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Originally Posted by kats  I think the "special techniques" became special after the fact in many cases. IIRC Terry Manning onced anwered a question similar to this but it was specific to the session.
He basically said that they would just plug a guitar into an amp that just happened to be set up from a prior session. Perhaps the DI gtr on Black Dog was just a matter of expediancy - and not some world conference on guitar tone. |
Remember, too, that Jimmy Page was a very active session guitarist before Zeppelin - he had many occasions to watch the top producers and engineers in London in the 60's work their magic and this is how he learned how to produce, himself.
- Chris