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 · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray 'Kossoff' Strat)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Studio Comp
Tube Screamer
Brit 2203
4x12 Greenback
Plate
Tilt EQ
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
40
Level
0dB
Tube Screamer
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (Smith)
Drive
2.5
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit 2203
← Marshall 100W (JCM800 2203)
Gain
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6.5
Master
6
Sag
5
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 4x12 (Greenbacks)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11000Hz
Level
0dB
Plate
← Studio plate (light)
Decay
1.1s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
12
Level
0
Tilt EQ
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
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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