Moonchild88
Invader
Not sure if this is the real cream/vintage White Stratocaster Adrian used to play in the Rock in Rio gig.
Adrian, Janick and Dave's guitars and Steve's basses
Not sure if this is the real cream/vintage White Stratocaster Adrian used to play in the Rock in Rio gig.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Lol. With the foil is still on the pickguard? Hell no.
Murder of Rue Morgue
They're never gonna find me!
And the sticker on the back in perfect condition. On a guitar that's at least 25 years old.
In any case, the seller (some Japanese guitar shop) says it is a modified Strat aiming at reproducing Adrian's.
PS: and also this. Adrian's Strat had white pickups, this one has white single coils but cream hum at the bridge. See here at 2:52-ish.
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Moonchild88
Invader
I didn't mean It was the Stratocaster owned and played by Adrian, but a replica.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Wrong bridge pickup anyway.
I think the cream one(s?) had a Fender DH-1 Humbucker in the bridge, whilst the Sunburst one had a PAF Pro.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
The cream one had a Fender DH-1.
Sunburst #2 also had a Fender DH-1 (2 screws on the upper side). Sunburst #1 originally had a Paf Pro, but was swapped for another DiMarzio humbucker with screw polepieces around the time of Brave New World.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
#2 has wider black around the edges. But the main difference is the upper screws of the bridge pickup. #1 has 1 and #2 has 2.Hi guys,
matic22 i've a question...how make the difference between sunburst #1 and #2? #1 has a lighter color on the edges it's ok but I can't see the differences on the live videos...thanks
I'm trying to find the picture of both of them in H's guitar boat, but that picture is sucessfully evading me so far. On that picture also #2 has the peace sign on it's contour cut that has been removed since.
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
All three amigos have a new artist page on Dunlop website. It seems like Dave and Jan use extra heavy picks, while H uses heavy picks.
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Iron Brody
Educated Fool
That’s cool.All three amigos have a new artist page on Dunlop website. It seems like Dave and Jan use extra heavy picks, while H uses heavy picks.
Artists - Iron Maiden - Dunlop
I swear by those Dunlop Celluloid picks myself. They’re even better than Fender’s 351 picks somehow
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
Also interesting to see that Janick uses the Echoplex preamp. I wonder if he has had a new effects rack unit built or whether he is rocking a pedalboard/GCX unit.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
I think he had a new rack built before TFP. But in there there are still mostly old components (JMP's, JFX's, old Mesa, the jurassic Cornish switching system etc...). Also there is secondary rack with Kempers in case if everything else fails.
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Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
Thanks for the info! thought I spied a Kemper in a backstage photo last year, but I can’t remember where I saw it. They are incredible. I love how good modelling gear has got in the last 10 years.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Also, Steve's secondary backups are Kempers IIRC.
2M2M
Prowler
I read a comment from Adrian on his instagram (he was replying to someone - I can't find the post sorry!) this this is the guitar he recorded Two Minutes to Midnight on, so that's cool!Yup, I know. It's this one here:
matic22
Ancient Mariner
The whole Powerslave record, in fact.
Piece Of Mind was the Melody Maker with humbuckers, while SIT and SSOASS were the Jackson Super Strat. TNOTB was a combination of the LP Goldtop and the Destroyer, but mainly the later.
2M2M
Prowler
Is this the photo you're meaning? Low quality sorry
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
This is the one, yeah. Thanks.
There was even one that was more recent (from 2006/2007) when both sunburst Strats had Rolands, but that one will do.