YouTube is a bad idea. Sometimes I just want to listen to an old tune on that site before going to bed. An hour and a half later, and that much closer to the alarm going off in the morning, I tear myself away from the computer.
In one such night of musical abandon, I was looking for one of my favorite Yardbird songs: Shapes of Things. The original single from 1966 was made during Jeff Beck's stint with the group. A bit later, after Beck left and Jimmy Page joined the group, the Yardbirds appeared on German television (although the host sounds no more German than I do). I guess Jimmy could not make the trip, so his twin brother Timmy appeared in his place. At least he was introduced as Timmy Page. By the sound of the solo, I don't think the guitar was Timmy's forte'. I should be fair, though, and point out that the comments on YouTube for the video blame the heat from the TV lights for causing the guitar to go out of tune, saying that Timmy was not used to playing on TV.
The comment could not have been referring to Jimmy, because he was an old hand at the TV game.
