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Riff Tone

Whole Lotta Love

Led Zeppelin

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster 'Dragon' (1959, maple neck, single coil pickups)
AmpSupro Coronado 1690T

Amp Settings

gain3.5
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1969. Jimmy Page confirmed in multiple interviews and Guitar World articles that the original 'Whole Lotta Love' riff was recorded with his 'Dragon' Telecaster into a Supro Coronado 1690T amp. No evidence of live rig or Les Paul for this section.

Tone Character(10)
British crunchraw, biting attacktight and percussivefuzzy edgebright and articulateaggressive bridge pickupclassic rock fuzzslightly compressedmidrange-forwarddynamic response to picking

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate-level control of timing, muting, and articulation to achieve the tight, percussive sound and groove that define the track.

This tone has been researched 23 times by the community

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