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Fender Jimmy Page Telecaster - $1,200 (fremont / union city / newark)
Fremont BLVD near Paseo Padre
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Signed on the back of the headstock by Jimmy Page.
Comes with original vintage style Fender hardshell case, with Jimmy Page strap
Two custom-wound Jimmy Page Telecaster single-coil pickups
Custom "Thin D"-shaped maple neck; 7.25"-radius slab rosewood fingerboard
Top-loader bridge with threaded steel saddles
Includes vintage-style black hardshell case
Body:
Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Body wood: Ash
Body finish: Satin Nitrocellulose
Orientation: Right handed
Neck:
Neck shape: Thin D
Neck wood: Maple
Joint: Bolt-on
Scale length: 25.5"
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Satin
Fretboard
Material: Rosewood
Radius: 7.25"
Fret size: Vintage-style
Number of frets: 21
Inlays: Dot
Nut width: 1.65" (42 mm) bone
Pickups:
Configuration: SS
Neck: Custom-wound Jimmy Page Telecaster single-coil
Bridge: Custom-wound Jimmy Page Telecaster single-coil
Brand: Fender
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Parallel
Controls:
Control layout: Master volume, tone
Pickup switch: 3-way
Hardware:
Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: Top-loader bridge with threaded steel saddles
Tuning machines: Vintage-style
Color: Nickel/chrome
When the opening riff of "Good Times Bad Times" came through the radio in 1969, everything changed. In that moment, Jimmy Page cemented his legacy and altered the course of popular music with a single guitar: his Fender Telecaster.
The Fender Jimmy Page Telecaster is an homage to that guitar, which began life in its factory White Blonde lacquer finish, then became the "mirror guitar" before taking on its final form—a magical one-of-a-kind instrument, hand-painted by Page himself, that would go on to produce some of the most iconic riffs of the 20th century.
When Led Zeppelin was formed in October 1968, the Telecaster became Page’s go-to instrument and he played it on stage and in the studio until 1969. It was also the main guitar used on the legendary Led Zeppelin I album. 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. The paint job compromised the sound and wiring, leaving only the neck pickup working. He salvaged the neck and put it on his brown string-bender Tele, and has since restripped and restored the body in full.
“This guitar is so special and has so much history, so I approached Fender to see if they’d be interested in recreating it,” Page said. “They really got it 110-percent right, or 150-percent right. It's so absolutely as it is, as it should be, and as it was.”