dave murray strat

[ex-250]

Re: dave murray strat

janick is the only one who still uses strat-trems regularly, as far as i know. adrian & dave always have floyds on their strats lately

 

[Ironjose]

Re: dave murray strat

i have to say the AS guitar looks nicer!!! the locking tremolo and finishes i think are better and of course its my favorite maiden guitar player!!!
this is the one i like!!!

dont get me wrong i like the tone of DM but AS has more guts!! muahahahaha

 

[Diocletian]

Re: dave murray strat

I've always been led to believe that the guitar in question was previously Paul Kossoff's Strat (it was white then and original) as seen on the cover of his 'Back Street Crawler' album. What has happened to it is a travesty, the world is full of Strats to ruin, why oh why ruin PK's ? Would D Murray have done the same to a Strat that had belonged to Hendrix ?? Every time i see or hear about 'the dave murray strat', i wince. PK himself said it didn't intonate well, but it is inextricably linked to him and should never have been defiled in such a way. I also heard that D Murray was thrilled to get to own PK's Strat, so what in the hell was he thinking?? Thank heavens he never got his hands on any of Koss' Les Pauls.....

What would you rather he did with it? Hung it on a wall, or kept it in some massive collection like Malmsteen does?
At least this way it's had a great "life" and, once again, is revered by guitar fans all over the world.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: dave murray strat

What would you rather he did with it? Hung it on a wall, or kept it in some massive collection like Malmsteen does?
At least this way it's had a great "life" and, once again, is revered by guitar fans all over the world.

giving a guitar to malmsteen is a step down man. have you ever seen how he keeps his guitars?! they're all stacked against eachother against the wall in his in-home studio.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: dave murray strat

I guess you could always go with Adrian Smith's:
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/products/specSheet.php?product=2803052876
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/products/specSheet.php?product=2803051876

They got a Floyd (and a Jackson logo on their headstock which is strange since they seem to be more like Charvels... :dunno

This is because it´s a copy of a Jackson strathead that Adrian has owned and played for years

 

[projectx1106]

Re: dave murray strat

I prefer my Dave Murray Modern Strat

 

[Uk Ant]

Re: dave murray strat

I've always been led to believe that the guitar in question was previously Paul Kossoff's Strat (it was white then and original) as seen on the cover of his 'Back Street Crawler' album. What has happened to it is a travesty, the world is full of Strats to ruin, why oh why ruin PK's ? Would D Murray have done the same to a Strat that had belonged to Hendrix ?? Every time i see or hear about 'the dave murray strat', i wince. PK himself said it didn't intonate well, but it is inextricably linked to him and should never have been defiled in such a way. I also heard that D Murray was thrilled to get to own PK's Strat, so what in the hell was he thinking?? Thank heavens he never got his hands on any of Koss' Les Pauls.....

Oddly I like that fact that there was a time when people were still willing to mod an old guitar, without fearing for it's value, or de-valuing it's heritage.
If Hendrix had lived long enough I have no doubt that he'd have shoved humbuckers and floyds into his strats without thinking about it

 

[jhale667]

Re: dave murray strat

If Hendrix had lived long enough I have no doubt that he'd have shoved humbuckers and floyds into his strats without thinking about it

No doubt - not to mention he was already swapping necks on bodies (sometimes NOT for reasons having to do with him smashing it...lol), and re-bending his tremolo arms more to his liking...chances are if you (by some freak accident) stumbled upon an unknown closet-classic guitar of his it might not be "all original"...

Take that, cork-sniffers!! :laugh: