I've never seen a non-locking Kahler bridge that looks exactly like a Standard Fender 6 point Vintage Tremolo, I seriously doubt they ever produced one. Also, the standard tremolo arm from a Kahler 2300 series tremolo fits into a regular strat's tremolo without modifications (I have one in my...
Good find and you're absolutely correct in your assertion. Adrians two Lado Earth guitars also had that bridge mounted when he first got them (he also modified them to accept Floyds, as we have just seen).
Here's a better version of the image @sea.of.madness.1986 posted. According to it, the Ibanez is completely stock (although I think the specs for the Destroyer II is Mahogany body with a maple cap rather than Alder), and he apparently used the Les Paul a lot on the Powerslave record.
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I don't even think it's in the solo, I have some boots from that tour and if it's there, it's extremely subtle (unlike on the album). Either way, the Lazer is a cool guitar, wouldn't mind having one for myself!:cool:
So this is from 1980-1981, probably 1981. It looks like a PAF in the neck position (the picture is not detailed enough to look directily at the pole pieces, but they seem to reflect light a little bit differently, so I'm going to take a guess here and say that it's a PAF and not a Super...
It's the original one. the wear n tear matches up. AFAIK he only had that ONE guitar (or at least, that one Destroyer II) from the endorsement deal they got with Ibanez after touring Japan in 1981.
Look at the post I was quoting. I know he got several guitars as part of his endorsement deal. What I was asking was whether or not it might be the same as the one Adrian was wearing in the picture posted a bit earlier.
https://reverb.com/item/55458497-esp-custom-shop-1985-sunburst-owned-and-played-by-dave-murray-of-iron-maiden
For a second I thought it might be this one, which was previously owned by Dave, but this one looks to be a 3-tone sunburst, whilst the one Adrian wears looks to be a 2-tone sunburst...
It's marginal. I did it to a R0 Les Paul I owned, hardly made any difference. Didn't matter though, as I removed the covers for cosmetic reasons only, hah!
I'd like to see Dave bring out the Jacksons and ESP again. There's no chance he's ever going to play the original Kossoff Strat live again (why risk it at this point?).
For H, I'm kind of ambivalent. I've already seen him play his "Piece of Mind" SG, as well as his Goldtop Deluxe live, as well...
The name of the finish of the one with the Strat headstock is either Daphne Blue or Sonic Blue. In certain lighting conditions, it looks like Seafoam Green as well.
The one he used in 2003 was a Wayne Charvel guitar: https://wayneguitars.com
The one in the Hear N Aid video was/is an Ibanez Roadstar guitar, Adrian used the same model, and in fact, recorded most, if not all of Powerslave with that guitar.
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H played an Aria guitar as pointed out by...
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