Equipment use documented
Vox · “Super Beatle”
Original knob values: unknown. Numerical suggestions await further version and control references for this item.
Check the era, documented model and limits
ARTIST / 08LED ZEPPELIN — HARD ROCK
Jimmy Page
Grainy crunch, elastic lows, and short riffs with room to breathe.
RECREATION STUDY
Whole Lotta Love
Marshall-based live riff recreation
Suggested pickupBridge humbucker
TuningE A D G B E
Suggested values are starting points for recreation.
MATCH THE HARDWARE FIRST
Start with the instrument’s own controls
The reviewed account names a Vox ‘Super Beatle’ and Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets. Exact Vox model and knob values remain unknown, so Plexi values do not belong in this path. This source also does not settle the guitar model.
Equipment basis and value provenance are separate. Suggested values for matching hardware are still not verified artist settings.
Whole Lotta Love recording · Page’s 2020 recollection
Equipment use documented
Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets
Original knob values: unknown. Numerical suggestions await further version and control references for this item.
Check the era, documented model and limitsConnections and branches in the sources
Vox → Rickenbacker cabinets
The statement links the Vox amplifiers with the Transonic cabinets.
Microphones, processing and the complete input chain are not established.
Routing evidence ↗Using different equipment?
The substitute path provides a full simplified chain and suggested values for alternative gear.
DOCUMENTED USE
What does the evidence establish?
Whole Lotta Love recording · Page’s 2020 recollection
Confirmation applies only to the stated era and claim. It does not validate a complete recording rig or our modeler presets.
Confirmed in sourceEQUIPMENT
Vox · “Super Beatle”
Page calls the recording amplifiers Super Beatle amps.
His terminology is retained; the exact circuit and model number remain unresolved.
Total Guitar / Guitar World — Jimmy Page on Whole Lotta LoveEvidence location: Passage beginning I was using the Super Beatle amps…
Confirmed in sourceEQUIPMENT
Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets
The same statement identifies Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets.
Total Guitar / Guitar World — Jimmy Page on Whole Lotta LoveEvidence location: Direct quotation identifying the Whole Lotta Love recording rig
Confirmed in sourceROUTING
Vox → Rickenbacker cabinets
The statement links the Vox amplifiers with the Transonic cabinets.
Microphones, processing and the complete input chain are not established.
Total Guitar / Guitar World — Jimmy Page on Whole Lotta LoveEvidence location: The same recording-rig quotation
Not establishedSETTING
Recording settings
Exact recording knob values are not established by this interview.
Sources and review record
How we review evidence ↗Total Guitar / Guitar World — Jimmy Page on Whole Lotta Love
Artist interviewAccount / record by: Jimmy Page
Published: 2020-11-06 · Source reviewed: 2026-09-13
Reference photos are separate from evidence of actual use. See photo credits for the original images and reuse terms.
Start with the connections. Guitar → modeler INPUT → headphones or FRFR. Use both amp and cabinet simulation. For a physical guitar speaker, disable cabinet simulation and adjust the output mode.
The proposal fits within HX Stomp’s eight-block count. Actual DSP use still needs testing; omit optional modulation if necessary.
Tone and gain values are normalized 0–10 starting points. If the device uses a different range, begin at a similar proportion; this is not an acoustic equivalence. Time, frequency and mix retain their shown units. Leave unlisted parameters at defaults.
01
AMP
Brit Plexi Brt
- Drive / Gain
- 5.5
- Bass
- 3.5
- Mid
- 6
- Treble
- 6
- Presence
- 4
Targets a live Marshall texture, not the Vox Super Beatle identified for the Whole Lotta Love recording.
02
CAB
4x12 Greenback 25
- Low Cut
- 80 Hz
- High Cut
- 6.5 kHz
For headphones / FRFR. Cabinet choices are tonal alternatives, not necessarily the original touring speakers. If QC lacks the cut filters here, use a separate Low-High Cut block.
03
REVERB
Room
- Decay / Time
- 1.5 s
- Mix
- 7 %
An editorial ambience suggestion, not evidence of use on a recording or tour.
Model names based on Helix 3.80
Official model / parameter documentation
Make the final adjustments by ear
- Start at a low output level and check for input clipping.
- Bypass pedals and establish the amp’s basic tone.
- Match engaged and bypassed volume as you enable effects.
- Adjust bass for loose lows and treble or high cut for sharp highs.