The 50-year anniversary of the legendary Iron Maiden is being celebrated with signature guitars honouring all four guitarists and bassist Steve Harris.
Iron Maiden’s five-decade legacy gets a fitting tribute as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation launches a collection of signature guitars and basses celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. The range spans from accessible anniversary models to an exclusive Custom Shop masterpiece, each instrument designed to capture the distinctive sound that’s defined heavy metal for generations.
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At the pinnacle sits the Limited Edition Masterbuilt Dave Murray Stratocaster, a collaboration between Murray and Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilder Andy Hicks. Featuring a two-piece select alder body in NOS Olympic White, paired with an oil-finished ’60s-style Oval “C”-shaped walnut neck, this Strat is stunning. Murray’s preferred pickup combination—Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in the bridge and neck positions, with a JB Jr. in the middle—delivers the powerful, punchy tone essential for Iron Maiden’s galloping rhythms and soaring leads. The guitar’s 21 medium jumbo stainless-steel frets and compound radius rosewood fingerboard ensure effortless playability, while premium touring upgrades include an AxLabs Tone Claw Locking Spring Claw and an extensive suite of FU-Tone components.
Beyond the Custom Shop offering, the collection includes three Limited Edition 50th Anniversary models from Fender and one signature model from Jackson. Janick Gers’ anniversary Stratocaster sports a classic black finish, 7.25″ radius rosewood fingerboard with vintage tall frets, and Seymour Duncan JB Jr. pickups. Murray’s anniversary model combines three Seymour Duncan pickups with a compound-radius fingerboard and Floyd Rose R2 double-locking tremolo system.
Steve Harris, whose dynamic basslines have become synonymous with the band’s sound, receives his own anniversary Precision Bass in satin black. The all-maple construction features a mirrored pickguard, powerful Precision split P Bass pickup, and comes with both Fender round-wound strings and a set of Rotosound Steve Harris Signature flat-wound strings.
Rounding out the collection, Jackson Guitars celebrates Adrian Smith’s contribution with the 50th Anniversary Adrian Smith Jackson SC1. Smith personally selected elements from Jackson’s extensive lineup, combining DP 100 DiMarzio and Fender Noiseless Sumerian Cobalt pickups with a 12-16″ compound-radius fingerboard and top-mounted Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo.
These guitars are more than collectibles—they’re stage-ready and built to inspire the next generation of metal guitarists.
