What gear does Dave Murray use?

What gear does Dave Murray use?

Dave Murray joined Iron Maiden just two months after it started in 1975. Throughout his career, Dave Murray has used and endorsed Marshall amplifiers and has used Fender Stratocasters almost exclusively.

What pickups did Dave Murray use?

Iron Maiden’s Dave Murray has been using the Hot Rails and JB Jr. single coil-sized humbucking pickups for years because of their power and versatility.

What strings did Dave Murray use?

Guitar specifications

• Ernie Ball Strings – custom gauge .009, .011, .014, .024, .032, .042.
• Seymour Duncan Hot Rails single coil sized humbucking pick-ups with dual blade coils.
• “Original” Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo Systems.

Does Dave Murray use a wah pedal?

Dave uses a Dunlop Crybaby Wah DCR-ISR, according to Guitar Geek’s rig diagram.

What pickups does Janick Gers use?

Janick uses Fender Stratocaster guitars, usually black or white, equipped with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails or JB Jr. pickups. he also uses a semiacoustic Gibson Chet Atkins for certain songs. Marshall is his choice for amps, using a JMP-1 preamp with a 9200 poweramp.

Where is the Dave Murray Strat made?

We also wanted it to be affordable, so we opted to manufacture in Mexico. The Seymour Duncan pickups, electrics and Floyd Rose hardware are identical to my Strat, so it’s been very rewarding to keep the cost affordable for most players, but not to compromise on quality.”

How do you sound like Iron Maiden?

EQ/ Tone (Bass, Mids, Treble)

1. The bass setting should be kept moderately low on most amplifiers to sound like Iron Maiden.
2. The mids setting should be moderate so keep this on around 6-7 to begin with.
3. Start with your treble setting on 7-8 to begin with as this will ensure the tone is crisp and clear (instead of muddy).

Who’s better Adrian Smith or Dave Murray?

Dave Murray has a more fluid soloing style looping notes and patterns that fly off the fretboard. Dave incorporates masterful use of trills and tremolo in his solos. Adrian Smith tends to be more scripted in his solo approach and tends to play a bit slower in effort to tell a story with his solos.

What pickups did Iron Maiden use?

Seymour Duncan and Iron Maiden have had a long and successful relationship since then, and you will now see many guitars equipped with Duncan pickups on stage on the current North American tour.

Are Dave Murray’s guitar parts “all stock”?

In the Guitar World interview, Dave Murray mentions that the guitar’s parts are “all stock”. Murray may have been referring to his above Gibson SG Custom, but this is unlikely as early SG “Les Paul” guitars had a pickguard between the neck and first pickup, which is absent on the pictured guitar.

What guitar does Dave Murray play?

Dave Murray primarily plays Fender Stratocaster guitars. Although he’s also played other guitar models, he’s stuck primarily to the iconic brand of Fender, even through an era when most metal guitarists were looking elsewhere. This loyalty eventually earned Murray his own signature Strat line.

What happened to Dave Murray’s Stratocasters?

Dave Murray had a rare and special line of Stratocasters that followed the stage retirement of his beloved “Kossoff” guitar. These Fenders came equipped with Floyd Rose Tremolo systems, while others came with a special HH setup to them. It’s fair noting that even though these were stock guitars for Murray, they were all unique in their own way.

Did Dave Murray ever play a Les Paul?

Although Murray mentioned acquiring a Les Paul during an interview with Guitar World in 1983, he was seldom seen playing Gibson guitars until Iron Maiden’s Final Frontier tour. The first notable Les Paul Dave used was a Les Paul Traditional, pictured below as part of his 2010 touring rig: