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 · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray) / Ibanez Destroyer (Adrian Smith)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Distortion+
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead' or 'JCM800'
Plate Reverb
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
5dB
Volume
0
Distortion+
← MXR Distortion+
Drive
0.3
Tone
0.6
Volume
0.7
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead' or 'JCM800'
← Marshall 100W (Super Lead / early JCM800)
Gain
6.5
Bass
5
Middle
5.5
Treble
7
Presence
6.2
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Decay
1.1s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
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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