Guitars 2011

Today’s topic is Jan’s guitars. How many of them did Janick use during the last tour? I reckon 6 (even though I've seen just 5 of them live), and 2 acoustics.

1. His main Black Strat. Everyone knows (and loves :D) this one!



2. His main White Strat. With a very sexy bit of missing paint. Used for El Dorado and a couple more songs...



3. The second white Strat, used for Iron Maiden. Looks very old and battered :D And no surprise!




4. Brown/sunburst/whatever-this-colour-is-called Strat. Perhaps his less known guitar, 'coz I remember surprised comments on the IMOC back in summer, that perhaps Jan has a new guitar which is not black/white. It was used for The Trooper and The Wicker Man.



5. Another white/a bit yellowish Strat, looks brand new, and used without a cord for Running Free, when Jan finally goes to the other side of the stage and for fighting with Eddie :)



6. And yet another Strat, this time yellow and with dark red mother-of-pearl pick guard. I haven't seen it live, so I guess it's the alternative for the previous one.
Edit. After studying more pics, it turned out that this guitar was used instead of no.4 in Trooper, not no.5 :) Oh well, can't be always right :)




7. Are there any more Fenders? Don’t think I’ve seen any. So, onto acoustics. First one is black Gibson, which he used during The Talisman and Dance of Death.



8. What? This should cover everything, no? Nope! Another acoustic, used instead of that one ^^^ during The Talisman just on a couple of shows in the beginning of the tour for some reason. And it's a real acoustic unlike the semi-acoustic Gibson, so maybe that was the reason - for a more natural sound? But as we can see, it even required another stand, so it was scratched quite soon :)




...and funny how all of his guitars seem to have a tremolo bar, which he hardly ever uses nowadays :)


Ok, that was fun! More research to come, no doubt!