What Happened....

[Voughtrazer]

Hi all, i have a question....I wonder what Happened to Jimmy Page's Dragon Telecaster..

[reswati]

I found this info on the aforementioned guitar, hope it may be helpful.

Believed to be a 1959 or 1960 model Telecaster. The guitar was a gift from Jeff Beck in 1966 and it's believed to have originally belonged to John Owen (a bandmate of Jeff Beck) who bought it new in 1961. It was originally painted white, Page added 8 reflective circles around spring 1967. Then the guitar was stripped down and repainted with the Dragon theme by Page himself. Well known for being the guitar responsible for the first album and likely the same Tele used on the Stairway to Heaven solo, it's studio use possibly extended further than that. Used live with Zeppelin from 1968 to May '69. Pickups are assumed to be stock. The middle position is believed to have been out of phase which can be heard on the You Shook Me solo. The guitar still exists, to an extent. The body was repainted by a friend of Page's. So the myth that the Dragon Tele body became the Brown B-Bender body is indeed a myth.

Jimmy Page Guitar World Interview in 1998:

"I still have it (referring to the Dragon Tele), but it’s a tragic story. I went on tour with the ’59 Les Paul that I bought from Joe Walsh, and when I got back, a friend of mine had kindly painted over my paint job. He said, "I’ve got a present for you.” He thought he had done me a real favor. As you can guess, I wasn't real happy about that. His paint job totally screwed up the sound and the wiring, so only the neck pickup worked. I salvaged the neck and put it on my brown Tele string bender that I used in the Firm. As for the body… it will never be seen again! (laughs)"

[henrybonzo]

so what is Jimmys love for Dragons about? guitars, suits?

[1111sticks]

• My first wife waz a dragon:o