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It Might Get Loud: Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge's First Guitars

By Guitar World Staff published 13 August 2009

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In this clip from the soon-to-be released feature film It Might Get Loud—starring Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White—the guys tell the stories behind their first guitars.

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