Recent content by matic22

Well, I think that we can agree on the fact that Infinite Dreams will likely never be performed again. Shortlisted twice, rehearsed once and dropped both times.

It could've been a factor, as Infinite Dreams is littered with Nicko-isms. It's what forums do best - speculation. But even this is one of the reasons, I think there were more and bigger ones, mainly in the vocal department.

I agree to disagree with this. Same thing could then be said about Neil Peart, John Bonham and Keith Moon. Heck, even more with Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts. The only famous drummer that I can think of that does not fall into this "just another drummer" criterea is Danny Carey. A drummer...

Couldn't disagree more. Nicko being a jazz-funk influenced drummer is a major factor in Maiden's sound. As someone who played with multiple drummers, it's incredible how much the drummer changes the feel of the song. Infinite Dreams is one of the songs where Nicko's groove really comes out...

I think this time it is the groove. It's a very specific heavy Nicko style song. Maybe it just didn't work with Simon.

Sea Of Madness likely wasn't rehearsed for The Future Past. I'd say LOTLDR was considered, but never rehearsed due to Nicko's condition.

Yeah, but I forgot to add that the new 50th Jackson would take the place of the green Jackson on Killers, Powerslave, 2 Minutes, Seventh Son and Wasted Years, while one of the Lados (likely the black one) would do the rest of standard tuned songs.

The man behind Dave's main guitar:

I think the most likely scenario is that he'll retire the green Jackson. One Lado will remain used as a standard-tuned guitar IMO. The drop-D prototypes will remain and DT300 will still be used on 2-3 drop D songs. That's my prediction. Also, I think one Lado will go on the Smith-Kotzen tour...

Well, Adrian usually switches main guitar every 10 years or so. The green Jackson will be 10 years old next year, so I think it's time for a switch. Another possibility is that he will retire the drop D prototypes which are in rotation since 2008. We'll see.

I have a sneeky feeling that it was replaced by Clairvoyant last minute due to the difficult vocals. But, Aces remained, so... Go figure.

BTW... Indentifying a Paf Pro from other DiMarzio humbuckers is quite easy. Both coils have hex screws, however, the pole pieces are bigger than your standard DiMarzio humbucker and are almost always black.

That info might be wrong. During Blaze years, I am almost sure that one of the Raising Hell Strats was converted to a Hot Rails Strat. Also, there is no info that the vintage-white strats were refinished from 3 tone sunburst and blue sunburst, which in fact they were. Kahler Steeler info...

So, if that's the case, Aces was pushed by Rod to be included in the setlist. We know that Bruce also wasn't too happy about it.

Yeah it was. But it was called a hot-rod Strat at first before hitting the market IIRC. I think it was a way to make a cheaper mass produced version of the Richie Sambora Strat (no star inlays, but same pickups).