No. 1941982·metal·4 blocks
22 Acacia Avenue
22 Acacia Avenue is peak Number-of-the-Beast twin guitar -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Adrian Smith's Ibanez Destroyer, both into cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads, hard-panned and double-tracked by Martin Birch. This is where Murray's MXR Distortion+ enters the picture, tightening and thickening the Plexi for the record's mid-forward NWOBHM crunch.
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Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Kossoff' (1963 body / 1957 neck -- Dave Murray)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Tube Drive
Plexi 50W Treble
4x12 Greenback
Plate Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
40
Level
2dB
Tube Drive
← MXR Distortion+ (Murray)
Drive
5
Tone
6
Level
6
Plexi 50W Treble
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master)
Gain
7
Bass
5
Mid
7
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
8
Sag
6
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 4x12 Greenback
LowCut95Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Plate Reverb
← Battery Studios plate (short)
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
12ms
Mix
12
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 194
22 Acacia Avenue is peak Number-of-the-Beast twin guitar -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Adrian Smith's Ibanez Destroyer, both into cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads, hard-panned and double-tracked by Martin Birch. This is where Murray's MXR Distortion+ enters the picture, tightening and thickening the Plexi for the record's mid-forward NWOBHM crunch.
— Dave Murray
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