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 · 9 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Gate
Studio Comp
Gold Drive
Jazz Chorus
2x12 Jazz Cab
Analog Delay
Plate Reverb
Graphic EQ
Gate
← Studio noise gate
Threshold
-58dB
Decay
0.3s
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
8s
Release
250s
Mix
35
Level
1dB
Gold Drive
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Drive
6.5
Tone
6.5
Level
6
Jazz Chorus
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combo
Gain
4
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
8
Sag
2.5
2x12 Jazz Cab
← Gallien-Krueger internal speakers
LowCut110Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Analog Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
Time
350ms
Feedback
18
Mix
16
Level
0
Plate Reverb
← Musicland studio plate
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
25ms
Mix
15
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
5.5
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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