Fender and Iron Maiden have teamed up for a brand new assortment of signature mannequin guitars and basses.
Every axeman in Maiden — guitarists Dave Murray and Janick Gers, in addition to founding bassist Steve Harris — is represented within the assortment celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the legendary British steel band.
The priciest of the bunch is the Fender Customized Store-created Restricted Version Masterbuilt Dave Murray Stratocaster, which fetches $11,000. Masterbuilder Andy Hicks teamed up with Murray himself to plot the “high-performance guitar that would sustain with the trials of worldwide touring.” Completed in NOS Olympic White, the Strat boasts 21 medium jumbo stainless-steel frets and an oil-finished ’60s-style Oval “C”-shaped walnut neck. Electronically, it’s fitted with Murray’s mixture of Seymour Duncan Sizzling Rails bridge and neck pickups and a JB Jr. center pickup, for juggling leads and rhythm components.
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“Dave Murray has all the time been my favourite guitar hero,” mentioned Hicks in a press launch. “Not solely is his type completely good however he additionally proved to me way back that Fender completely belongs on this planet of heavy steel. It was an absolute honor to construct this guitar for him and I’ll by no means recover from the joy of seeing my favourite participant from my favourite band taking part in one among my guitars.”
Subsequent up, underneath the Fender model, is the Restricted Version fiftieth Anniversary Janick Gers Stratocaster ($1,699.99). With its Black end, the guitar incorporates a 7.25-inch radius rosewood fingerboard with classic tall frets and Seymour Duncan JB Jr. neck and bridge pickups. Different appointments embrace a Fender Classic-style Synchronized Tremolo with bent metal saddles, fiftieth Anniversary neck plate, and Gers’ signature on the again of the headstock.
The final of the electrical guitars is one other Murray mannequin, this time underneath the Fender model. Going for $1,799.99, the Restricted Version fiftieth Anniversary Dave Murray Stratocaster is available in a Black end and combines “the most effective options of Dave’s favourite Fender guitars”: three Seymour Duncan pickups, compound-radius rosewood fingerboard, and a Floyd Rose R2 double-locking tremolo.
A Fender x Maiden assortment wouldn’t be full with out a Steve Harris P-bass, because the Maiden bassist has lengthy been a champion of this particular Fender instrument. The Restricted Version fiftieth Anniversary Steve Harris Precision Bass fetches $1,699.99 and is available in a Satin Black end with an all-maple neck and physique with complementing mirrored pickguard. It’s fitted with a Precision cut up P Bass pickup, Fender Classic Precision Bridge, and Fender round-wound strings (with a set of Rotosound Steve Harris Signature flat-wound strings included within the accompanying gig bag).
See close-up pictures beneath, and buy any one of many guitars or basses through Fender’s web site.
In the meantime, Iron Maiden’s fiftieth anniversary celebration will convey the band to North America subsequent summer season for a tour with Megadeth and Anthrax. Get tickets right here.
