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late 70s/early 80s shot of Adrian Vandenberg with a...

PatentAppliedFor

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... any info on what he's slingin thar?


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SteveB334

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who cares about the guitar I want the outfit :bonk :biggrin:
 

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Those knobs do look way to forward for a 50.....maybe a 70's or 80's LP?
 

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I know he had a real 58' burst for a while. That outfit should be burned, whew!
 

Steven

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That is a LP Heritage 80, or a Heritage 80 Elite
with an unoriginal trussrodcover.

Steven
 

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Steven is right - Adrian played that guitar much during the hair days.
 

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Maybe just the photo or my eyes. Does that look like a pancake body?
 

Mitchell

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Thats a great shot of him, lol!
I dugg his Vandenberg stuff, (Burning Heart/etc), but didnt care his playing w/WS at all.

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PatentAppliedFor said:
... any info on what he's slingin thar?


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Womens clothes, womens hair cut. This is why country music is popular.
 

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Adrian was / is a cool player IMO.
I have some Vandenburg stuff and saw him a number of times with Whitesnake. Towards the end of his time with Whitesnake he was using an LP through 1959slp stacks with boss od for solos - great tone.
I always thought it was a shame that he only recorded one studio LP with Whitesnake - Restless Heart. Coverdale had been chasing him for years to join the band and leave his own band. He finally did and only got to play on Restless Heart. Though he co-wrote the Slip of the Tongue album with Coverdale, Steve Vai played all guitar on it. The official story was that Adrian was unable to play due problems with his wrists. However there were rumours that Vai did it as the record company / Coverdale thought they would get more sales with Vai playing rather than Adrain.
 

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Mark said:
Womens clothes, womens hair cut. This is why country music is popular.

Have you seen what these so-called country singers look like these days? They have got some kind of insane homosexual crossover thing happening.
 

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Have you seen what these so-called country singers look like these days? They have got some kind of insane homosexual crossover thing happening.
I was going to say that earlier.. :bh


Im a "Classic Country" guy anyway... :wail

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"In Vandenberg, Adrian's tone was the classic sound of a Les Paul through a Marshall. His main guitar was a nice, tiger striped Les Paul Heritage, on which he continually modified the pickups to increase the attack on the notes."

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