RGGR Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 (edited) Must be some Maiden fans on here that know. I did quick search in google but couldn't find too much on set-up Dave is using. (and yes I know.....he must have tons of guitars with all different set-ups)..... But what would bring me close.....I know he had OFR on his strat, with SD JB junior and SD Hot Rails being mentioned. I know the Iron Maiden Strat (official Fender copy) has basswood body......but will Dave use this too??? Edited February 21, 2005 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstellar Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Must be some Maiden fans on here that know. I did quick search in google but couldn't find too much on set-up Dave is using. (and yes I know.....he must have tons of guitars with all diferent set-ups)..... But what would bring me close.....I know he had OFR on his strat, with SD JB junior and SD Hot Rails being mentioned. I know the Iron Maiden Strat (official Fender copy) has basswood body......but will Dave use this too??? ← I have a 50'th anny strat book at home and it talks about his setup a bit.. if I have a chance I'll get some info back to you... and yes maiden RULES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Cavanaugh Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I recall the early stuff was done with stock '57 Strats I believe, and then around '80 or '81 they had them modified to retrofit DiMarzio Super Distortions in the neck and bridge (maybe Super 2 in the neck?). Later on, the one used a JB in his Charvels. Right now, according to this issue of Guitar World I have, they're using the same set up as the Maiden strat and Marshalls. I don't have it with me, so I can't give you the low down on it. I've played the Iron Maiden Strat and it was pretty nice, especially for the price, but it was before I started listening to Maiden, or even had any decent lead playing ability, so whether it nails them or not, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Cavanaugh Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Here you go, just found this. http://guitargeek.com/search/?qt=b&q=iron%20maiden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 (edited) I had found that link too. Doesn't talk much about set-up of guitar though. On maiden forum I can't do search for some strange reason. Found this link on Iron Maiden Strat: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/crow/crow/musik_g...%20Stratocaster I will have peek at Rock In Rio DVD again, to have better look. Edited February 21, 2005 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 According to Australian Guitar some months ago, he uses a standard Fender Strat with Seymour Duncan Hotrails pickups and an Original Floyd Rose. In all the glory of the magazine it didnt go into detail on what positions he uses the Hotrails in, however im guessig just the bridge and maybe the neck, because he also goes on about how he likes the versatility of the strat for clean tone as well, and that wouldnt make much sense if he replaced all 3 single coils. Oh yeah and besides the pickups and trem he did say it was just a stock standard fender strat.... so I doubt the body is basswood. - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 maple necks and 7.5 radius with skinny frets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Like Jivin just said, he uses the HR1's on the neck and bridge with a JB Jr on the middle, also his black strat got a JB Jr on the neck too. In the early 80's they both switched to humbuckers (DiMarzio Super Distortion)in the neck and bridge, but as soon as SDuncan came out with the rails and the JB Jr, he switched back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Was expecting your reply already Maiden. ;-) From this pic I can tell there is HR1 in neck.....bridge I can't really distinquish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Once i get to the house today I will tell you a better answer, but i think that that one has all 3 HR1's, and in that pic you can make the HR in the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Like I said before Adrian and Dave will have whole truckload of guitars that all have slightly different set-up. The Official Fender Maiden Strat has basswood body......but I suspect Dave to use Alder or Swamp Ash...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Well according to a Guitar Buyer Article from August 2003 he uses - Fender Stratocaster fitted with Humbucking pickups Crybaby wah wah pedal Marshall JMP-1 preamp Marshall JFX-1 Multi-FX Rocktron Midi Mate Foot Controller Pete Cornish Custom Router/Switcher Unit Marshall 9200 Dual Monoblock Power Amp Marshall 1960B straight 4x 12 cabs x 2 His Strat was a '56 Fender Strat with a Maple neck and 2 DiMarzio Super Distortion Humbuckers. He did switch to JV Squier Strats at one point but now uses Fender Starts again modified specially for him with skinn frets and a 7.25" radiused fretboard. I assume the pickups etc. are the same as he used to have o his '56 Strat but dunno for sure. MAIDEN RULE! seen 'em in cardiff in 2003 and they rocked - Dave Murray is amazin', apparently they're playing Reading this year too so i'll be there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 now uses Fender Starts again modified specially for him with skinn frets and a 7.25" radiused fretboard. 7.25" radius??? How would that work with the OFR trem. I always thought 12" radius was least you had to have on one of those??? Not sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Maybe the tremolo can be modified in some way to suite it? Either way, I never knew that spec, I can't beleive a gutiarist who plays leads would deliberately choose to have such a tiny radius. Does he just have an extremely high action or something? or is it just not as uncommon as I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 The OFR's have a 10" radius. You can easily use them with a fretboard with a radius within +/- 2 inches of that (8 to 12). You can also adjust each saddle to create a custom radius if your board exceeds that 2 inch tolerance. When I first saw Yngwie's guitar, I was really surprised. He has very high action and prefers the same tight radius fretboard as Dave Murray. I guess some people are used to playing that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Bit of a hijack perhaps, but a question: If i have a warmoth neck that is compound 10-16" radius how does that affect the setup of an OFR? Cheers, - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Either way, I never knew that spec, I can't beleive a gutiarist who plays leads would deliberately choose to have such a tiny radius. Does he just have an extremely high action or something? or is it just not as uncommon as I think? Hey, think about it. When all those guys like Murray, Malmsteen, Beck, Clapton, and Hendrix were learning to play, that's how all the Strats came. Notice also how Murray has spec'd skinny frets too. The Standards and Vintage Reissues come with those, but the American series is all medium-jumbo with flatter radius. I like playing American Strats because they just play better, but it does take a little bit of getting used to because I'm just used to the setup on my MIM Standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Saw the Fender Maiden copy came with 12" radius neck. That set-up makes also more sense with OFR trem. These compound 10"-16" Warmoth necks would be great set-up of course. Best of both worlds. Personally I like playing my 17" RG neck. Going to 7.25" or 9" radius would be like playing on the side of baseball bat. Not my cup of tea. And yes, I understand that these guys learned playing on tight radius necks and stuck to it. Doesn't mean I have to have same set-up of course. Great thing about building your own (or assembling from Warmoth/USA Custom parts) is that you can get your own personal set-up. Might go the Warmoth route, get Alder SSS body with recessed OFR route. Get nice maple neck with 16" radius (or 16"-10" compound radius) with nice Wizard type back profile.......Might also make my own body, as I would like to have AANJ on Strat. Pick-ups would be JB Jr in bridge and SD Hot Rails in middle and neck. No guitar ever can't be improved upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 If i have a warmoth neck that is compound 10-16" radius how does that affect the setup of an OFR? I shim my floyds to approx 18" for fretboards with that type of compound radius. I think there are some people here on PG that just leave the floyd at 10" and deal with the higher action on the middle strings. I prefer shimming it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Yeah RGGR, Warmoth parts really does seem to be quite a good option. I just ordered my stuff, which was a Alder/Koa strat body HXH with recessed OFR routing. The neck was a Maple/Rosewood with 10-16"radius, jumbo frets and a reverse KWS headstock with a koa veneer. I'm looking forward to it heaps, especially the koa body: embellished by me a touch perhaps, but hey, im excited I plan on putting a Seymour Duncan Custom in the Bridge and Alnico II Pro in the neck. I cant wait! Edit: Thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I really, really like the AlnicoII pro in the neck position. I think it's one of the best sounding neck pickups (int the passive category) I have heard. It's name doesn't do much in terms of getting people's attention but for those of us who have played through one - the name doesn't matter. Nice choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I shim my floyds to approx 18" for fretboards with that type of compound radius. You know what dave, you are the 1st person that I hear does that too. I just modded the TOM that I put on my 7 string to about 18" radius. I helps big time with the action of the guitar, I figured this out by going up with the radius change, from 10-16 in 18" so I added 2" to the radius for the rest of the scale leght, it wors niiiiiceee! And yes the I M copies that are sold by Fender are not the same set up as the ones played by Dave. Just liek the MAlmsteen is a bit different too, and the ESP LTD are different for the Jeff Hanneman ...etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 And yes the IM copies that are sold by Fender are not the same set up as the ones played by Dave. Just like the Malmsteen is a bit different too, and the ESP LTD are different for the Jeff Hanneman ...etc... Yeah, I know this. These guys get their guitars customly make for them. The IM Fender copies are just commercial knock-offs. Fender just marketing the name Maiden and try to sell some over-priced guitars to some ca$h-short fans. Also not trying to make exact copy.Not overly impressed with Fender. I'm just trying to get more feel for his set-up. I love the Maiden sound......so why not have guitar similar. Of course giving my own tist to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 The strat I had, before putting the EMG KH-21 on it had a set up like the one about, but I had 2 HR, one on the brdge and another on the neck with a Fender lace sensor blue on the center. It sounded better than the single coils, much better sustain, and punch, but to get the Maiden Sound from Seven Son or Somewere in Time,(which IMO are the classic MAiden sound, there is a lot of electronics involved. I have tried for ever, got close with the GNX1 that I got, but I'm missing something, I think is the fingers of Dave or Adrian to make it work. (See that I don't mentione Janick, he is a buffoon, ever since he entered Maiden it started going down hill, his sound is not Maiden compatible) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 See that I don't mention Janick, he is a buffoon, ever since he entered Maiden it started going down hill, his sound is not Maiden compatible Hahaha, a buffoon ;-) Bit overkill anyway to have 3 guitarists in one band. Some Maiden fans are also not very impressed with the X-factor and the Virtual X CDs......while I think some of Maidens best songs are on there. And I totally agree with this review: http://www.mp3.com/albums/175141/reviews.html I love to play along with; - Sign of the Cross, Lightning Strikes Twice, The Clansman, When Two Worlds Collide, and The Educated Fool. To be honest, I think Maiden is the reason I started playing guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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