Jimmy Page

Number One, Jimmy Page's 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Joe Walsh, then with the James Gang, talked Page into buying this sunburst Les Paul in April 1969, and it became Page's main guitar with Led Zeppelin from then on. Page has said Walsh insisted he buy it, and that Walsh was right. For many players it is the reference point for what a late-1950s sunburst Les Paul should look and sound like; it hung front and center at the Met's 2019 Play It Loud exhibition.