Gibson Jimmy Page "Number Two" Les Paul vs Schecter Dream Machine
The Gibson Jimmy Page "Number Two" Les Paul and the Schecter Dream Machine are both electric guitars. The Schecter Dream Machine leans bright and sustaining.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.42% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Alternative Rock
- Electronic
Gibson Jimmy Page "Number Two" Les Paul
Gibson · electric guitar
Schecter Dream Machine
Unknown brand · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.Jimmy Page's Number Two Les Paul is the extensively modified backup to his famous sunburst Number One, rewired with push-pull pots enabling coil-tapping, out-of-phase, and series-parallel pickup switching options that go far beyond a stock Les Paul's simple two-humbucker wiring. Page used it as a working alternative throughout Led Zeppelin's touring years, relying on its expanded switching to access tonal variations his main guitar couldn't produce on its own, particularly useful live where swapping guitars for a different tone wasn't always practical. As a heavily modified, road-tested instrument rather than a stock example, it represents the more experimental, tinkering side of Page's relationship with his gear compared to the more visually iconic but electronically simpler Number One.
The Schecter Dream Machine came from the company's original incarnation as a parts maker upgrading Fenders, and was its first complete guitar. Hardware was brass rather than steel, the bodies used exotic or high-grade timber, and the electronics ran Schecter F500T pickups through three mini-toggles giving 26 switching combinations. Mark Knopfler played two through the early Dire Straits years, and surviving examples are rare and collectable.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Rock
- Metal
- bright
- sustaining
- transparent
- tight