THE NYMPH

“Immediately after I played ‘Rumble’ at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame show, I went backstage, and you’ve got to understand the headspace I was in. I had just played, and I’d also taken in all the other performances, so all my senses are tuned intensely to the guitar at that moment. And Mitch comes into the dressing room with this tiny little amp, and he says, ‘So, this is the Nymph!’ I thought, ‘Hmm, The Nymph. Right!’

I mean, the idea of it sounded good, a small amp that you can switch from 1-watt to ¼-watt, but is this tiny thing going to be able to handle the [Gibson EDS-1275 SG] Double-Neck? I don’t want to blow it up! I first played through the six-string lower bout and circuit of the guitar, switching between its two double-coil pickups, and tweaking the volume and tone pots to test the Nymph’s response.

I thought, well, this is pretty extraordinary, but hang on: will it really be able to handle the higher output of the 12-string side? And it was incredible how it dealt with it. I said, ‘Eureka for all of us here, because you’ve found that elusive thing, a low-watt amp which reacts perfectly to a guitar and delivers all the tonal qualities you want. Hold on a minute, is this the 1-watt setting?’  And Mitch said, ‘No, Jimmy, that’s actually the ¼-watt mode!’ I mean, I just threw my hands up. I’ve got to tell you, that amplifier, the Nymph, is absolutely extraordinary.” Jimmy Page

Click here for a link to the manual which has specifications for The Nymph