Adrian, Janick and Dave's guitars and Steve's basses
Edington
Last Son of The Miracle
So I just watched this performance, what Strat is Dave using for Phantom of the Opera (starts around the 5:20 mark) and Iron Maiden? Don't think it's been mentioned here before. Hard to tell but it looks like a dark red or brown burst finish, a metallic pickguard - possibly aluminium? - and a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge. Also... pickup rings with a pickguard? Never seen that before!
matic22
Ancient Mariner
It's a black CBS-era Strat. And yes, it's a DiMarzio X2N.
Adrian's Deluxe also had soapbar humbuckers at that time.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
I think that's because DiMarzio didn't do F-Spaced humbuckers at that time (or Dave couldn't get his hands on one). Fender spacing is a bit bigger than Gibson's, so Dave, EVH and others compensated that with slanting the pickup.
Also, Dave's Kossoff Strat had a black pickguard at first (probably a replacement, because he didn't want to route the original. It was also olympic white . Dave repainted it and put humbcukers on it. It's possible that the mounting rings were used to cover the slanted humbucker hole in the pickguard.
Here is the guitar before the customisation.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Also, Dave/Kossoff strat is a partcaster (body is 63, I believe).
So, I think that it's entirely possible that the guitar was one of the 6 Strats Eric Clapton bought in the 60's. He assembled Blackie for himself from 3 of those (he took his favourite neck, body and pickups from different ones). He gave the other 3 to Winwood, Harrison and Townshend. He did quite a few guitar trades with Paul in late 60's, so I think it's possible that this Strat was a gift from Clapton and it could very well be one of the two reassembled from the leftovers of Blackie.
So, I think that it's entirely possible that the guitar was one of the 6 Strats Eric Clapton bought in the 60's. He assembled Blackie for himself from 3 of those (he took his favourite neck, body and pickups from different ones). He gave the other 3 to Winwood, Harrison and Townshend. He did quite a few guitar trades with Paul in late 60's, so I think it's possible that this Strat was a gift from Clapton and it could very well be one of the two reassembled from the leftovers of Blackie.
Maturin
Sköldpadda
Not true. While the new regulations makes it more cumbersome to offer rosewood as an option, it is not banned and still in use.
). Adrian uses a real rare guitar, Dave and Steve also...
matic22
Ancient Mariner
The checkered bass of Steves has always been one of my favourites, I'd love to have something with that pattern.
I think this bass is a 61 or 62 refinished Precision.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I think, Dave uses this sunburst Strat a lot over the years, but the Adrian's Lado Strat with a maple neck is so awesome - I have never seen him to use this guitar !
matic22
Ancient Mariner
This sunburst Strat is the Martin Barre Strat, that was used by Adrian on TBOS.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I meant that he has similar guitars to this one through the years. Like the sunburst Strat on the Dortmund concert '83, sunburst Strat during 22AA in RAR 2003 and his signature Strat that he uses from 2003 onwards.
mihai
The Prisoner
I quoted your post here, since I believe it's more appropriate to discuss it in this thread.
According to some Google research, the post '90 LPs Custom have 490R/498T pickups, so if H's Custom is not made prior to '90, we should talk about the 498T for its sound. I am more curious on the pickups of his Standard - is it possible to have a SD in the bridge like he did with the Goldtop?
According to some Google research, the post '90 LPs Custom have 490R/498T pickups, so if H's Custom is not made prior to '90, we should talk about the 498T for its sound. I am more curious on the pickups of his Standard - is it possible to have a SD in the bridge like he did with the Goldtop?
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