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How It Was Recorded

Gear · guitar

Gibson Les Paul (1959 'Number One')

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  • Alternative

    Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s (gold top)

    Epiphone is Gibson's own lower-priced brand, and this is its Les Paul to the 1950s pattern; it is not a Gibson and not a vintage guitar.

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Records it appears on1

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  • Kashmir

    1975

    Led Zeppelin · Physical Graffiti

    • Guitar · InstrumentReportedPossibly the guitar for the main riff; Nevison is unsure, and the article says it was likely either this or a Danelectro 3021.