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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray 'Kossoff' Strat)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Booster
Lead
Reverb
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
54dB
Release
30s
Level
0
Booster
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (Smith)
Drive
30
Bottom
50
Tone
60
Level
65
Lead
← Marshall 100W (JCM800 2203)
Gain
70
Volume
60
Bass
50
Middle
60
Treble
70
Presence
65
Master
60
Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Time
11ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
10
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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