Iron Maiden Signature axes?

[Thurisarz]

Is any of the members using there signature axes?

I know steve has a SD QP pup in his Precision, has he the pup in his other axes too?

Thanks!

[XSSIVE]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

I don't own one but man would i kill for a maiden signature strat...such a sweet guitar IMO!!

-Mike

[chcjunior]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

I owned the Iron Maiden Strat for a spell. Nice enough guitar..but...turns out that I don't like Stratocasters. Beyond that I'd have two complaints about the guitar. First, the basswood is far from durable and dents with extreme ease. Second, there's not much difference in sound between the middle and neck pup. The mirrored pickguard is also prone to cracking so you'd want to replace that....but since it's a Japanes model, you'll need one custom made (which isn't that expensive or that big of a pain).

[wixomwhat]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

I owned the Iron Maiden Strat for a spell. Nice enough guitar..but...turns out that I don't like Stratocasters. Beyond that I'd have two complaints about the guitar. First, the basswood is far from durable and dents with extreme ease. Second, there's not much difference in sound between the middle and neck pup. The mirrored pickguard is also prone to cracking so you'd want to replace that....but since it's a Japanes model, you'll need one custom made (which isn't that expensive or that big of a pain).

Yeah it's weird that they would make the Iron Maiden sig a basswood body. I mean Adrian and Dave dont play basswood strats! Otherwise i'd probably save up money and buy one, if they were alder, that is.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

The neck is very nice on the Maiden Strat. Your best bet is to get a Highway 1 Strat with an alder body, put a JB in the bridge and 2 JB Jrs in the middle/neck. If you wanna play the same guitar Dave Murray plays now, you'll have to get a Wayne Rock Legend ... alder body, AAA birdseye maple neck, original Floyd ...

[wixomwhat]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

The neck is very nice on the Maiden Strat. Your best bet is to get a Highway 1 Strat with an alder body, put a JB in the bridge and 2 JB Jrs in the middle/neck. If you wanna play the same guitar Dave Murray plays now, you'll have to get a Wayne Rock Legend ... alder body, AAA birdseye maple neck, original Floyd ...

I think the best setup would be

alder body
maple neck + fb
lil jb- bridge
hot rails- mid and neck
khaler trem

but right now i'm not really looking for another guitar. I need a new amp first.

[Thurisarz]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

Anybody know anything about Steve?

bump...

[nuntius]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

he has one of those badass bridges from memory.

i think the maiden strat is lilJB hot rails hotrails with a floyd..

[Thurisarz]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

*Homer Simpson scream*

Better try this in the pickup forum...

[Davey]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

steve has a fender precision, a badass 2 bridge and a duncan quarter pounder. he's using flatwound rotosound strings (he's got a signature pack)

as for the 'three amigos'
depends on who's strat you'd want.
if you go with janick, he's got a 'stock' '63 (the beaten up white one) strat with two JBJr's (bridge and neck) one other's got a lil59 in the neck i think (judging from the sound) and his white one's got 3 JBJr's and the one he used at donnington in '92 which almost has a hole on the upper right cos of 'overuse' (also sporting a JBJr b/n) and all of em got vintage trems

dave's lately using custom made strats with 3 hotrails, floyd double locking trem and a '57 neck on the geetar.. allthough everyone that knows maiden wants his '57 strat hehe :drool: and i also would like to have the paul he used on Rainmaker .. the tooone, so buttery and soft

adrians are pretty much stock 'lone stars' except he's got a dimarzio PAF in the bridge the tobacco sunburst's got a new neck though, dont know the specs

and the new wayne geetar looks spiffy also (and i dont like sunburst guitars)

hope i helped ya out

[inter]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

Check these links out:

Dave Murray: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/353/

Adrian Smith: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/351/

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

Check these links out:
Dave Murray: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/353/
Adrian Smith: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/351/

Seems sorely out of date, tho ...

[inter]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

Lol,

I dunno, for a band that's quite 'seasoned', a rig based on their '2000' setup wouldn't have changed that much.

Don't quote me on that though

[Davey]

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plus, the guitar part on those rigs is wrong

VARIOUS VINTAGE MODELS - MODIFIED WITH NEW NECKS, BRIDGES AND NUTS - SEYMOUR DUNCAN JB JUNIOR PICKUPS IN BRIDGE AND NECK POSISTIONS

for adrians rig.. this is partialy true for janicks rig

and i think dave switched to a diferent foot switching when on the GMETID tour.. but i could be wrong.. my memory is kind of fuzzy about that night (not from drinking though hehe)

and about the fender maiden sig.. you're better off buying a MIM deluxe fender and upgrade it than go for the japan made maiden sig. and it was a one year run only

the guitageek rigs arent that much out of date. they still use the jmp1's and the 9200 power amps. also add a jum dunlop wah to daves rig and a tubescreamer for janick, and thats a lot of stuff adrian's rig supposedly has..

[Thurisarz]

Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?

Thanks for the info about the 3 amigos!

But about steve, do you know Davey if he has the SD QP in all of his axes or just the signature?

Thanks!