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Educated Fool
What a lovely photo!!
Adrian, Janick and Dave's guitars and Steve's basses
matic22
Ancient Mariner
The white stripe was gone after it was flooded. It has been reinstalled during the restoration, it seems. Knobs were also gone when it was hanging in Adrian's home studio."They brought in the Destroyer, and when I played it, I really liked it. I went to give it back to the gentleman, but he didn't speak English. The translator said, 'He wants you to have it. Keep it; it's yours!' I couldn't believe it.
"I used it for quite a few years, as it sounds great and stayed in tune. I still have it somewhere. Actually, it was in a flood and lost for a couple of years. When I found it was corroded, had turned green, and rusted over.
"It was horrible, so I had it restored. Jackson guitars built a replica of it for me. So I have a soft spot for that guitar in my heart."
Iron Maiden Guitarist Speaks on What Bothered Him About Band's Legendary Mascot Eddie, Talks Problem He Had With Gibson Les Paul
Adrian Smith also talks about his Ibanez Destroyer II guitar.www.ultimate-guitar.com
For the white stripe, I read somewhere that it was to hide chipped paint.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Well, since Andrew Guyton posted this...
It hides a massive scratch.
2M2M
Nomad
That's an awesome read, and equally awesome to see such good photos of it! I'd reckon the other two he worked on would definitely be the Lado's. Hopefully he posts about those shortly !