The 1959 Telecaster, pre-paint, had been a cherished gift from his fellow former Yardbird bandmate Jeff Beck. “It was given to me with so much affection,” Page told The Associated Press in October. “I really wanted to customize the instrument, almost consecrate the instrument.”
Fender instruments on Wednesday (Jan. 23) gave the public its first look at its recreation of a Telecaster guitar that Page once painted with a dragon, a long-lost piece of six-string history that marked the guitar hero’s last days in the Yardbirds and first days in Led Zeppelin.
Jimmy played it briefly with The Yardbirds before using it to record ‘Led Zeppelin I’ in 1968 and on many subsequent Led Zeppelin releases including the timeless solo on ‘Stairway To Heaven.’ 
Set to be officially unveiled in January, Fender will release four artist signature guitar models throughout next year, giving fans and collectors the chance to own a slice of music history.
Two models will be made on Fender’s production lines, and two will be produced in the Fender Custom Shop – dubbed the “Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Set.
For fans without extremely deep pockets, the mirror and dragon version will be available on the Fender production line without the signature and hand-painting of Jimmy.
“This guitar is so special and has so much history, so I approached Fender to see if they’d be interested in recreating it,” Jimmy said. “They really got it 110 percent right, or 150 percent right. It's so absolutely as it is, as it should be, and as it was.”
He added: “Visiting the Fender Custom Shop to sign and paint the guitars with (Fender Custom Shop Master Builder) Paul Waller was a real thrill. To see all those absolute gems on the wall, it's a pretty amazing experience.”
Jimmy’s original Telecaster had a factory white blonde finish when he received it from Jeff Beck and in early 1967 he customised it by adding eight circular mirrors to the body. Later that year, he personally stripped off the mirrors and hand-painted a dragon on to the instrument.
When a friend stripped the body and painted over the dragon paint job when Jimmy was on tour in 1969, he was forced to re-strip and restore the body in full.
