No. 1931980·metal·4 blocks
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera is the progressive high point of Iron Maiden's raw 1980 debut -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Dennis Stratton's Les Paul driving cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads. Producer Wil Malone left the band to self-produce, and the result is deliberately dry, punchy and underproduced: the dirt is a DiMarzio Super Distortion slamming a Plexi, not a rack of pedals.
Iron MaidenSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Kossoff' (1963 body / 1957 neck -- Dave Murray)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
T808 OD
Plexi 50W High
4x12 Greenback 25W
Room
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
0.3
Level
2dB
T808 OD
← MXR Distortion+ (not debut-confirmed)
Drive
5
Tone
5
Level
6
Plexi 50W High
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master)
Drive
8
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
MV
8
4x12 Greenback 25W
← Marshall 4x12 Greenback
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← Kingsway room (very dry)
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.8s
Predelay
8ms
Filter Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 193
Phantom of the Opera is the progressive high point of Iron Maiden's raw 1980 debut -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Dennis Stratton's Les Paul driving cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads. Producer Wil Malone left the band to self-produce, and the result is deliberately dry, punchy and underproduced: the dirt is a DiMarzio Super Distortion slamming a Plexi, not a rack of pedals.
— Dave Murray
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