Great Video about Iron Maiden

Not clear enough to see it closely, His strumming hand covers it a lot in the vid.

In the Wiki page, it says his original Strat is a 57/63 57 neck, 63 body, now at his mom's house.
 
This is the most detailed run down i've seen of Dave's guitars. Can't say how accurate it is, but it seems inline.

Posted by Matic22 (don't want to link a forum)

Dave Murray:

Early days: -1981
Main Guitar:
-1957 Stratocaster, bought from Paul Kossoff's estate, painted black with pickguard and routed for humbuckers (DiMarzio PAF in neck position and DiMarzio Super Distortion in bridge and a single coil in the middle).
Backups:
-1964 Stratocaster, black with black pickguard routed for humbuckers.
-Various Les Pauls
Beast On The Road
Main Guitar:
-1957 Stratocaster
Backups:
-Ibanez Destroyer II in Sunburst finish (Total Eclipse, Hallowed, The Prisoner)
-*possibly* 1964 Stratocaster
World Piece Tour:
Main Guitar:
-1957 Stratocaster
Backups:
-Dean Flying V (Wrathchild, Die With Your Boots On)
-1964 Stratocaster, at this time with white pickguard and same electronics as 1957 Stratocaster
-70's Sunburst Stratocaster (ruined in Dortmund, used on Iron Maiden)
-Les Paul Standard with higly figured top
-White Stratocaster, year unknown
World Slavery Tour:
Main Guitars:
-1957 Stratocaster
-1964 Stratocaster, newly fitted with Kahler tremolo system
Backups:
-Les Paul Standard with higly figured top
-2 Lado Stratocasters (black and blue) (used sometimes on IM)
-White Stratocaster, year unknown (used sometimes in IM)
Somewhere On Tour:
Main Guitars:
-1957 Stratocaster
-1964 Stratocaster
Backups:
-Light Blue ESP Stratocaster with maple fingerboard and same pickup configuration as other strats, used for encores
Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour
Main Guitars:
-Cream ESP Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and same pickup configuration as other strats
-1957 Stratocaster (TETMD, Moonchild, Wasted Years, Sanctuary, CIPWM)
Backups:
-Light Blue ESP Stratocaster with maple fingerboard and same pickup configuration as other strats (sometimes Clairvoyant)
 
No Prayer On The Road
Main Guitar:
-Candy Apple Red Jackson Stratocaster, black pickguard, maple neck, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59)
Backups:
-White Jackson Startocaster, white pickguard, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59) (DWYBO, Hallowed, 22AA)
Trash Guitar (used for song IM to throw around):
-Light Blue ESP Stratocaster with maple fingerboard and same pickup configuration as other strats (Iron Maiden)
Fear Of The Dark Tour
*First half of the tour was the same as NPOTR tour*
Second half:
Main Guitars:
-Candy Apple Red Jackson Stratocaster, black pickguard, maple neck, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59)
-Sunburst Stratocaster with Floyd rose, rosewood neck, black SD humbuckers and a white single coil in the middle
Backups:
-Blue sunburst Stratocaster with Floyd rose, rosewood neck, black SD humbuckers and a white single coil in the middle (wireless guitar)
Thrash Guitars:
-Candy Apple Red Hot-Rod Stratocaster with rosewood neck HSS pickup configuration and chrome Floyd Rose. Also used by H on Running Free (Donnington) (Iron Maiden)
-White Jackson Startocaster, white pickguard, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59) (RTTH)
Trash Guitar
Real Live Tour
Main Guitars:
-Candy Apple Red Jackson Stratocaster, black pickguard, maple neck, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59)
-Cream Stratocaster with Floyd rose,black pickguard, rosewood neck, zebra SD humbuckers and a white single coil in the middle
Backups:
-Cream Stratocaster with Floyd rose, rosewood neck, black SD humbuckers and a white single coil in the middle
Thrash Guitars:
-Candy Apple Red Hot-Rod Stratocaster with rosewood neck HSS pickup configuration and chrome Floyd Rose. Also used by H on Running Free (Donnington)
-White Jackson Startocaster, white pickguard, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59)
Trash Guitar (used for RTTH)
X Factour
Main Guitars:
-Candy Apple Red Jackson Stratocaster, black pickguard, maple neck, silver Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups (JB and 59)
-Cream Stratocaster with Floyd rose,black pickguard, rosewood neck, zebra SD humbuckers and a black single coil in the middle (changed before the tour). This guitar also sported a white pickguard with 3 Hot Rails pickups for a chunk of the tour. After that, the neck pickup was switched for a full black one.
Thrash Guitars:
-Candy Apple Red Hot-Rod Stratocaster with rosewood neck HSS pickup configuration and chrome Floyd Rose. Also used by H on Running Free (Donnington) (Iron Maiden)
Virtual XI Tour
Same as the X Factour
Ed Hunter Tour
For the first few shows Dave used the Cream strat as the main guitar and the CAR Jackson as a backup (SIASL 2MTM).
Then he acquired:
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware.
At that point the Cream Strat became a backup. After a few more shows Dave acquired:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware.
At that point the were old Cream strat and CAR Jackson eliminated from the show and possibly used as stand-by's.
Brave New World Tour
Main Guitars:
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (Used as cable guitar)
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (Used as wireless guitar)
Give Me Ed... Tour
Main Guitar:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware.
Backup Guitars:
-Wayne 3-tone sunburst Stratocaster with maple neck, white pickguard and 3 Hot Rails pickups (22AA, Clairvoyant, Wildest Dreams)
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups (used sometimes for encores)
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (bridge pickup changed to black HR) (HCW, FOTD, half of IM)
Thrash Guitar:
-White HSS Mexican Stratocaster with black Floyd Rose (other half of IM)
Dance Of Death Tour
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (WD, Wrathchild, CIPWM, Trooper (he had some problems in Dortmund or wanted guitar on cable for Wrathchild and CIPWM))
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (bridge pickup changed to black HR) (No More Lies, Hallowed, LOTF)
Eddie Ripps Up Tour
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups.
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (used only as a stand-by guitar)
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (bridge pickup changed to black HR) (DWYBO, The Trooper)
A Matter Of Life And Death Tour:
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (FTGGOG, Longest Day, BTATS (2007), The Legacy, Wrathchild, Trooper, Lord Of Light)
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (bridge pickup changed to black HR)(used only as a stand by)
Somewhere Back In Time Tour
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups.
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (not used on the first leg of the tour) (RTTH, FOTD, IM, Wasted Years)
-Black Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (bridge pickup changed to black HR)(used only on the first leg of the tour, not used at all in 2009) (same songs as cream one)
-Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster prototype with Floyd Rose Tremolo (used only on 2009 leg of the tour) (COTD, Wasted Years, RTTH)
 
2010 Final Frontier Tour
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups. (note: on a few shows this guitar was being repaired and Black Strat with Hot Rails was main guitar)
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (Ed Dorado)
-Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul Traditional (This Colours Don't Run)
Thrash Guitar:
-Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster with Floyd Rose Tremolo (prototype)(Iron Maiden)
2011 Final Frontier Tour
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware. (Encores)
-60's Les Paul Classic Sunburst (Talisman, Trooper, Coming Home, DOD)
-Gibson Les Paul Axcess (Floyd Rose Tremolo)
Maiden England Tour
Main Guitar:
-California Series Stratocaster, 2 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard, white tortoise pickguard, Floyd Rose in chrome and 3 Hot Rails pickups
Backups:
-Cream Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster with 3 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, chrome hardware, white tortoise pickguard and chrome hardware (this guitar was being repaired for a few shows so the Black strat was used instead) (2012: Moonchild, CIPWM, NOTB, Phantom, RTTH, Running Free, 2013: Same minus Moonchild and CIPWM, 2014: Trooper, Revelations and Running Free)
-60's Les Paul Classic Sunburst (Aces, TETMD)
-Black Gibson Flying-V (used as Wireless guitar) (Wasted Years)
Note: During this tour were the middle pickups on the Cream and California Series strats
changed to Seymour Duncan JB jr's
 
On Wiki it says this.

He has used Fender Stratocaster guitars almost exclusively as well. His black 1957/63 (the body is from a '63 and the neck is from a '57) Stratocaster, previously owned by the late Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, was used from circa 1978–1990.[22][23] Murray states that he "bought it from an ad in the papers,"[24] and was later used as a template by Fender to manufacture an Artist Signature model in 2009,[25] while the original now resides at his mother's home.[26]

In addition to Fender guitars, Murray has occasionally performed with various Dean,[27] Gibson,[28] Ibanez,[24] ESP and Jackson electric models.[29] During the Dance of Death World Tour 2003-4, Murray used a Gibson Chet Atkins acoustic guitar for live performances of the song "Journeyman".[29]

Guitars
As of 2015, his main guitar is a 2-tone sunburst Fender Californian Series Stratocaster with two Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pick-ups (bridge and neck positions), one Seymour Duncan JB Jr. pick-up (middle position) and a chrome Floyd Rose tremolo system.[28] On stage, Murray has also performed with a cream USA Floyd Rose Classic Stratocaster (with a 22-fret maple neck and same electronics and hardware as the sunburst model),[30] a custom Stratocaster based on his aforementioned Paul Kossof Fender,[28]
 
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