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 · 10 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Hedgehog D9
Stupor OD
Jazz Rivet 120
2x12 Silver Bell
Adriatic Delay
Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-58dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
50s
Release
250s
Mix
35
Level
1dB
Hedgehog D9
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Gain
6.5
Tone
6.5
Level
6
Stupor OD
← MXR Distortion+ (Smith's era pedalboard)
Gain
5
Tone
6
Level
6.5
Jazz Rivet 120
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combo
Drive
4
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
6.5
Master
8
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
2.5
Hum
4
Ripple
4
2x12 Silver Bell
← Gallien-Krueger internal speakers
LowCut110Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Resonance
4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Adriatic Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
LowCut220Hz
HighCut4500Hz
Time
350ms
Feedback
18
Mix
16
Level
0
Plate
← Musicland studio plate
LowCut160Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
15
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
25ms
Level
0
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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