The intriguing guitar was designed by Page himself to make his performances even more psychedelic and entertaining for audiences. Few guitars in rock ‘n’ roll history are as special and iconic as his.

The Led Zeppelin guitarist explained that following his time with the Yardbirds, he wanted a guitar he could really make his own.

“I tried applying mirrors to it so you could use it in an optical way,” he recalls. “It was this whole thing of the reflective surfaces, and you could actually reflect the light onto other things; to make it sort of almost kinetic at the same time…”

You can watch the full video here:

The official description of the guitar on the official Fender website reads: “Few guitars are as important to the history of rock as the Telecaster Jimmy Page used to create the iconic, genre-defining riffs of Led Zeppelin. Originally received as an undecorated gift from Jeff Beck, he used this 1959 Telecaster to unleash his larger-than-life riffage and fierce soloing upon the world.”

It also adds: “To recreate this legendary instrument, Master Builder Paul Waller and Page collaborated in person to ensure each guitar of these 50 sets perfectly matches the original. Page visited our Custom Shop in Corona, CA and personally painted a portion of the dragon design on each guitar. We’re both pleased and proud to present this instrument that honors the man, his music and the guitar he used to create it.”

You can find out more here about the mirrored and dragon designs here.

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Earlier this year, Fender revealed that 50% of new guitar players in the US and UK are females. He has now revealed that this isn’t just a passing phase, but the interest from girls in playing guitar has actually continued to grow.

“Women’s interest in the guitar has sustained and has actually grown,” Mooney revealed to NME. “A lot of those women who first picked up the acoustic guitar and mastered it then went ‘OK, now I want an electric guitar’. The first couple of years I was here, the acoustic guitar was growing quicker but now it’s flipped.”

He later went on to credit the growing interest in guitar from young women to an increase in female role models in the music industry.

“I was reading a great article earlier this year where they interviewed Liz Phair,” said Mooney. “Back in the day, her label was telling her to wear less clothes, look cute, and it was more about the female form than the music. There were very few female artists that she could share a stage with. Now she says that she can go to so many more major festivals and see female artists headlining, and in some cases showcases of all female artists.

He continued: “It’s even more in South East Asia. We haven’t conducted the research but anecdotally we think that as many as 70% of all new guitar-buyers are women. That’s because of things like K-Pop and J-Pop. When you listen to bands like Scandal, they’re not unaccomplished musicians and they’re playing a really broad range of genres to a really high standard.”

So basically, and we knew this already… girls rock too.

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The intriguing guitar was designed by Page himself to make his performances even more psychedelic and entertaining for audiences. Few guitars in rock ‘n’ roll history are as special and iconic as his.

The Led Zeppelin guitarist explained that following his time with the Yardbirds, he wanted a guitar he could really make his own.

“I tried applying mirrors to it so you could use it in an optical way,” he recalls. “It was this whole thing of the reflective surfaces, and you could actually reflect the light onto other things; to make it sort of almost kinetic at the same time…”

You can watch the full video here:

The official description of the guitar on the official Fender website reads: “Few guitars are as important to the history of rock as the Telecaster Jimmy Page used to create the iconic, genre-defining riffs of Led Zeppelin. Originally received as an undecorated gift from Jeff Beck, he used this 1959 Telecaster to unleash his larger-than-life riffage and fierce soloing upon the world.”

It also adds: “To recreate this legendary instrument, Master Builder Paul Waller and Page collaborated in person to ensure each guitar of these 50 sets perfectly matches the original. Page visited our Custom Shop in Corona, CA and personally painted a portion of the dragon design on each guitar. We’re both pleased and proud to present this instrument that honors the man, his music and the guitar he used to create it.”

You can find out more here about the mirrored and dragon designs here.

The post Jimmy Page Shares the Story Behind His Iconic Mirrored Guitar appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Earlier this year, Fender revealed that 50% of new guitar players in the US and UK are females. He has now revealed that this isn’t just a passing phase, but the interest from girls in playing guitar has actually continued to grow.

“Women’s interest in the guitar has sustained and has actually grown,” Mooney revealed to NME. “A lot of those women who first picked up the acoustic guitar and mastered it then went ‘OK, now I want an electric guitar’. The first couple of years I was here, the acoustic guitar was growing quicker but now it’s flipped.”

He later went on to credit the growing interest in guitar from young women to an increase in female role models in the music industry.

“I was reading a great article earlier this year where they interviewed Liz Phair,” said Mooney. “Back in the day, her label was telling her to wear less clothes, look cute, and it was more about the female form than the music. There were very few female artists that she could share a stage with. Now she says that she can go to so many more major festivals and see female artists headlining, and in some cases showcases of all female artists.

He continued: “It’s even more in South East Asia. We haven’t conducted the research but anecdotally we think that as many as 70% of all new guitar-buyers are women. That’s because of things like K-Pop and J-Pop. When you listen to bands like Scandal, they’re not unaccomplished musicians and they’re playing a really broad range of genres to a really high standard.”

So basically, and we knew this already… girls rock too.

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