The red Strat like guitar from the Houston 81 DVD?

by **inaweofschon** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:01 pm

This has been driving me crazy. Does anyone know what kind of guitar that is?

Thanks!

by **ebake02** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:16 pm

Fender I believe.

by **Don** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:20 pm

Roland Synth Guitar (manufactured by Ibanez)

by **Rick** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:59 am

Don wrote:Roland Synth Guitar (manufactured by Ibanez)

Someone on my Youtube channel asked that question, and I had no idea. Never seen one like that.

by **sniper16** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:04 am

the on with the italian sticker is a g&l i believe

by **StringsOfJoy** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:54 pm

Don is right.

It's basically a Roland GR-202 with a H-S-S pickup config: http://www.joness.com/gr300/guitars.htm

by **Carlitto H@kk** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:49 pm

I asked this question a few yearss ago in the old BT Gear forum,
and the guy that runs Bannana's (?) answered it quite extensively...
I just can't remember what he told me :-)

I do remember that Neal sold it a long time ago...
And I think it was either a G&L or Aria...

by **RSParker** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:09 pm

Think it was an Aria. He had dealings with them around that time.

by **SF-Dano** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:17 am

Don wrote:Roland Synth Guitar (manufactured by Ibanez)

This ^^^^^^^

by **parfait** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:11 am

What about the guitar he used in When You Love a Woman?

by **RSParker** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:02 am

Anderson.

parfait wrote:What about the guitar he used in When You Love a Woman?

by **StringsOfJoy** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:07 am

RSParker wrote:Think it was an Aria. He had dealings with them around that time.

If memory serves, the Aria didn't come along until the Frontiers tour.

I also don't remember him using G&L's that far back.

The only thing I'd add is that he may have alternated between the earlier Roland GR-202 and the later Roland G 505 between the recordings of Escape and HSAS.

by **inaweofschon** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:01 pm

Thanks everyone!! I know its definitely not a Fender. The consensus seems to be Roland. I'm more of a big sounding Les Paul kind of player but there is just something about that tone coming from that red guitar that speaks to me. Of course, the tone is all in the fingers anyway......

by **inaweofschon** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:08 pm

Bingo Roland!!

I found an ad for that very guitar... Who in tarnation is Andy Powell??

http://www.joness.com/gr300/pics/magazines/Mag_Ads_Andy_Powell-01.jpg

by **StringsOfJoy** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:03 pm

inaweofschon wrote:Bingo Roland!!

I found an ad for that very guitar... Who in tarnation is Andy Powell??

http://www.joness.com/gr300/pics/magazines/Mag_Ads_Andy_Powell-01.jpg

One of the two guitarists for UK band Wishbone Ash; that band was a huge seminal influence on the eventual sound of Iron Maiden's two guitar attack.

If you're jonesing for something similar to the old Roland but want it with modern electronics, Fender makes a modern "Roland Ready" model: http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0144660306.

MR

The red Strat like guitar from the Houston 81 DVD?

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