The Captain Meets Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith! - NAMM 2020

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NAMM 2020: The Captain catches up with legendary shredder Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden to talk about his new Jackson signature axe, his guitar influences and what's next for the band.

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[IainFrame]

Adrian's certainly a modest man of few words and very likeable. A mate of mine once worked in a guitar shop and popped into the papershop on the high street, only to find Smithy in there browsing the newspapers with his kid in a stroller. He invited him back to the shop for a cup of tea and a fiddle on the guitars. Said he was a very nice bloke. Adrian is without doubt my favourite all time guitarist. Those solos on Wicker Man, Children of the Damned, Dance of Death and countless others just kick ass. His phrasing, tone and feel are just perfect.

[neilkeepingitreal]

This guy is so laid back and down to earth and still one of the greatest heavy metal guitarists ever....

[nathanainger]

Captain meets Steve Harris one day it might happen

[valuedhumanoid]

Him and Dave Murray were my high school guitar heroes. Them along with Glenn/KK were just so influential to the metal scene.

[darrenc]

Adrian Smith easily the best guitarist! His solos are amazing.

[Mr.Batsu]

Maiden is one of those "perfect" bands like AC/DC. No matter how many years pass their music is still as powerful and interesting as it was when it came out. Really a timeless band.

[shreder]

Adrian has been a favorite of mine for over 20 years. Amazing guitar player.

[JunkfoodZombieGuns]

Love Adrian's solos in Maiden. Always so tasteful and fitting for the song.

[Nghilifa]

That Jackson is based off of a Jackson guitar that Grover Jackson made for him in 85-86. The neck (contour) is a replica of a 54 or 55 strat apparently. The original one had a neck humbucker (Dimarzio PAF) so it was a HSH config, but Adrian put a new pickguard on it, so it now looks identical to the production models (minus the wear & his signature on the headstock of course). You can see him play the original one in clips from the Somewhere on tour (86-87) & 7th Tour (1988) here on youtube. Just search for "Maiden England", and it's his main stage guitar.

[RobCmusic]

This gets a like just seeing the title! I hope you do a proper "Captain Meets..." with Adrian in Guildford.

[harrycallahan]

Stranger in a strange land to me is Adrians best solo, that silky slow start builds like a pressure cooker and then pow, right in the kisser.

A hot contender for one of the best solos ever.

[mrcoatsworth]

One of my biggest inspirations. Would love to watch a full one hour "meets" kind of thing.

[markbucak]

Adrian needs to take his Hallowed Be Thy Name solo back from Janick!!

[ryanern]

He's actually a really good blues player.

[BikFlofer]

I just wanna get Adrian, Dave, and Janick in a room together and watch them shred and talk gear. My favorite guitarists all three of them!

[rickcar]

I swear I watched this video already a couple days ago!

[Themp]

Him and Dave have amazed me for many many years. I could never repay them with what I've gotten out of their music.

[MichaelHolmgaard]

Dave Murray & Adrian Smith is the ultimate twin guitar duo. They play off each other's solos, and even though they have such different styles, they make it work so well together. Epic stuff

[ledhendrix]

I was lucky enough to meet Iron Maidens drummer Nico, he was Phil Hilbornes special guest drummer one evening years ago, I was at the Bar at the venue when he came out from behind the stage and walked over towards me, he said hello to me first, I nearly fell over, what a great guy, he bought me a pint, and we stood and talked as if we were old friends catching up.
I still can't quite believe it happened, best night ever. Cheers Nico.

[olavjorvik]

Why isn’t this 1 hour😩 Captain meets?🤩🙏🏼