Creator Area
Sign in Creator Area

Robert Plant - Big Log - Guitar Lesson

Practice Studio

Robert Plant - Big Log - Guitar Lesson

Sections · Loop · Speed · Metronome

Not in tune?

Select a Loop

Start of your loop
End of your loop

Speed Control

Speed
100%

Tools

BPM
Key A major
Robert Plant - Big Log guitar lesson video
Guitar 365
Guitar 365 Top Contributor
YouTube: 1.6Msubs 106Kviews
Creator Page →
·
–50¢ 0 +50¢
· Tap to start

Your browser will ask for microphone permission.

Amp Settings

Classic Rock

Gain6
Bass6
Mid7
Treble6
Presence5
Master7
AI tone preset

AI-selected preset based on genre and era — adjust the knobs to taste.

Roll back the gain slightly and pick near the neck for a warmer, more open crunch.
The Principle of Moments album cover
The Principle of Moments
1983 5:05
Listen on Spotify
Robert Plant Rock 1983 A major
Capo Advisor 0 A major · Original key

Big Log

"Big Log" is a single by Robert Plant, released from his second solo studio album, The Principle of Moments (1983). It became his first top 40 solo hit as a solo artist, reaching No. 11 in the UK and No. 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100. For electric guitarists, the song is a rewarding study in atmospheric, melodic rock, showcasing restrained, textural playing that defined Plant's post-Led Zeppelin sound.

  • "Big Log" peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart, showing its strong radio appeal beyond the mainstream pop chart.
  • Despite being the title phrase, neither the word 'Big' nor 'Log' appears anywhere in the song's lyrics.
  • The track comes from The Principle of Moments (1983), Robert Plant's second solo studio album following his departure from Led Zeppelin.
Fender Stratocaster
Guitar

Fender Stratocaster

Plant's go-to guitar for his crystalline early solo sound, with single-coil pickups delivering the bright, chimey tone essential to 'Big Log' and chorus-friendly material. The Strat's bridge and middle positions cut through cleanly without muddying effects.

Fender Telecaster
Guitar

Fender Telecaster

Vintage Telecasters became Plant's choice for the rootsier Raising Sand sessions, providing tight single-coil snap and articulation for stripped-down, world-music-influenced arrangements with small-body acoustics.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Plant's later guitarists used P-90 equipped Les Pauls for heavier, grittier midrange that served the more aggressive world-music and blues-rock influenced tracks beyond his crystalline early solo work.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

Similar to the Les Paul Standard in Plant's arsenal, this instrument provided the humbucker-derived P-90 character for darker, earthier tones on material that moved beyond the clean, modulation-heavy early 1980s aesthetic.

Fender Deluxe Reverb
Amp

Fender Deluxe Reverb

Plant deployed this tube amp on later albums seeking warmer, organic breakup and natural reverb, moving away from the pristine solid-state clean headroom that defined his early solo recordings.

Boss CE-2 Chorus
Pedal

Boss CE-2 Chorus

This external chorus pedal was essential to Plant's early solo chain, stacked with the Roland Jazz Chorus amp to maintain articulate, shimmering modulation that defines his 'Big Log' era signature tone.

Recommended for You