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Riff Tone

Over the Hills and Far Away

Led Zeppelin

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson EDS-1275 Double Neck (12-string neck for intro/riff)
AmpMarshall Super Lead 1959 (Plexi, likely with KT-88 mod as per Page's rig at the time)

Amp Settings

gain2
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1972 (Houses of the Holy sessions). Clean riff section played on the 12-string neck of the EDS-1275. No evidence of pedals or effects other than possible subtle amp reverb. Pickup selector trick: volume off on one neck, on for the other, as described in forums. No evidence of Stratocaster or Les Paul for the clean riff in the studio version.

Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatechimey 12-string shimmerwarm midstight low endclean and clearslightly compressed attackairy and opennatural sustainsubtle spring reverbdynamic response to picking

Difficulty

The riff requires advanced fingerpicking and hybrid picking on a 12-string electric, with intricate timing and clean articulation, making it challenging for most players.

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