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

Kalata said:
The same one used in The Tower's video during the harmony?

What about Killers?
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No. The one used on En Vivo and during The Untouchables. It had it's pickguard swapped before 2008 SBIT tour and was used as a warm-up guitar.

Killers was a combination of LP Goldtop and Hamer Explorer.
 
matic22 said:
No. The one used on En Vivo and during The Untouchables. It had it's pickguard swapped before 2008 SBIT tour and was used as a warm-up guitar.

Killers was a combination of LP Goldtop and Hamer Explorer.
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Is that the same Jackson as the one they are all playing on in the ‘Day in the Life’ documentary for Rock in Rio?
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
Is that the same Jackson as the one they are all playing on in the ‘Day in the Life’ documentary for Rock in Rio?
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You mean this one? (the one Jan is playing) I think it could be, because of the jack-plate, this guitar got a white HSS pickguard during or before SBIT, in the SIT/SSOASS era, it had a black HSH pickguard with black pickups, and from what I see, the bridge pickup was replaced by a white/cream humbucker (maybe it got that new humbucker by that time).
 

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matic22 said:
No. The one used on En Vivo and during The Untouchables. It had it's pickguard swapped before 2008 SBIT tour and was used as a warm-up guitar.
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My bad, I confused it with the white Jackson Soloist. Btw, for which songs was this guitar used live in 1988 (I think I've seen pictures of Adrian with it from then) and did he use it live before then or during AOB tour? It's curious.
 
Adrian and Dave's guitars backstage from the current tour. I'm not sure but - what is the third white (from right to left) guitar on Dave's? New white, the cream Strat and?
 

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Kalata said:
My bad, I confused it with the white Jackson Soloist. Btw, for which songs was this guitar used live in 1988 (I think I've seen pictures of Adrian with it from then) and did he use it live before then or during AOB tour? It's curious.
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Which one? The HSH Jackson was used for basically the whole gig, except CIPWM, which was the Lado (occasionally Clairvoyant too).
 
Kalata said:
Adrian and Dave's guitars backstage from the current tour. I'm not sure but - what is the third white (from right to left) guitar on Dave's? New white, the cream Strat and?
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Most likely Birthday Strat from the 2017 tour. Likely re-necked with a copy of the California Series Strat neck and pickguar switched back to triple hot rails (had zebra humbuckers during LOTB and was used as the large headstock black Strat backup).
 
matic22 said:
Which one?
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The one with the sticker on it and then without it used for The Tower video. Or is it the same guitar, or one was from the 90's (ASAP days, the 5th photo below)? Which is different that this one from 1986 (I think he has that guitar since 1985?) and 1988/1989 (considering Adrian's hairstyle).
 

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Kalata said:
The one with the sticker on it and then without it used for The Tower video. Or is it the same guitar, or one was from the 90's (ASAP days, the 5th photo below)? Which is different that this one from 1986 (I think he has that guitar since 1985?) and 1988/1989 (considering Adrian's hairstyle).
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In photos you posted, there are 4 different guitars.

- The first 2 photos you posted, are the Jackson Soloist with a sticker/artwork. That guitar was the main backup guitar for the HSH Jackson during SSOASS cycle. Seen in the guitar rack during DOD sessions. Likely carried during AOB/TCW tours as a secondary backup.

- The 3rd photo is a Lado HSS Strat that was the main backup for the HSH Jackson during SIT cycle.

- 4th photo is some kind of a soloist with dot inlays.

- 5th photo is the HS soloist (no neck pickup) from The Tower video
 
matic22 said:
Yes to all questions. It's the same Jackson. It was a warm up guitar from 1997-2010 (backup for standard tuned #1 Strat on DOD tour, when #2 was used in drop D), returned to stage in 2011 as a main tremolo guitar and was retired after TFF World Tour.
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Two identical guitars in different tunings? That must have been confusing backstage in the dark.
 
matic22 said:
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.
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I know that you’ve done a lot more research than I have, so sorry for sticking my nose in, but did Adrian’s #1 sunburst ever have a standard DiMarzio PAF Pro (the one with the hex screws) in it?

The first version of the Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster (1992-1998) had a DiMarzio Custom PAF Pro, which was a DiMarzio OEM pickup made for Fender, in the bridge. The pickup was a standard PAF Pro, but with normal screw and slug polepieces. It also has “DiMarzio” written on the bridge side coil. I’ve only seen the #1 sunburst with what seems to be that pickup.

@matic22 By the way, thanks so much for all the kick-ass work you’ve shared in this thread.
 
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Arcticsevensamurai said:
I know that you’ve done a lot more research than I have, so sorry for sticking my nose in, but did Adrian’s #1 sunburst ever have a standard DiMarzio PAF Pro (the one with the hex screws) in it?

The first version of the Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster (1992-1998) had a DiMarzio Custom PAF Pro, which was a DiMarzio OEM pickup made for Fender, in the bridge. The pickup was a standard PAF Pro, but with normal screw and slug polepieces. It also has “DiMarzio” written on the bridge side coil. I’ve only seen the #1 sunburst with what seems to be that pickup.

@matic22 By the way, thanks so much for all the kick-ass work you’ve shared in this thread.
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#1 had a Paf Pro during Psycho Motel and AOB/TCW tours. Maybe even Ed Hunter. But during BNW cycle, it was replaced by a DiMarzio with screw/flat pole pieces. Probably this pickup you are talking about. And it is still in there.
 
itwaszero said:
Unrelated -- are you the Moonchild88 who used to post bad ass Maiden covers on YouTube back in the day?!
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Moonchild88 said:
Lol, I just remember who you're talking about, I think he was a swedish guitarist, but no, I am not. I was born in 1988 and I thought It would be a nice nickname.
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Assuming we're talking about the same guy, he was Moonchild89 and has changed his nickname to Patrik Lindgren (which I think is his real name):

 
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