Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith

UK guitarist/songwriter, Iron Maiden

Adrian Smith's Guitars

"I bought this gibson 1972 guitar when I was 17 years old" He says that in a video when he is recording B-Sides.

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In this photo, Smith can be seen playing his Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Floyd Rose Tremolo.

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He used this guitar on the final leg of the World Piece Tour in '83. It didn't see the light of day after that, considering he was experimenting with many guitars at the time.

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Here you can see him play one live with a floyd rose

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In this photo, Smith can be seen playing a Gibson SG Standard in a Cherry Finish.

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In this user-uploaded photo from Dimarzio, Adrian Smith is pictured with his signature Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas Dinky guitar.

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he can be seen playinga flying v in this live performance

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In this live preformance of "Rime of The Ancient Mariner" from the "Live After Death" Live Album, we can see Smith playing a Lado Earth Guitar.

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he plays a red version of this guitar in the video

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Adrian Smith pictured here with his Jackson USA Custom Shop Adrian Smith X-Stroyer Model, used during the "Book Of Souls" tour, and "Legacy Of The Beast" tour

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In the Wasted Years music video, you can clearly spot Adrian playing a black Charvel San Dimas style guitar with a Floyd Rose tremolo system and a single humbucker at the bridge position (likely a DiMarzio Super Distortion).

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In this video at 0:07 and onward Smith can be seen with a Red Ibanez Destroyer.

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In a forum discussion on MaidenFans, an image shows Adrian Smith with an Ibanez RS315 Electric Guitar, highlighting its use during his time with Iron Maiden.

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Gibson 1972 Deluxe Gold Top

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In this video at 0:01 and onward, Smith can be seen playing a Les Paul Custom.

This guitar first appeared in the 2000s and Smith also used the Custom on other occasions in live tours, including for "The Great Unknown" (during The Book of Souls Tour - 2017 leg).

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Adrian Smith with his Jackson Custom Shop Limited Edition Adrian Smith Signature San Dimas during the song "Two Minutes To Midnight" in the "Legacy Of The Beast" tour

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It's not the same colour, but he plays a 12 string ovation that looks similar at wacken

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Adrian Smith, known for his preference for Stratocaster-style guitars, uses the Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas SDXM, his signature model. This is highlighted in a Pinterest post by Shelley Hatton, featuring images of Smith performing live.

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It's Adrian's signature guitar

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In this photo, Adrian Smith explains that the first guitar that he ever had is a Woolworth top 20 that he bought from Dave Murray.

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In this youtube music video, Adrian can be seen playing solo on black Gibson Les Paul Double Cut.

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You can see Smith using a Hamer Standard in this photo which he used on Killers and it also backed up some of his other guitars in the 80's.

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You can see Adrian Smith playing this guitar in video for the 1983 song Flight of Icarus,from the album Piece of Mind.

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When Iron Maiden play The writing on the wall live on the Legacy of the beast 2022 tour and possibly the upcoming Future Past tour Adrian is seen playing a Paul Reed Smith SE Angelus A60E Acoustic for the beginning acoustic part of the song. Iron Maiden also mention PRS Guitars on the new Senjutsu album in the Adrian Smith would like to thank part which is possible that this guitar was also used for the recording of the studio track as well.

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Adrian Smith is confirmed to use an Ibanez Destroyer II DT-300, as evidenced by a photograph posted by Cole G. Benjamin on Facebook.

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In this video, Adrian Smith talks about his "2 Minutes to Midnight" signature San Dimas from the Jackson Custom Shop.

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