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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Booster
Crunch
Delay
Reverb
Booster
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Drive
6.5
Bottom
4
Tone
6.5
Level
6
Crunch
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combo
Gain
5
Volume
6.5
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
8
Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
Time
350ms
Feedback
2
EffectLevel
16
Reverb
← Musicland studio plate
Time
13ms
PreDelay
25ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
15
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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