![]() ![]() Page went on tour in 1969, and upon his return, he discovered a friend had kindly stripped the body and painted over the dragon paint job. It was also the main guitar used on the Led Zeppelin album. When Led Zeppelin was formed in October 1968, the Dragon Telecaster became Page’s go-to instrument and he played it on stage and in the studio until 1969. He removed the mirrors, completely stripped and repainted the instrument himself, this time hand-painting a mystical dragon on the body. Page played his mirrored Telecaster only briefly in the final years of the Yardbirds, and by mid-1967 he was ready to change the look. When he first received it, the guitar was undecorated in its factory white blonde finish and remained that way until February 1967, when he added eight circular mirrors to the body. Through the years, the Telecaster took on several looks and personas, as Page customized it aesthetically and sonically. Page originally received the Telecaster in 1966 from Jeff Beck, who gifted it to Page for recommending him to the Yardbirds. Custom Shop Master Builder Paul Waller and Jimmy Page (Image credit: Fender) ![]()
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