No. 1011984·metal·4 blocks
Aces High
The opening salvo of Powerslave, faster and more frantic than Run to the Hills. Dave Murray drove his black 'Kossoff' Stratocaster — loaded with a hot DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker — into a cranked Marshall, while Adrian Smith doubled the harmonized lines. Smith summed up the whole album's guitar sound himself: 'all I paired them with was a 100-watt Marshall and maybe a Tube Screamer.' Producer Martin Birch tracked it at Compass Point in the Bahamas. Standard tuning; the gallop is in the picking hand.
PowerslaveSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray 'Kossoff' Strat)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Studio Comp
TS808 OD
Brit 800
4x12 Greenback
Plate
Filter Tilt
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-54dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
8s
Release
200s
Mix
0.4
Level
0dB
TS808 OD
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (Smith)
Drive
2.5
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit 800
← Marshall 100W (JCM800 2203)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6.5
MV
6
Cut
4
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 4x12 (Greenbacks)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11000Hz
Level
0dB
Plate
← Studio plate (light)
Mix
0.1
Decay
1.1s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 101
The opening salvo of Powerslave, faster and more frantic than Run to the Hills. Dave Murray drove his black 'Kossoff' Stratocaster — loaded with a hot DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker — into a cranked Marshall, while Adrian Smith doubled the harmonized lines. Smith summed up the whole album's guitar sound himself: 'all I paired them with was a 100-watt Marshall and maybe a Tube Screamer.' Producer Martin Birch tracked it at Compass Point in the Bahamas. Standard tuning; the gallop is in the picking hand.
— Dave Murray
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