A black electric guitar is leaning against a white wall

"Dragon"

Jimmy Page of Led Zepplin's 60s Fender Telecaster. On January 31, 1969, Led Zeppelin played New York's Fillmore East for the first time, opening for Iron Butterfly. Their first set that evening killed, tearing up the house so thoroughly that Iron Butterfly refused to go on after them again. So Led Zeppelin headlined the 11:30 show - never again to be an opening act.

Jimmy Page played his Tele that night - the one he famously used on the first album, and quite frequently thereafter - sending shock waves into the audience with every strike of his pick and violin bow. This guitar would go on to produce some of the most iconic guitar riffs of all time. The design on this guitar was created by Jimmy himself. The guitar gets it's name from the serpentine appearance of the paint.

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