a Gibson! He used that double-geetar so he could play live. The studio recording is with a Fender Electric XII.

Without the connection to their collective pasts our overall approaches to guitar tone and style wouldn't be!

The edge is interesting, but not really a guitar player, but a technology player. NOt my bag, but I see why folks like him.

The whole idea of the movie is to compare styles of the decades, and appraoches. Jimi revolutionized the foundations, but never strayed far from them. He still plays sloppy at best and that is what makes him great. He still uses the same gear and has some of the best ear for tone ever. Edge, uses gerat gear, but a lot of processing in front of it. So, he represents the technology side of things. Good, but why not use a line6. Jack goes back to the roots, farther than most guys do. He probably smiled as much as Jimi did when jimi was talking about Link Wray's rumble (which was all supro-valco tone) as Jimi did, Possibly one of the greatest testaments to a song ever. that song and style should be analyzed more than the "at 1:09 page turned on this or that". Play Rock for Rock and Roll's sake, not what you can read in a book or put on a page (no pun intended), it is raw gutteral and real, not something to be analyzed or torn apart.

Remember it was built on 3 chords just somewhere along the way some folks forgot what they were so they added 4 more.

By: spiderED

spiderED — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:28:50 +0000

"Jack White I may never get"?? If you love jimmy Page, how can you not get Jack White? That's exactly what Page was into as a kid, old lo-fi American blues men. Maybe thats why I love Jimmy Page and Jack White and dont care much for the Edge.

By: @jeffmoga

@jeffmoga — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:10:03 +0000

Get the movie. Page is using a custom Tele on Embryo #2. Also, you've gotta hit up the Deleted Scenes - because Page explains how Kashmir came about, and plays it on the Danelectro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODidAgdL40Y

By: mike

mike — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:57:57 +0000

its a great movie, and page brings out a lot of his neat toys. the JP Hiwatts, the tonebender, the theremin, there is even a transonic in the background, dunno if posting another url is cool or not, but its a neat readhttp://www.freewebs.com/wholelottaled/