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Post by billhammond on Jul 7, 2020 9:15:26 GMT -5
Sometime around noon today a Strib story will go online about Jimmy Page's long-lost (stolen) Les Paul, which he called Black Beauty, and how it was located and returned to him. Quite the yarn, and Willie's American Guitars in St. Paul is involved.
I'll link to it when it's viewable.
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Post by majorminor on Jul 7, 2020 9:18:51 GMT -5
Love to read it
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Post by John B on Jul 7, 2020 9:32:04 GMT -5
I was worried something was wrong with your car.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 7, 2020 9:50:21 GMT -5
I was worried something was wrong with your car. Black Beauty has lived with my sister for years. Its replacement is, as yet, unnamed.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 7, 2020 12:18:43 GMT -5
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jul 7, 2020 15:43:42 GMT -5
Maybe it was just an old blues guy, Bert Jansch, or the band “Taurus” stealing something back from Page.
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Post by theevan on Jul 7, 2020 16:45:00 GMT -5
Great story, however belated.
Page is something of a strange chap, no?
Thanks for the alert, Bill.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 7, 2020 19:00:19 GMT -5
Kinda surprised that the Zep/Les Paul fans here aren't all over this. But I do realize that the story is almost five years old.
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Post by John B on Jul 7, 2020 20:22:08 GMT -5
One reason might be that it's not his "iconic" guitar that he is so often pictured with (the sunburst), the one he played when they were MASSIVELY HUGELY popular during the 70's. It is a pretty cool story, but I like this one more: Peter Frampton's Fenix returns
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Post by billhammond on Jul 8, 2020 10:46:24 GMT -5
One of the story comments on the Strib website is below -- I don't get "slates" -- help, anyone?
Heh, back in the ‘80s Some friends and I took a taxi tour from Edinburgh to Loch Ness. The driver pointed out Aleister Crowley’s manor on the other side of the loch. He told us Jimmy Page had bought it and declared, in his delightful Scottish brogue, “And noow his slates are startin’ to slide.”
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Post by dradtke on Jul 8, 2020 10:53:32 GMT -5
Seems to me that fending off beer bottles in a Wisconsin bar is a better use for a blues guitar than hanging in a museum. And this from a guy who works in museums and is familiar with Wisconsin bars.
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Post by epaul on Jul 8, 2020 12:16:04 GMT -5
One of the story comments on the Strib website is below -- I don't get "slates" -- help, anyone? Heh, back in the ‘80s Some friends and I took a taxi tour from Edinburgh to Loch Ness. The driver pointed out Aleister Crowley’s manor on the other side of the loch. He told us Jimmy Page had bought it and declared, in his delightful Scottish brogue, “And noow his slates are startin’ to slide.” The Scots refer to cedar "shakes" as "slates". Page made an untimely purchase and now has to re-side the house he just bought.
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Post by John B on Jul 8, 2020 12:16:18 GMT -5
One of the story comments on the Strib website is below -- I don't get "slates" -- help, anyone? Heh, back in the ‘80s Some friends and I took a taxi tour from Edinburgh to Loch Ness. The driver pointed out Aleister Crowley’s manor on the other side of the loch. He told us Jimmy Page had bought it and declared, in his delightful Scottish brogue, “And noow his slates are startin’ to slide.” Maybe the roof, if it was a slate roof?
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Post by epaul on Jul 8, 2020 12:20:15 GMT -5
Or that.
Or something else entirely.
Knowing what I know of Aleister Crowley, I would be a little nervous about poking about up the attic. Or the basement. Or some of the closets and drawers.
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Post by epaul on Jul 8, 2020 12:41:39 GMT -5
So, if it is literal, some part of the house is falling apart.
If it is figurative, it is his fortunes on that are on the slide.
It could be both, depending on how much the possible repair bill will run to.
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Post by james on Jul 8, 2020 12:51:39 GMT -5
Slates are roof-tiles. Sliding slates not good. Not an expression of failing fortunes, mental decline or madness like "bats in the belfry" as far as I'm aware. More Googling needed? Crowley was an occultist and practitioner of 'the dark arts'.
Edit - Edinburgh to loch Ness is a long taxi drive! Three and a half hours each way. That'll cost.
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jul 8, 2020 13:08:36 GMT -5
Kinda surprised that the Zep/Les Paul fans here aren't all over this. But I do realize that the story is almost five years old. OT, but, when I had guitarist/singer Myles Kennedy out to talk to the music department at EWU, one of the students asked him what the best experience of his career was; what was the best thing he’d seen or done. He didn’t hesitate in his answer: “Rehearsing with Page and Jones for a potential Zep reunion tour.” He went on to say that every time Page would kick the Marshall on, and start into an iconic riff, the hair on the back of his neck and arms would stand up. He grew up—as did I—dropping the needle on zep records to learn those riffs. “No concert, no award, no amount of money will exceed the experience of hanging out with my heroes for 2 months.” The tour never happened, but it’s telling that even A-list rock stars get stars in their own eyes over Page and Zep.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2020 22:01:14 GMT -5
Kinda surprised that the Zep/Les Paul fans here aren't all over this. But I do realize that the story is almost five years old. I saw this and meant to comment on it. It's interesting to me how much gravity some guitars have while others don't. I have several, and some do indeed have more emotional draw than the others. My 94 Les Paul Standard will stay with me until the end. It's the one I play the most. It's heavily modified from stock. I drilled out new bridge post holes myself, and installed Faber bridge posts. Did that with a hand drill with painter's tape as a depth gauge. That was high adventure but worked out fine. I also rewired it twice, converting it to "50s wiring" and back. The tech nerds like me should know what that's about. It has after-market pickups and tuners (Grovers) and the fellas at Mass Street Music re-fretted it with taller, wider frets than were stock. It's a plain top, and I love it. I'll never get rid of it. I can't say that about other guitars I've owned. In and out if here over they years have been a Strat, a PRS, two other Les Pauls and a G&L. None had the emotional weight that the '94 has. Crazy, ain't it? Guitar players are nuts anyway.
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Post by gbacklin on Jul 9, 2020 13:08:46 GMT -5
While not "exactly" the same thing, I did once own a Black Beauty.
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Post by Marty on Jul 9, 2020 13:30:56 GMT -5
Love to read it One thing most people don't know about those Les Pauls and why Jimmy probably loved it. They don't have a maple top, they are all mahogany. Same thing if you see a all gold finish LP, not a Gold Top, all gold finish.
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