RARE Jimmy Page

[Vibrolucky]

Up close and personal....if you haven't seen this, find it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVyc...eature=related

[fusion58]

^ From "It Might Get Loud."

[DWB1960]

Absolutely LOVE that scene! What tones and subtle nuances to his playing.

[SgtThump]

Yeah, how is this RARE? I just rented the movie for $1.00 from the local Redbox.

[shakeshakeshake]

I think everyone on this forum owns that movie

[GuitslingerTim]

Something I've been meaning ask about since seeing Page play live the first time--pause the video at 1:15. How does Page bend his fingers backwards the way he does? He can bend the first joint of any of his fingers away from his palm a full 90 degrees, and fret notes while doing it. The guy has rubber fingers without bones evidently.

I met a foreign exchange student from Thailand who could bend her fingers backwards similar to what Page does, only she could bend any finger backwards and touch the back of her hand with the finger nail: the ability to do so was developed through years of soaking her hands in hot water and training her fingers to be pliant. Now I'm wondering if its a common quality among people of Asian descent. The mother of Page was Vietnamese if I recall correctly.

[Bassomatic]

Rare? Tell it to Netflix and Redbox.

[shakeshakeshake]

that?

doesnt seem weird to me?

[cob666]

I learned how to play those 'power' chords like that from watching 'The Song Remains The Same'. Thought everybody used their pinky. It was years later that I found out most people use their ring finger.

[zep41]

Thats how I play it too -- and I dont have rubber bendable finger powers either.

[chemical69]

My fingers are kind of like that too...

Page's mother was Vietnamese...? where did you read that??

[DWB1960]

Jimmy's mom is 1/4 Chinese so Jimmy is 1/8 Chinese and his daughter Scarlett is 1/16 Chinese.

[Z_Zoquis]

Yeah I've gotten in the habit of using my pinky a lot for power chords (actually, even for the full A barre shape often). I find it easier than the ring finger and I find it makes for quicker transitions back to the E shape barre too. Of course, if you are addin gany notes to the chord (4ths or 6ths etc) you have to use the ring for the barre and the pinky for the added notes, but otherwise...

[chemical69]

Originally Posted by Donnie B.

Jimmy's mom is 1/4 Chinese so Jimmy is 1/8 Chinese and his daughter Scarlett is 1/16 Chinese.

yeah I've read before that his grandmother was Chinese. I guess it's great-grandmother from what you say.

Cool!

[fusion58]

Originally Posted by chemical69

yeah I've read before that his grandmother was Chinese. I guess it's great-grandmother from what you say.

Cool!

Where did you read this, if I might ask?