Two seconds of that galloping riff and you're somewhere cold and Viking. "Immigrant Song" is relentless, tight and aggressive — here's how Page built it.
What makes the tone. A Les Paul on the bridge pickup into a cranked, mid-forward Marshall — tight and driven, not scooped, so the gallop stays punchy. Gain is high enough to sustain the riff but controlled enough to keep the palm-muting crisp. The power is in the rhythm and the attack, not a pile of effects.
The analogue recipe. Humbucker bridge pickup into a Marshall-style amp, gain ~6–7, mids up, treble present. Palm-mute tight and dig in.
On a Boss GT-100 / GT-1000 / GX-100. A Marshall/Plexi model with an overdrive tightening the front end, mids forward, a little reverb.
On a Kemper. A hot Marshall profile, tight low end, mids present. Keep it aggressive but controlled.
Skip the guesswork. The Soulster Tonebook for fans of Led Zeppelin → has it dialled for Boss GT and Kemper. Go deeper in our Jimmy Page guitar tone guide →.
Put it on the wall. The "Immigrant Song" print → and London poster →.
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