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

[matic22]

Fender Player Stratocaster HSS MN 3-Color Sunburst favorable buyin...

Modelo Stratocaster de la serie Fender Player, cuerpo de aliso, Player series Alnico V, Alnico II humbucker, 2-Point Tremolo, 3-Color Sunburst.

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Is this Adrian Sunburst Stratocaster? I'm struggling to find It anywhere. Maybe is not for sale anymore?

I find It too cheap, but Dave's signature is around 1.3k, so maybe they are not that expensive.

It's not. It's discontinued. Those were Floyd Rose Classic Stratocasters. #1 was an older model and #2 was likely a 1999 or so (during Bruce's tour, the SIT/SSOASS Jackson was still the backup).

Dave's cream and black strats from 1999 are the same model too. Just a custom pickguard.

This is a mid 1990's Fender Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster. Basically the same guitar as Adrian's.

Almost the same as a Sambora signature minus the inlays and the controls bypass switch.

 

[The_7th_one]

I'd love Adrian would play the Golden Jackson and the Golden Les Paul

 

[Moonchild88]

It's not. It's discontinued. Those were Floyd Rose Classic Stratocasters. #1 was an older model and #2 was likely a 1999 or so (during Bruce's tour, the SIT/SSOASS Jackson was still the backup).

Dave's cream and black strats from 1999 are the same model too. Just a custom pickguard.

This is a mid 1990's Fender Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster. Basically the same guitar as Adrian's.
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Almost the same as a Sambora signature minus the inlays and the controls bypass switch.

Thanks for the reply! So the other cream (not sure if cream, looks like a little bit whiter) that Adrian used in the Rock in Rio gig was this guitar too? I can't find any picture in Google and the pictures in the first page are all gone!

Thank you.

Also I think this new Fender Stratocaster made for Dave Murray is one of my favourites ever. It reminds me a little the ESP Series 400 he used to play in the SIT and SSOASS era.

 

[matic22]

Thanks for the reply! So the other cream (not sure if cream, looks like a little bit whiter) that Adrian used in the Rock in Rio gig was this guitar too? I can't find any picture in Google and the pictures in the first page are all gone!

I don't know. Apparently it is an older Stratocaster (as said in some interview by Sean Brady) but that's all info I have.

And it didn't appear on tour before Maiden reunion. During TCW the backup for King V (drop D guitar) was a white Jackson Rhoads.

 

[Kalata]

I'd love Adrian would play the Golden Jackson and the Golden Les Paul

The golden Jackson looked cool on stage. I'm not sure if Adrian will bring back the golden Les Paul, but who knows for next year.

edit: I want to see the white V or the red Destroyer more often. Lado is one of my favorite guitars of his, but there is no way for him to bring it back.

Probably many of you don't like what I'm going to say but… 2 Minutes to Midnight guitar looks like a very cheap guitar

The 2MTM guitar looks super cool imo.

During TCW the backup for King V (drop D guitar) was a white Jackson Rhoads.

Adrian has a white Jackson Rhoads - never knew that!

 

[matic22]

The golden Jackson looked cool on stage. I'm not sure if Adrian will bring back the golden Les Paul, but who knows for next year.

The gold Les Paul is probably retired from the road.

The Ibanez Destroyer DT 420 hasn't been seen since 2014 and the original one is unplayable.

Also, with Adrian's back issues, I think Les Paul use will be minimal in the future. That could also be the reason why he switched to the Jackson for Time Machine.

 

[Spaldy]

I want H to resurrect the Lado. When was the last time he used one?

 

[Moonchild88]

I want H to resurrect the Lado. When was the last time he used one?
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As far as I know he used Lado guitars until the Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour. It was a Lado Laser, that one is a Lado Earth.

 

[srfc]

As far as I know he used Lado guitars until the Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour. It was a Lado Laser, that one is a Lado Earth.

Yeah he's using a guitar that looks like that on Can I Play with Madness on Maiden England.

 

[matic22]

Yeah. The Laser was a midi guitar. The 2 Earths were not.

 

[itwaszero]

Adrian has back issues?

 

[Ascendingthethrone]

Adrian has back issues?

He’s been carrying the band for years.

 

[sea_of_madness_667]

Speaking of Seventh Tour (because I’m pretty sure that this picture is from that tour) does anyone know what guitar is Adrian holding on this picture? Never seen that black Jackson live, never heard about it.

 

[Edington]

Speaking of Seventh Tour (because I’m pretty sure that this picture is from that tour) does anyone know what guitar is Adrian holding on this picture? Never seen that black Jackson live, never heard about it.

Not sure how much live use it got, if any, but it seems to be the same Jackson he used in the "Wasted Years" video.

Interesting that Dave's using a Strat with three single coils in the video.

 

[The_7th_one]

(because I’m pretty sure that this picture is from that tour)

It's a picture taken probably in 1987 at the end of Somewhere on Tour. Adrian don´t have blonde hair with mullets sort of Def Leppard in this picture and I think he changed his look while recording Seventh Son album. The album include a picture of the band and he has mullets and blonde hair

I loved color of the Dave's ESP guitar

 

[matic22]

Not sure how much live use it got, if any, but it seems to be the same Jackson he used in the "Wasted Years" video.

Interesting that Dave's using a Strat with three single coils in the video.

That's a Charvel that was re-necked.

The 3 single coil guitar is the Martin Barre Strat owned by Dave, played by H on Tears Of A Clown solo.

 

[sea_of_madness_667]

It's a picture taken probably in 1987 at the end of Somewhere on Tour. Adrian don´t have blonde hair with mullets sort of Def Leppard in this picture and I think he changed his look while recording Seventh Son album. The album include a picture of the band and he has mullets and blonde hair

I loved color of the Dave's ESP guitar

Thanks for the correction!! It's more likely that this photo is from 1987 and not 1988, based on what you say about Adrian's look, it's most likely from 1987!

That's a Charvel that was re-necked.

The 3 single coil guitar is the Martin Barre Strat owned by Dave, played by H on Tears Of A Clown solo.

Thank you for telling me, never knew this was the same Charvel from the Wasted Years video, but re-necked.

 

[Moonchild88]

The Dave's Blue ESP was so beautiful!

 

[Mandume]

Well he also has/had guitars he doesn't (or rarely) use with Iron Maiden. The one he used in the Hear 'n Aid video for example, or the Fernandes (was it a Fernandes?) he used in 2003.

He also was coming back to Fender in 1999, after all.

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.


EDIT
H played an Aria guitar as pointed out by @matic22 , however, he did use an Ibanez RS to record Powerslave (most of it anyhow). I'm not sure if Davey's Roadstar in the Hear N Aid video is his or if it's borrowed, because he also had/has one in his possession as well.

 

[matic22]

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.

Adrian's Powerslave Roadstar was a blue sunburst one with 1 pickup.

Dave's Hear 'n' Aid roadstar is likely loaned, but it's impossible to know. Ibanez was fishing for artists at that time and was giving away guitars like crazy trying to get endorsements before they hit it big with Steve Vai and the Jem.