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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray) / Ibanez Destroyer (Adrian Smith)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
MXR Distortion+
Marshall 100W (Super Lead / early JCM800)
Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenbacks)
Shure SM57 + room mic
MXR Distortion+
distortion
Output
6
Distortion
4
Marshall 100W (Super Lead / early JCM800)
preamp
Volume
8
Treble
7
Middle
6
Bass
5
Presence
7
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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