Sundragon has launched a recreation of Jimmy Web page’s amplifier used for touring and recording from 1969 on the Led Zeppelin II album, and people who adopted – the Tremendous Dragon.
The discharge follows on from the profitable launch of the unique Web page-inspired Sundragon amp, which recreated the combo used on Led Zeppelin I. It was launched as a part of a limited-edition run in 2019 and made everlasting in 2020 because the Sundragon Customary.
Jimmy Web page took half in a shock efficiency on 3 November when he performed Rumble after he inducted Hyperlink Wray into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame. For the occasion, he performed his Gibson double neck guitar and premiered the brand new Tremendous Dragon amp.
The Tremendous Dragon can also be a restricted version run, with solely 50 Tremendous Dragon half stacks to be made out there. Every shall be hand constructed by founder Mitch Colby together with the Sundragon staff, guaranteeing each is an “actual duplication of Jimmy’s sound.”
The amps function fastidiously recreated transformers, New Previous Inventory GE 6550 tubes, Iskra and Allen Bradley resistors and Phillips “mustard” capacitors in addition to specifically designed audio system and cupboards that recreate the response and really feel of Web page’s unique. Every head shall be signed by Web page himself.
“The Tremendous Dragon is a devoted recreation of my ‘No 1’ amp. After recording the primary Led Zeppelin file and creating sounds that outline rock guitar, I wanted an amp able to reproducing this broad palette of sounds, together with the sunshine and the shade within the studio and a stay setting,” says Web page.
“Not solely was the amount and tone necessary nevertheless it wanted to have sufficient energy to listen to the subtlety of varied features of my guitar enjoying. I experimented with completely different amps till listening to a couple of fellow within the States named Tony Frank, who was modifying Marshall amps. I despatched Frank my favorite Marshall, a 1968 Tremendous Bass, and the consequence was precisely what I used to be on the lookout for.
“Frank’s modification enhanced the amp’s energy of the dynamic vary. This amp grew to become the primary amp for stay exhibits in addition to the principal amp I might depend on within the studio for all Led Zeppelin data from Zeppelin II onwards,” he concludes.
The amplifiers shall be out there as of December 2023 and constructed by the center of 2024. Discover out extra info at Sundragon.
