This is one way to get close to the Led Zeppelin sound.
A Les Paul and Marshall sound great to start with, but you'll want to reduce the low middle frequencies to eliminate the muddy sound for this style.

Jimmy's lower notes cut through even on terrible bootleg recordings. It is said he rolled off the low end on his amps live.
It makes sense if that is true.

This pedal is just an easy way to do that (The Amp EQ is flat all "5's" here), because we often have to change sounds quickly in a live situations.

You can use:
a pedal EQ (A little fussy to find the setting and gain)

or a FAL type treble booster (Don't recommend the Dallas Rangemaster for this sound- not bright enough, but not too bad),

or a depressed crybaby works but is usually to thin and harsh sounding except for parallel pickup situations.

Without a pedal.
If you're playing through the high gain channel you might try simply rolling off the bass and then reduce the distortion until it's tight but the notes are very clear and play it loud for the sustain. It sounds powerful.

Then add a touch of delay to smooth out the harshness. Use your guitar's tone controls as well.

The toggle switch switches to a large input capacitor for big fat sustain tone (When using a distorted amp). I use this with a Stratocaster to simulate a Jimi Hendrix vibe since todays Marshalls have enough distortion.

This pedal is about tone and gain to push the clean channel. It provides no additional distortion intentionally. It's placed right at the output of the guitar. Some players used to put a transistor inside their guitar to do a similar function.

You'll need to use your guitar's tone controls as it is bright.

It's my main pedal.

I'll offer pedal designs for sale in the future and put up better examples of how to use them. For now please keep watching as I add other videos of sounds that you dial up with equipment you may already own.

Thank you
John

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