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Adrian Smith’s Jackson San Dimas DK

We suppose that one of the advantages of having your own signature model is that you have factory replicas available at the drop of a hat. However, that was still of little comfort to Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith, especially when the guitar stolen was his only prototype of a range that was yet to be launched.

Yeup, his Jackson Adrian Smith Signature Strat (serial no. 8467) was stolen in Athens in 2008 and the guitarist offered a ‘Maiden tour jacket and a hand-written letter of thanks to whoever returned it.