Yeah, that’s quite likely, I’d say that he will use the DT300 in drop D tuning for RTTH, TNOTB and IM (and even probably FOTD) and use the D Jackson for Clairvoyant. Also, it’s quite logical that one Lado will be the main standard tuned guitar, as happened with the Silverburst Lado in the middle of the tour and with the black one towards the end of the tour, green Jackson can also be retired too.
Yeah, but I forgot to add that the new 50th Jackson would take the place of the green Jackson on Killers, Powerslave, 2 Minutes, Seventh Son and Wasted Years, while one of the Lados (likely the black one) would do the rest of standard tuned songs.
That’s right mate. And I hope the main Lado is the black one, since the Silverburst one stole a lot of protagonism to it.
Humbuckers are currently 2 bridge JBs. JB Jr. In the middle.
Picture #1 is the Kossoff Strat with the black pickguard. Other 3 photos are a rosewood 1979 CBS Strat was Kossoff's backup and was sold to Matt's Guitar shop recently. The Jason Smith Custom Shop Strat seems to be loosely based on this guitar, but with Floyd and an extra fret.
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Awesome, thanks man!Picture #1 is the Kossoff Strat with the black pickguard. Other 3 photos are a rosewood 1979 CBS Strat was Kossoff's backup and was sold to Matt's Guitar shop recently. The Jason Smith Custom Shop Strat seems to be loosely based on this guitar, but with Floyd and an extra fret.
Fender Stratocaster 1979 Dave Murray
We all know Dave Murray’s black Strat, that legendary 57 which used to belong to Paul Kossoff before finding its way into the hands of Iron Maiden’s virtuoso through a classified ad in a magazine. But the true fans of the biggest British heavy metal band know full well that it is not Dave...
The third one. That one was a Squier, also sold to Matt's guitar shop recently. It was Kahlered, as was the 1964 at the time (now it's Floyded since the early 90's).
I'd say that the '64 was acquired during the World Piece tour and it had stock Strat electronics. It got Kahlered before World Slavery Tour.
Then, it was just a stock CBS Strat, that got sold soon afterwards.The picture where Davey is playing the white CBS strat (without the Kahler), is from 1980-1981. Dave got the Kossoff in 1976, so the Kossoff strat has been with him pretty since the beginning (Dave auditioned for Maiden in late 76).
A few telltales here is that gray-ish vest/waistcoat that he's wearing, you can see him wear the same one in the show from The Rainbow in 1981 and also
Here's a picture of him wearing that same waistcoat in 1982 on the Beast on The Road tour:
The second "clue" is the color of his hair, as it's bleached peroxide blonde here, Dave's natural hair color is much darker (basically what it was like on the SSOASS tour)
An educated guess would be sometime around 1983, wouldn't be surprised if he picked it u whilst touring America during the POM tour. He probably got it Kahlered shortly after acquiring it (obviously before the World Slavery Tour started.) As for pickups, again, an educated guess, it was probably fitted with its original single-coil pickups, unless it was already routed out for humbuckers (keep in mind that they weren't making a whole lot of money back then, so it might have been modified in some way shape or form before Dave got it).
