JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

[JeffB]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

Adrian Smith's Ibanez was bolt-on and not set neck. The candy apple red was never offered in the set neck version...(of course it could have been a custom). See if you can find pics of him playing one and look where the body meets the neck........I haven't really looked for pics.....

When I was doing some resarch I heard/read the same thing: It may have been a bolt-on cos of the color. But damned if I can find any pictures that prove it one way or another. I've seen a couple of decent shots from the back of him playing and just cannot see a neck plate. Maybe it is a custom model..feasible since they had a big endorsement deal at the time. Regardless, killer axe.

Are the bolt-on models a short(gibson) scale Jeff?

The basswood bodied DII's are still quite killer, and shouldn't be overlooked, or for that matter anything Ibanez made from '84 and earlier. The X-series with the straight neck (no angle back) have an entirely different radius to the neck and I personally do not like them.

Not a fan of Basswood in general, but good to know..and good to know about the X-series too. There was a very nice one on Ebay recently and I was tempted to pull the trigger...glad I did not.

The red '82 has actually been played by Darrell from Pantera....(albeit for only thirty seconds in the dressing room when we use to gig with them), and the biggest gig I've played to date was with this one....no real reason, again just my first one and thought it would be cool....
Not much info on these available and the other one I got last month turned out to be Basswood after all.....no complaints!(it plays faster than any of the rest!)

Family pics tomorrow!!!!!!

Jeff Seal

Cool story. Your red one mus def have some mojo to have been repaired so many times/gigged so hard.

BTW, it's tomorrow..wheres the pics??????

 

[JeffB]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

It was for sale at $599candian... which to me is a bit high.... it had some sort of trem on it.... No Kalher of Floyd mind ya... Whatever the trem was it looked someing like the one on your red one.... It was black with 3 white humbuckers... it looked cool..... i meant to post a link on the board weeks ago when i first saw it

Thanks for the info WF What's that roughly in american $?

 

[Davey]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

did the bolt ons also have painted necks?

jeff (both of y'all), check beast over hammersmith, hallowed be thy name, video @37 mins 21secs and tell me thats not a set neck =P

i'm not entirely sure though.. its the only glimpse from start of the gig that would show the heel.

is it just me or is adrian a bit camera shy?

i'll check the live @ dortmund show tomorrow, i think that dII is diferent, but maybe not (the one with the white stripe)

 

[JeffB]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

jeff (both of y'all), check beast over hammersmith, hallowed be thy name, video @37 mins 21secs and tell me thats not a set neck =P

Yup..if thats the part I'm thinking of that's what pretty much convinced me its a set neck. That's the cleanest shot I've seen.

is it just me or is adrian a bit camera shy?

Adrian has always been the low-key guy, IMO. He gets out there and plays and is nothing but business. When I saw them on the PS tour...He was VERY much into the music and less into showmanship. He's got that John Wayne stagger thing going on , and likes to do the splits :laugh2: But he's not all over the stage, prolly cos his rhythm work is VERY intricate..he'll play what sounds like (e.g) the same basic E power chord, 4 or 5 different ways in a song..he does alot of little extras..embellishments...fills..added notes..slides..bends...vibrato.....it's subtle..but complex...things you don't hear really if you are just listening to the song as whole. But if you listen to LAD, and put the speaker hard to his side so you don't hear Dave, you will hear alot of "new" things in his playing.

i'll check the live @ dortmund show tomorrow, i think that dII is diferent, but maybe not (the one with the white stripe)

Believe its the same guit and he just painted it/had it painted.

 

[Davey]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

Yup..if thats the part I'm thinking of that's what pretty much convinced me its a set neck. That's the cleanest shot I've seen.

got a better one for ya 45mins 40-41secs. the end of Iron Maiden. he lifts it up and there's a shot from the back =)
in live at dortmund, on revelations, there's a side shot of him. looks like a set neck.. yea. that one is def set neck

Adrian has always been the low-key guy, IMO. He gets out there and plays and is nothing but business. When I saw them on the PS tour...He was VERY much into the music and less into showmanship. He's got that John Wayne stagger thing going on , and likes to do the splits :laugh2: But he's not all over the stage, prolly cos his rhythm work is VERY intricate..he'll play what sounds like (e.g) the same basic E power chord, 4 or 5 different ways in a song..he does alot of little extras..embellishments...fills..added notes..slides..bends...vibrato.....it's subtle..but complex...things you don't hear really if you are just listening to the song as whole. But if you listen to LAD, and put the speaker hard to his side so you don't hear Dave, you will hear alot of "new" things in his playing.

yea. i know exactly what you mean

Believe its the same guit and he just painted it/had it painted.

looks like duct tape to me lol

 

[JeffB]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

looks like duct tape to me lol

:laugh2:

Could very well be....things was purdy HI-TEK in the early 1980s :6:

 

[WhoFan]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

Thanks for the info WF What's that roughly in american $?

I'd guess around $450 or $475 American

 

[JeffB]

Re: JeffB..here ya go bro! DII pics....(old and new)

I'd guess around $450 or $475 American

Thats a pretty good price I'd say..if it was a set-neck and in good condition.