The Most Amazing Guitar I've Ever Played

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The Most Amazing Guitar I've Ever Played

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2 ай бұрын

This is NOT a sponsored review. It's not even a "review" per se.
I am merely sharing my thoughts and impressions, and giving a demonstration of this one of a kind guitar.
If you would like to enquire about a custom build by Joe Lado, you can write to him directly at joe@jklado.com.
Lado Earth Custom courtesy of my friend Michael A.
Check out his awesome music here:
• Raggamuffin (Lyric Video)
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Guitar Plugin: Neural DSP Archetype: Petrucci
Bass Plugin: Bias FX II
DAW: Reaper Audio
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2: sweetwater.sjv...
Pick: Jazz III XL: sweetwater.sjv...
Full Guitar cover of Aces High: • Possibly The Best Iron...

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@sjbelias 2 ай бұрын

God I remember the Powerslave era….i remember we were all like…”can’t wait for next album ..can they top the previous?”….of course they did…Adrian was on a different level-but so was Dave -a different and as great level….

@MercutioUK2006 2 ай бұрын

I remember buying the Live after Death vinyl and wondering what the heck that guitar was in the photos.......and all these years later I still haven't ever seen one in person but I guess that's hardly surprising. Very cool.

@SilentDave 2 ай бұрын

Lado Earth model is my second most wanted guitar, first being a George Lynch Skull & Bones. One day, maybe... 😂

@UltraPvnk 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@MA-ln9rz Ай бұрын

You're welcome. ❤

@lducati 2 ай бұрын

Great review and video. Prodigal son solo is one of master pieces from Adrian Smith. It is on my top ten list. Cheers Nico. 🎉

@woodreauxwoodreaux6298 2 ай бұрын

That instrument is exquisite. I would never want to put it down. My other guitars would get jealous.

@ThePeoplesFabricator 2 ай бұрын

The youthful exuberant look on the craftsman's face, in that shop photo, was pure gold

@CrownedWarriorBand 2 ай бұрын

I owned a Lado from the early '90's until a few years ago. Amazing guitars. They have super thin necks. I don't know if I have changed but I no longer like super thin necks. They cause my hand to cramp. I currently have a Sterling JP160 and it's the most comfortable neck I have ever owned. I am hoping to buy a real Music Man JP in a few months.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Interesting... for me, it's more about the width of the neck. I prefer when it's a little on the wider side. Those Music Man JP models are incredible... I'm sure it'll be well worth the wait!! The necks of the Earth models I've seen are pretty standard C shapes. Not thin, not chunky... Just very comfortable.

@Kylora2112 2 ай бұрын

100% a Seymour Duncan Invader in the bridge. You can tell by the button head screw pole pieces.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right. And that has been confirmed 😊

@israel4ever487 2 ай бұрын

Dude you might as well buy it!! What the hell. 😂😂 Love your channel man, keep it up.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Considering that one was custom made for Mike, his wife picked the color, and one of the inlays is a big M... That's not an option. 😂 However....

@Nghilifa 2 ай бұрын

Although the Strat is my alltime favorite guitar, the Lado Earth is definitely on my bucketlist. It's just a phenomenal design!

@teamzero9465 2 ай бұрын

I want one! Thank you for sharing this video with us. As always fantastic job.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Thank YOU! 🙏🏻🤘

@troy242 2 ай бұрын

Just found your channel through a pal. Been binging all evening! Great stuff, thank you!!!

@CC-qb9sm 2 ай бұрын

Right on! When I found the channel (I think it’s been a couple years ago now) I caught up on the back catalog very quickly! Enjoy!

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that very much and big thanks to your friend for recommending the channel. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@filipvanderkelen9580 2 ай бұрын

Was not sure so It looks it up. Adrian played a Lado Earth on the Maiden England tour in 88. Check thé video of Can I play with madness live. It's my dreams guitar.

@gianmarcodacol1820 2 ай бұрын

There's also a small frame portraying Adrian with one of those (black) at the beginning of the original videoclip of The Evil That Men Do). You're right buddy

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

The one he played in 1988 is actually a Lazer, which was an offshoot of the Earth model. The body is little wider and slightly more squared...

@sabrepax9012 2 ай бұрын

Wasn t the Lazer used by Adrian in the parts needing "synth vibe sound " during the 7th tour set ?

@filipvanderkelen9580 2 ай бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast looked it up. A Lado Lazer is also a beauty. I saw the Seventh Son tour twice. Back then I used to stand anywhere around the mixing table for sound and being able to see the hole stage. So from that distance I thought I saw the Lado Earth. Great job on the Maiden and Randy Rhoads covers

@Nghilifa 2 ай бұрын

@@sabrepax9012 Yes, I'm pretty sure he only used it for its built in guitar synth (I'm not sure if the synth came standard on the model though). It's for his solo in Can I Play With Madness. He may have used it on The Clairvoyant as well (been a while since I've seen Maiden England).

@misteradrian87 2 ай бұрын

You are the best Nico!!! 💪A very piece of Maiden History! Contents like these makes me very happy! It would be a very very special thing to find and talking about that Adrian's guitar used by him in 1986 on somewhere on tour, a white Jackson midi with 6 knobs and switch buttons😢 ....sorry for my English, as you well know I'm Italian😅

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

I've thought about making one like that, but it's a pretty expensive project! If I ever have the opportunity to ask about the original, I certainly will 😊

@MatteoAn93 2 ай бұрын

Incredible Guitar!

@gaboonv1per 2 ай бұрын

You better hang on to that axe, it's going to be worth a lot in years to come. Thanks for the video \../\../

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

If I'd held on to it, I would have received a visit from Toronto's finest in a hurry... 😂😂

@BarBarian-sy5xz 2 ай бұрын

This was really cool.🤘

@bradchervel5202 2 ай бұрын

Looks Badass!!!!!

@mistygrey6211 2 ай бұрын

Great one, Nico! You are lucky! Lado guitars are very rare, I remember Maiden had a sponsorship for Lado in 1984. Arry also played a Lado bass on Aces High video if my memory serves me well.

@DerpTheory 2 ай бұрын

You're right. Steve played a Lado Unicorn.

@DrummingMoose 14 күн бұрын

@@DerpTheoryArry also played a Lado Falcon, which is visible during 22 Acacia Avenue in Behind The Iron Curtain.

@CC-qb9sm 2 ай бұрын

It was great to revisit this one! Thanks again, Mike! Thanks also Nico for the review and your thoughts. This is probably the only guitar that I don’t already have that I would just absolutely love to own!! The Lado Earth guitar was my dream guitar in the 80s …. And I still long for it! This guitar and Adrian made such an impression on me as a young guitarist (and still do)!!! Nico, I got a couple shirts ordered tonight finally! I will wear them proudly 🤘🤘🤘 I wore the old style shirt to the last Maiden concert I was at and will wear the new style to the next!

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

I sometimes wonder if Iron Maiden realize how impactful Live After Death was to our generation 🤔😊 Thanks so much for your support! I appreciate it immensely, and I hope all is well with the new place 😀

@CC-qb9sm 2 ай бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast - 100% on your comment regarding Live After Death! HUGE impact! The new place is good! Good acoustics, and better set up to not disturb the neighbors when I’m jamming, which is a good thing! It’s nice to have a change of scenery too! Appreciate you asking. 🤠

@nelsonencinacastillo5467 2 ай бұрын

That final song was so good!!! About the guitar, really cool!!!

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad to know you liked that 😃

@nelsonencinacastillo5467 2 ай бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast i'm a real fan of your vids! I'll start to learn those Master class

@ThePeoplesFabricator 2 ай бұрын

Those inlays are suuuper hhott!!!

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@jayspears7245 2 ай бұрын

I would draw that guitar on my book cover when I was in mid school.

@MA-ln9rz Ай бұрын

Me too

@ThePeoplesFabricator 2 ай бұрын

Great axe!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

@crystalplanet023 2 ай бұрын

Superbe guitare, magnifique design et qu’on peut lever à 2 doigts 😮. Excellent morceau à la fin , c’est une compo à toi ?

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Elle est vraiment magnifique! Et oui, c'est une compo a moi. C'est très gentil, merci beaucoup! 😊

@grantaly 2 ай бұрын

Looks like a Seymour Duncan Invader pickup, of course I could be wrong

@robotatomico83 2 ай бұрын

It is indeed, I use the very same. Lovely chunky high output pickup.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

You be right!

@lordsofrocknroll 2 ай бұрын

Mas que puta som o dessa guitarra! Distorção na medida! 🤘🏻😎🔥 What a sound that guitar makes! Just the right amount of distortion! 🤘🏻😎🔥

@sabrepax9012 2 ай бұрын

Cool guitar indeed! Wonder why Steve Harris didn't use much is Lado Unicorn bass ?🤔

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

No idea! 🤷🏻 Played a guitar version of that and I can tell you it's VERY impressive!

@RicardoRivera-vh3ol 2 ай бұрын

I think the humbucker on the guitar is a Seymour Duncan Invader!

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Yup! It is.

@1234drums 2 ай бұрын

Cool axe ❤❤❤❤

@carlosjuano1125 2 ай бұрын

Que preciosidad de guitarra 😍🤘🤘

@neilwatson8406 2 ай бұрын

Nice guitar nico...where did you get that beast on the road t shirt from?

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Maiden online store 🙂

@Lagwagon801 2 ай бұрын

Looks like an Invader pickup. I know because I once put one in a Strat before replacing it and tossing it in the trash.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I had no problem with it... But that was hilarious.

@MA-ln9rz Ай бұрын

Yeah it's an SH8 Invader. Picked it myself. 😂

@ariskaraiskos8079 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! just imagine it with a Floyd rose too!

@marcograziotin6844 2 ай бұрын

spettacolare.... qui in italia non ne ho mai vista una.

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Infatti mi sembra di aver capito che ne ha vendute pochissime in Italia.

@MrAnthropic 2 ай бұрын

What's the track you're playing at the end of this video?

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Just something I put together. I like to use my own music whenever I present a guitar. Kind of like "this is what this instrument inspired me to play/write" 😊

@MrAnthropic 2 ай бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast it's so good. I love it.

@kntzounis 2 ай бұрын

You are just right, its pretty cool!

@RobertHeinz-eg3rf 2 ай бұрын

Hi Nicko, thank you for this review and your channel. Owning this model is my dream. May I ask what is the scale length? Short Gibson 24 3/4 inch or Full Fender 25.5 inch?

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! It's a full 25.5" scale 🙂

@RobertHeinz-eg3rf 2 ай бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast Thank you Nico. Optically, it seemed smaller to me. Adrian has a total of 4 Lado guitars. 2x Earth(silverburst and black with gold pinstipes), 1x Laser Transparent blueburst with gold pinstripes and 1x White super strat. I got this information from a Japanese music magazine with photos. Adrian's White Strat looks similar to your Lado, except it has an H/H/H configuration. If you'd like, can I send you an email?

@MA-ln9rz Ай бұрын

Adrian gifted a couple Lados over the years.

@DadoSimicStudiostriver 2 ай бұрын

Bit darker for my taste in tone, but sound is indeed smooth and thats good thing.

@lecokase 2 ай бұрын

At 1: 1:45 of course! The Prisoner solo?“

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

Prisoner solo with the Lado II?

@lecokase 2 ай бұрын

@@LicksOfTheBeast a few my nefew

@davidlewis2681 6 күн бұрын

What is the price tag on that Beauty?

@robotatomico83 2 ай бұрын

Almost scared to ask... but... how much did that one cost your friend? 😂 (or is he not allowed to tell in case his wife sees this)

@LicksOfTheBeast 2 ай бұрын

I didn't ask, but it's a fully handmade instrument with top quality wood, and 50 years of experience... It's gonna be the price that it's gonna be....😅

@MA-ln9rz Ай бұрын

I'll never tell.

@MA-ln9rz Ай бұрын

Also, my wife was involved with its creation. She's knows what I paid and I am not divorced. 😂