Iron Maiden Signature axes?
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chcjunior
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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).
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).
TwilightOdyssey
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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 ...
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
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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.
TwilightOdyssey said: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.
Davey
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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
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
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Check these links out:
Dave Murray: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/353/
Adrian Smith: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/351/
Check these links out:
Dave Murray: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/353/
Adrian Smith: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/351/
TwilightOdyssey
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Re: Iron Maiden Signature axes?
Seems sorely out of date, tho ...inter said:
Davey
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plus, the guitar part on those rigs is wrong
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..
plus, the guitar part on those rigs is wrong
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..
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Davey
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he's pretty much using his sole precision bass (once it was checkered (chess) then he had it refinished into white with binding and the west ham united logo) he's using that one at all concerts and it has the QP. for recording he's prolly got more stuff.. and at least one lado bass, what he's got in there only he and the builder of the bass know
he's pretty much using his sole precision bass (once it was checkered (chess) then he had it refinished into white with binding and the west ham united logo) he's using that one at all concerts and it has the QP. for recording he's prolly got more stuff.. and at least one lado bass, what he's got in there only he and the builder of the bass know
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