KostamojeN
Invader
Maybe he's having a poke at Fender
Adrian, Janick and Dave's guitars and Steve's basses
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Well, there is the FMIC lawsuit against small builders that has cost FMIC a good chunk of their reputation. It's not just that H is using the new one as the main guitar, as it's the new toy... The fact that he swapped the Drop D Jacksons with the old Silverburst Lado is quite telling.
I think Adrian might have sided with small guitar builders in the FMIC lawsuit debacle.
I think Adrian might have sided with small guitar builders in the FMIC lawsuit debacle.
Iron Brody
Educated Fool
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
I like the fact that the silver Lado is now the main drop D guitar, it was time to give some rest to the 2007 Jackson.
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
Found it on the internet, when I saw Adrian playing his guitar I thought it was the same model as the one in the photo, then I noticed some differences like the pickups, the headstock logo, the switch position, and most importantly the number of frets.
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PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
Ok, not sure but I might have not even known of this lawsuit thing.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Fender started attacking small builders building S-type guitars, despite the strat body being an official public domain since 2009 (there was an lawsuit then and Fender was denied the patent on body style).
In short, a dick move. If that is the reason for Adrian playing Lados only, my respect for him increased massively.
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PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
I agree.
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
They also produce too many variants of the same product and pressure small guitar shops to carry lots of them. Our local guitar shop struggles with this. They simply don’t sell.
That new Lado is a looker, the fact that Nico got to play it before Adrian did must be such a mindfuck for him. I couldn't care less about this whole Fender "debacle", frankly I find it amusing that people are getting up in arms about a company not wanting them to use a design which they did not create, it just reeks of entitlement to me.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Well, there is a lot of layers to that. It's more about the fact that FMIC failed to trademark it in 2009, mainly due to Edward whos company EVH is ironically a part of FMIC.
And the current Fender company did create nothing and so didn't CBS. As I said, layers. And to forcefully try to stop people from making Strats on a technicality and ordering them to destroy their stock despite not owning the trademark is a dick move.
Maiden Australia
Trooper
The 2007 Jackson didn't have a signature on the headstock right? The black pickguard one that is.
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
None of the two 2007 prototypes had H’s signature on the headstock. The 8431 (the drop D guitar, the one that was white with black pickguard) didn’t have anything on the headstock, and the 8432 (the one that was white with white pickguard) had “custom shop” written on the headstock instead of Adrian’s signature.
The 2008 production models (the one that was stolen and the one with the chipped pickguard) had it.
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
Also, I forgot to mention, both of the 2007 prototypes had “Made in USA” painted on their headstocks.
Maiden Australia
Trooper
So um, Adrian sold the black pickguard one. I know this because a collector had a display of a bunch of different memorabilia for different artists, and had a black pickguard Adrian Jackson with no sig, made in USA on the headstock, a skunk stripe and the old headstock adjust truss rod. I have a photo but it will take some time to find it.
sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
Both black pickguard Jacksons are still on H’s possession, both were the main drop-D guitars between 2008 and 2025, their necks were replaced, Adrian broke the original neck of the 2007 prototype in Freiburg 2018 and got a production one, the 2008 production model had its neck replaced also, both guitars got a neck with the truss rod adjustment nut located at the base of the neck for easy access. The original necks didn’t have the truss rod adjustment nut at that position.
The differences between them are that the 2007 proto is painted in matte and the other one is painted in gloss, and the 2008 production model has a chipped pickguard.
Maiden Australia
Trooper
Then what the hell was the Jackson that I saw.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
No. The original neck of the 8431 prototype was smashed on stage in Freiburg 2018 at the end of Iron Maiden and replaced with a new production neck. That guitar is still on tour and can be seen in the rack. The 8431 and 8432 prototypes can easily be distinguished from other Jacksons, because their colour is a different white (I'd call it more mattte white, while others are gloss white) and appear more yellowish.
If you pay really close attention during the last chord of the song, you can see that H has smashed the headstock. There used to be a better video, but can't find it. He had sam tantrums during the German shows of LOTB 2018. He also threw the green Jackson to the floor at the end of Wicker Man in Munich.
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sea.of.madness.1986
Sentinel
If you find the photo we can probably see, judging by the finish or so.