Number One

Jimmy Page's primary guitar from 1969 onward. Previously owned by Joe Walsh.

Jimmy Paeg's "Number One" ca.1959-1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 18.43.02 by Eden, Janine and Jim)

• "Number One" Les Paul Standard (ca.1959-60), Gibson. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art..
  "​Jimmy Page purchased this instrument in 1969 from Joe Walsh, who was in the band James Gang at the time and later became a member of the Eagles. When Page received it, the neck had already been shaved down to a thinner profile. It has been Page's main guitar throughout his career, used in every Led Zeppelin performance and recording from 1969 to the 2007 reunion and in his post-Zeppelin work with the Firm and others. It remains in active use today as his primary guitar. ",
  "​Technical Description: Mahogany body and neck, carved maple top, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; sunburst finish with cream binding; set neck with pearloid trapezoid inlays and cream binding; mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo and gold silkscreened “Les Paul” signature; two PAF humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; nickel-plated ABR-1 tune-o-matic bridge and pickup covers, gold-plated Grover Rotomatic tuners, clear and gold plastic knobs, cream plastic pickguard; Neck shaved to thinner profile, push-pull pickup phase switch added, bridge pickup cover removed, tuners replaced ",
  "​Object Details ",
  "​Title:  "Number One" Les Paul Standard ",
  "​Artist: Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902) ",
  "​Artist: Jimmy Page (British, Heston, born 1944) ",
  "​Date:   ca. 1959-60 ",
  "​Medium: Mahogany, maple, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm) / Width: 13 in. (33 cm) / Depth: 2 in. (5.1 cm) / Weight: 9-10 lbs. (4.1 - 4.5 kg) ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Collection of Jimmy Page ",
  "​Provenance: Joe Walsh; Jimmy Page, 1969 "

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Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Number One" composite Fender Stratocaster (1963 body, 1962 neck, 1959 pickups) from Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas music store in 1974, modified with black pickguard featuring his initial - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 by Eden, Janine and Jim)

• "Number One" composite Stratocaster (ca. 1963), Fender. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  "​Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the key drivers of the 1980s blues revival, used “Number One” as his main instrument throughout his career. Vaughan acquired the Stratocaster, built from a 1963 body with a 1962 neck and 1959 pickups, from Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas music store in 1974 and modified it with a black pickguard featuring his initials. Inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Otis Rush, Vaughan added a lefty vibrato. Vaughan played this guitar on his albums with Double Trouble and with his brother Jimmie Vaughan, and he likely used it on David Bowie’s Let’s Dance in 1982, made after the two met at the Montreux Jazz Festival. ",
  "​Technical Description: Contoured alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 25½ in. scale; sunburst finish; bolt-on neck with dot inlays; gold “spaghetti” Fender logo decal on headstock; three single coil pickups, three-way pickup selector, one volume and two tone controls; gold-plated left handed vibrato system, Schaller tuners; constructed from 1963 body, 1962 neck, 1959 pickups, vibrato replaced, black pickguard with SRV initials, all chrome hardware replaced with gold, “custom” decal at bridge, cigarette burn on headstock ",
  "​Artwork Details ",
  "​Title:  "Number One" composite Stratocaster ",
  "​Artist: Fender ",
  "​Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan ",
  "​Date:   ca. 1963 ",
  "​Medium: Alder, maple, walnut, rosewood, metal, plastic ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.) / Width: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) / Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) / Weight: 7-8 lbs. ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Courtesy of The Estate of Stevie Ray Vaughan ",
  "​Provenance: Formerly owned by singer-songwriter Christopher Cross, acquired by Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1974, Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music. Jimmie Vaughan has been the owner since SRV's death in 1990. "

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Jerry Garcia's "Wolf" (1973-1979) by Doug Irwin - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 by Eden, Janine and Jim)

• "Tiger" (1973-1979), Doug Irwin. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  "​Immediately after receiving the “Wolf” guitar from Doug Irwin in 1973, Jerry Garcia commissioned “Tiger,” telling Irwin to make the most extravagant instrument he was capable of. The instrument—composed of highly figured exotic woods that are sandwiched and laminated together and embellished with ornate brass bindings and the inlay of a tiger—took Irwin about two thousand hours of work to complete over six years. Garcia first played “Tiger” on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Civic Auditorium, and he used it almost exclusively until 1989. It was the last guitar Garcia played publicly with the Grateful Dead, at a performance on July 9, 1995. ",
  "​Technical Description: Cocobolo top and back, sandwiched maple and padauk core, quilted maple on back, three-piece flame maple and padauk neck with brass binding; ebony fingerboard; 25 in. scale; natural finish with brass binding; neck through body with mother-of-pearl inlays, “J. GARCIA” inlaid at end of fingerboard, and brass binding; brass-bound headstock with mother-of-pearl globe and ivory eagle logo; mother-of-pearl tiger inlay framed in ebony and brass on front of body, brass-bound quilted maple circle with mother-of-pearl vegetal inlay and marquetry on back; two humbucking pickups and one single-coil, five-way selector switch, two volume controls and one tone control, two coil tap switches, effects loop output and on/off switch, unity-gain buffer; brass pickup mounting bracket, bridge, tailpiece, tuners, knobs and control surfaces ",
  "​Artwork Details ",
  "​Title:  "Tiger" ",
  "​Artist: Doug Irwin ",
  "​Artist: Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (American, San Francisco, California 1942–1995 Forest Knolls, California) ",
  "​Date:   1973-1979 ",
  "​Medium: Cocobolo, maple, ebony, padauk, ivory, brass, vermillion, mother-of-pearl ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 40 in. (101.6 cm) / Width: 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm) / Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) / Weight: ~14 lbs ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Courtesy of Jim Irsay "