sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
Also, I noticed that Adrian is now using the Killers wah pedal, his all-time wah was a 535Q IIRC.
Adrian, Janick and Dave's guitars and Steve's basses
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
It could be the Dunlop rack wah just panted to look like the Killers one.
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
Yeah I think so
matic22
Ancient Mariner
That would be my guess. It would be stupid to send the audio signal to the stage and back just for the wah. Same thing that Kirk Hammett does, who has the rack wah controller packed into his signature casings.
Mateus256
Trooper
Great !! Thanks
Maiden Australia
Invader
Is it a Earth or a Lazar? I can't remember what the difference between the 2 is.
Mateus256
Trooper
Earth.
The Earth has a continuous curve along the bottom edge, while the Laser has an angle that breaks that line. Other than that, they’re identical. The Laser is the one Adrian used in '88
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2M2M
Educated Fool
Here's a shot of the Lado (most likely - as in, I don't know if it's actually H's Lado) - I saw it posted on the 2026 tour thread by @sea.of.madness.1986 - I'm unsure where the photo originates though! Perhaps you can advise?
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2M2M
Educated Fool
On further inspection, it's not the same one H is using - H's is 22 frets, and this one is 24. Looks to be almost the same spec though!
Mateus256
Trooper
The position of the selector switch is different as well.
Maiden Australia
Invader
It also has Seymor Duncan pickups, the one H has doesn't, @matic22 thinks he has a super distortion and a PAF 36th anniversary, (which I agree with)
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
That’s not H’s Lado, at first glance I thought it was a model just like that one but it’s not.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
That's true. On H's the neck pickup has one row of screw polepieces and one row of flat pole pieces, while the bridge pickup looks like 2 rows of hex polepieces. No Seymour Duncan logo. And yeah, the switch on H's is on lower horn, because he found it difficult to play tapping on the old ones with the switch in Les Paul position (as said in the Ola Englund video). This year H is also using the neck pickup for the intro on Infinite Dreams.
It seems like H custom ordered the guitar on the basis of the black Lado while making some improvements of things that bothered him (switch position and 24 frets). The original black Lado was moved to backup duty while the grey Lado became the drop D guitar.
Maiden Australia
Invader
I hope the destroyer still comes out though. Probably after the brand new toy phase is over. Also do you think this will become Adrian's new main guitar, its about the normal switch time.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
It is his main guitar. However, we'll see how things develop during the course of the tour.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Thanks for sharing. Interesting color palette for Adrian, like a mix of his black and grey Lados. It looks very stylish and cool. I thought he would bring a blue one again.
Who would have thought that Lado will be his main guitar again, awesome.