Adrian, Janick and Dave's guitars and Steve's basses

AFAIK, this was just a backup for the Burgundy/CAR Jackson. I think H got Dave in contact with Jackson before he left IM, because Dave at that point wanted to retire the Kossoff strat and Jackson were able to do copies of necks (H's Jackson neck is a 22 fret copy of his 1957 Stratocaster).

So in short, the specs should be Floyd, alder body and a maple neck based on the Kossoff strat. The pickups should be Duncan JB and 59/Jazz. However, from the photos, it seems like the white strat had Jackson pickups in it (as did Adrian's) or even DiMarzios. Bridge pickup was soon changed to a white humbucker. There is also a question of chicken or the egg... Which Strat was first, this one or the burgundy one, but considering the later was used on NPFTD, I'd guess the later and the white one was built for the tour as a backup. AFAIK, during NPFTD warm up gig, the 1964 Strat was used as a backup.
Thank you very much for telling me!! The story about is very interesting, I didn't know that H got Dave in contact with Jackson due to the Kossoff Strat retirement, and I also didn't know this guitar was a backup for the CAR Jackson, and yes, the pickups seem to be JB and 59/Jazz. Thanks, again!!
 

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I absolutely love Adrians ML, he used it only during the World Piece Tour I think. (To me an ML is the most beautiful guitar ever. Unfortunately, an ML is simply not available in Germany at all.)
 
On the other hand - Janick guitar is more hard rock machine than Dave signature is. I would say that Janick setup and relic look can have bigger market outside of Iron Maiden fans that Dave strat. When I see Dave sunburst strat I think Iron Maiden and idea of playing anything else on that guitar sounds almost strange. Jan on another hand has guitar that would probably fit well into any rock band.

Tricky topic.
The Dave Murray Strat is an absolute Metal Beast, believe me. :devil2: It is more Metal than Adrians Jackson US Signature model (which is great too), believe me. I have them both.
 
Nope. Played Chemmical Wedding on it tuned to baritone in 1998/1999.
Ah, yep! You're right, I remember! Do you have an idea where to get a good quality ML? If I don't find one in Europe, I have to get one from the USA... and have to pay 23% custom tax in addition to the regular price :grumble: However, I would do that in the end if nescessary, I really want an ML.
 
Ah, yep! You're right, I remember! Do you have an idea where to get a good quality ML? If I don't find one in Europe, I have to get one from the USA... and have to pay 23% custom tax in addition to the regular price :grumble: However, I would do that in the end if nescessary, I really want an ML.
No idea, sorry. And H's is a Baby ML. A bit smaller. Try Reverb.
 
Is it just me or is that headstock painted white (same color as the body)? Some of these pics confuse me, because I know that the original now, has a natural finish headstock (even on tour back in 1986 and onwards), did he perhaps have two of them, or is the lighting throwing me off?
 
Is it just me or is that headstock painted white (same color as the body)? Some of these pics confuse me, because I know that the original now, has a natural finish headstock (even on tour back in 1986 and onwards), did he perhaps have two of them, or is the lighting throwing me off?
It is. That was likely the first neck that was on it before his custom neck (modeled after 1957 strat) was built.
 
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Is there anyway I can get this guitar made or bought Somewhere? It's been an all time favourite, but I've never found it anywhere. I assume It wasn't made for sale, but it's a beautiful guitar!
 
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Is there anyway I can get this guitar made or bought Somewhere? It's been an all time favourite, but I've never found it anywhere. I assume It wasn't made for sale, but it's a beautiful guitar!
That one has the acient Roland Synth built into it. The controls of the "regular" guitar are behind the bridge. The first thing you would need to do would be finding an acient Roland G-707 and gut it.
 
That one has the acient Roland Synth built into it. The controls of the "regular" guitar are behind the bridge. The first thing you would need to do would be finding an acient Roland G-707 and gut it.
Wasn't that also the guitar that was swiftly retired after Somewhere on Tour on account of its body cracking from all the extra crap bolted on and embedded inside of it?
 
Wasn't that also the guitar that was swiftly retired after Somewhere on Tour on account of its body cracking from all the extra crap bolted on and embedded inside of it?
Yes. And the backup to it was recently sold to Matt's guitar shop. Actually, there were 2 backups, the Lado Laser too.
 
Wasn't that also the guitar that was swiftly retired after Somewhere on Tour on account of its body cracking from all the extra crap bolted on and embedded inside of it?
I thought that was the one that was stolen on SBIT?
 
I thought that was the one that was stolen on SBIT?
No. That was the 2nd prototype of his signature model (ebony/white pickguard version). It's sister guitar is the 2nd prototype of the maple/black pickguard version, which Adrian still plays for drop-D songs (it has a chipped pickguard).
 
Cool pic the official social media accounts posted of Adrian’s warm up guitar (I assume). Thought it was cool that they added the EVH D-Tuna, which does make sense for warming up in different tunings
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It does, especially with the amount of drop D songs on TFP tour. If you give away the ability to pull up on the bar, you can install a D-tuna. Adrian still seems to prefer being able to pull up on the tremolo on stage, but is fine with dive-only (EVH setup) for warming up.

BTW, I had one on my SDX before H :D
 
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