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 · 6 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Jazz Chorus' or 'JC-120 solid state'
Single Delay
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
3
Attack
0.1s
Volume
1
Green Scream
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Drive
6.5
Tone
6.5
Volume
6
Search Rig Exchange for 'Jazz Chorus' or 'JC-120 solid state'
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combo
Gain
4
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Single Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
Time
350ms
Feedback
18
Mix
16
Plate Reverb
← Musicland studio plate
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
25ms
Mix
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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