No. 1961988·heavy-metal·4 blocks
The Evil That Men Do
Adrian Smith's most singing solo sits on top of the strangest amp Iron Maiden ever used. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was tracked at Musicland in Munich with Martin Birch, and both guitarists were still running Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combos rather than Marshalls -- 100 watts of transistor gain with onboard chorus and echo. A Super-Distortion-loaded Jackson into that GK overdrive channel is why the lead cuts so cleanly through the keyboard wash.
Seventh Son of a Seventh SonSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
T808 Mod
Jazz 120
2x12 Jazz Cab
Analog Delay
Plate
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
50s
Release
250s
Mix
0.3
Level
1dB
T808 Mod
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Drive
6.5
Tone
6.5
Level
6
Jazz 120
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combo
Drive
4
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
MV
8
2x12 Jazz Cab
← Gallien-Krueger internal speakers
LowCut110Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Analog Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
Time
350ms
Feedback
0.2
Mix
0.2
Plate
← Musicland studio plate
Mix
0.1
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
25ms
Filter Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 196
Adrian Smith's most singing solo sits on top of the strangest amp Iron Maiden ever used. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was tracked at Musicland in Munich with Martin Birch, and both guitarists were still running Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combos rather than Marshalls -- 100 watts of transistor gain with onboard chorus and echo. A Super-Distortion-loaded Jackson into that GK overdrive channel is why the lead cuts so cleanly through the keyboard wash.
— Adrian Smith
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