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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray) / Ibanez Destroyer (Adrian Smith)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Booster
Crunch
Reverb
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
54dB
Release
30s
Level
0
Booster
← MXR Distortion+
Drive
25
Bottom
50
Tone
55
Level
60
Crunch
← Marshall 100W (Super Lead / early JCM800)
Gain
70
Volume
60
Bass
50
Middle
55
Treble
68
Presence
62
Master
60
Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Time
11ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
10
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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