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 · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Dave Murray 'Kossoff' Strat)
Pickups
HSH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Distortion+
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead' or 'JMP'
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 'JMP'
← Marshall Super Lead 50 (non-master-volume)
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 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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