# Jimmy Page Pedalboard 1971: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 1971 Jimmy Page pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Vox Wah, Echoplex EP-3. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jimmy-page/north-american-tour-1971/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Artist | Jimmy Page |
| Board | 1971 North American tour effects |
| Date | 1971-08-19 — 19 August 1971 (day precision) |
| Context | Record Mirror tour equipment inventory |
| Scope | Touring-period rig |
| Signal path | 2 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Reconstructed |
| Status | Documented units - reconstructed serial order |
| Audited | 2026-08-03 |
| Sources | 2 |

Jimmy Page's 1971 Led Zeppelin tour inventory lists two effects: a Vox wah and an Echoplex EP-3, the tape unit kept beside the amplifiers rather than on the floor.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented.

Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it.

`Guitar → Vox Wah → Echoplex EP-3 → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Vox Wah | Shapes the fuzz signal before it reaches the tape echo and amplifier. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/vox-wah/ |
| 2 | Echoplex EP-3 | Adds repeat ambience and preamp coloration immediately before Page's amplifier. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/echoplex-ep-3/ |

## Reconstruction note

The official Led Zeppelin archive reproduces the August 1971 equipment list. It does not list a Tone Bender, so the fuzz has been removed from this dated snapshot even though Page used one in other early Led Zeppelin contexts. The inventory does not expose the cable run; wah into Echoplex is therefore marked as reconstructed.

## Questions

### What pedals did Jimmy Page use in 1971?

This dated entry lists 2 units: Vox Wah, Echoplex EP-3. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.

### What order were Jimmy Page's pedals in?

The complete order is reconstructed, not observed. The layout follows the cited routing constraints and the archive's signal-chain convention where the sources are silent: Guitar → Vox Wah → Echoplex EP-3 → amplifier.

### Is this Jimmy Page's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers 2 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Jimmy Page owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.

### When and where was this pedalboard used?

19 August 1971. Record Mirror tour equipment inventory. This is the rig documented for that touring period, not a career-wide gear list.

### How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?

2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Led Zeppelin, Guitar World. Among them an official listing and a written article. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [August 19, 1971 equipment list](https://www.ledzeppelin.com/event/august-19-1971) — Led Zeppelin (Primary source · official), published 1971-08-19, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `led-zeppelin-1971-tour-record`
2. [Jimmy Page's guitar gear](https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/jimmy-pages-guitar-gear-everything-you-need-to-nail-the-led-zeppelin-legends-sound) — Guitar World (Specialist source · article), published 2019-12-13, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-world-page-gear`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Jimmy Page: [Jimmy Page board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jimmy-page/)
- [Eddie Van Halen — Debut-era modulation path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eddie-van-halen/debut-era-1978/): shares Echoplex EP-3
- [Eric Clapton — Cream-era floor rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-clapton/cream-era-1967/): shares Vox Wah
- [Dickey Betts — Great Southern sparse touring rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dickey-betts/great-southern-sparse-touring-rig-2002/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo)
- [Danny Gatton — Redneck Jazz Explosion remote-effects rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/danny-gatton/redneck-jazz-explosion-remote-effects-rig-1978/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo)
- [Eric Johnson — Ah Via Musicom four-amp system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-johnson/ah-via-musicom-four-amp-rig-2018/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo)
- [John Cipollina — Stereo split-effects rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-cipollina/stereo-split-effects-rig-1984/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo)
- Previous board in archive order: [Jimmie Vaughan — Minimal Grammatico touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jimmie-vaughan/grammatico-tour-rig-2012/)
- Next board in archive order: [Joan Jett — Single-overdrive Blackhearts rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joan-jett/single-overdrive-blackhearts-rig-2015/)