what instrument did the founder play?
Guitar
Jimmy Page
Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs and his varied style involves various guitar tunings, technical and melodic solos and aggressive, distorted guitar tone as well as his folk and eastern influenced acoustic work. He is also noted for occasionally playing his guitar with a cello bow to create a droning sound texture to the music.

when was led zeppelin's first album released 12 January 1969 is led zeppelin a band? Yes - an English rock band who are the members? Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham what's the name of their first album? Led Zeppelin who founded the band? Jimmy Page who is the vocalist? Robert Plant did he play any instrument as well? UNANSWERABLE who did the artwork for their first album? George Hardie was there any material that was not released? UNANSWERABLE
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Jimmy Page [SEP] Introduction
He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. When The Yardbirds broke up, he founded Led Zeppelin, which was active from 1968-1980. Following the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, he participated in a number of groups throughout the 1980s and 1990s, notably XYZ, The Firm, The Honeydrippers, Coverdale–Page, and Page and Plant. Since 2000, Page has participated in various guest performances with many artists, both live and in studio recordings, and participated in a one-off Led Zeppelin reunion in 2007 that was released as the 2012 concert film "Celebration Day". Along with The Edge and Jack White, he participated in the 2008 documentary "It Might Get Loud".