how to play "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" on guitar by Led Zeppelin - acoustic guitar lesson part 1

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shutup-Play-Guitar-Tutorials/531813906953186?ref=hl Here's a link to part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roPRAC2Rda0&list;=PLVexuNdY2IeyWI6dzTP4fqagnKsj02-W_&index;=2 An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" by Led Zeppelin. This is such an epic song. For what appears to be a fairly simple tune, once you get into it there's a lot more going on than you might think. The main lick or riff is played 27 times, but there are as many as 11 separate variations on it, so lots of details involved if you want to get it right. I had a lot of fun making this video. It's always surprising to me how much the band varies the tempo in these songs. It's one of the things I love about Zep. These days everything is played to a click track, and for some things that's good, but keeping time more flexible allows for way more feel, and these guys were great at doing that. I hope you find the lesson useful and I hope you have fun playing this great song. I get a lot of questions about my sound so here's what I'm using: The guitar I'm playing here is a Taylor 214ce koa deluxe. I really like this guitar, it intonates amazingly well and it's tone is very balanced. It's also very easy to play. The strings are Elixir phosphor bronze 12-53 with nanoweb coating. These strings are a little bit more expensive, but for me they easily last 4-5 times longer than non-coated strings. My amp is an Egnater Renegade head through a Marshall 1960b cabinet. I use a TC Electronics Nova System through the loop for effects. I also use a BB preamp on some lead tones and sometimes (rarely) a Boss CS-3 compressor. The reverb is from the amp. My wah is a Dunlop MC404 CAE Dual Inductor, REALLY great pedal! I also use a Polytune tuner which is fantastic. For this song I ran the amp with very little gain, between 2-3. It's just the amp and guitar with no pedals except a bit of reverb. My guitar is a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. I have Suhr Aldrich pickups on it. I have them coil split, but for this video they were in full humbucker mode. Folks may be surprised at how much time and effort goes into creating these videos. If you're getting something out of the lessons and can afford to contribute, I've setup a Paypal link. If you can't afford it no worries, but if you can, any amount is appreciated and will help me to continue to make the videos. PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted;_button_id=G47MZ9YL8F38C Thanks for all the comments, and questions and of course for subscribing. A special thanks to all of you that have contributed financially by making a donation! I really appreciate the support. Good luck to everyone with their guitar playing. cheers