No. 0701982·metal·4 blocks
Run to the Hills
The galloping anthem of The Number of the Beast. Dave Murray drove his black Stratocaster — loaded with a hot DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker — into a cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Lead, with an MXR Distortion+ for extra bite. Adrian Smith doubled the harmonized leads, famously on an Ibanez Destroyer. Producer Martin Birch tracked the twin guitars at Battery Studios in early 1982, doubling each part to widen the soundstage. Standard tuning; the gallop is in the picking hand.
The Number of the BeastSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray 'Kossoff' Strat)
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 Super Lead 50 (non-master-volume)
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 070
The galloping anthem of The Number of the Beast. Dave Murray drove his black Stratocaster — loaded with a hot DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker — into a cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Lead, with an MXR Distortion+ for extra bite. Adrian Smith doubled the harmonized leads, famously on an Ibanez Destroyer. Producer Martin Birch tracked the twin guitars at Battery Studios in early 1982, doubling each part to widen the soundstage. Standard tuning; the gallop is in the picking hand.
— Dave Murray
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