No. 1001982·metal·4 blocks
The Number of the Beast
The title track's driving, harmonized riff. Dave Murray drove his black Stratocaster — a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge — and Adrian Smith his red Ibanez Destroyer (the guitar Smith said he 'recorded Number of the Beast on, the song, the solo, and everything') into cranked Marshalls, with an MXR Distortion+ adding the singing lead bite. Martin Birch tracked the twin parts at Battery Studios, London. Standard tuning; the aggression is in the picking hand and a tight gate.
The Number of the BeastSignal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray) / Ibanez Destroyer (Adrian Smith)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Stupor OD
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-54dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
50s
Release
300s
Mix
40
Level
0dB
Stupor OD
← MXR Distortion+
Gain
2.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall 100W (Super Lead / early JCM800)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
7
Presence
6.2
ChVol
6.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Greenbacks)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio plate (light)
LowCut160Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
12
Decay
0.5s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 100
The title track's driving, harmonized riff. Dave Murray drove his black Stratocaster — a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge — and Adrian Smith his red Ibanez Destroyer (the guitar Smith said he 'recorded Number of the Beast on, the song, the solo, and everything') into cranked Marshalls, with an MXR Distortion+ adding the singing lead bite. Martin Birch tracked the twin parts at Battery Studios, London. Standard tuning; the aggression is in the picking hand and a tight gate.
— Dave Murray
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