No. 1971986·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Sea of Madness
Adrian Smith wrote Sea of Madness and it shows: the riff is chorused, chiming and mid-forward rather than heavy, because Somewhere in Time was cut on Gallien-Krueger solid-state combos instead of Marshalls. Guitars went down at Wisseloord with the rhythm section from Compass Point, Martin Birch producing, and the GK's onboard chorus and echo replaced the outboard rack. Bright transistor drive is what makes this riff sound like no other Maiden record.
Somewhere in TimeSignal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Hedgehog D9
70s Chorus
Jazz Rivet 120
2x12 Silver Bell
Adriatic Delay
Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-33dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
45s
Release
220s
Mix
38
Level
1dB
Hedgehog D9
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Gain
5.5
Tone
6.5
Level
6
70s Chorus
← Boss CE-3 / GK onboard chorus
Rate
0.6Hz
Depth
38
Mix
40
Level
0
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
LowCut120Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Resonance
4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Adriatic Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
LowCut240Hz
HighCut4000Hz
Time
300ms
Feedback
12
Mix
10
Level
0
Plate
← Somewhere in Time studio plate
LowCut170Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Mix
14
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
22ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 197
Adrian Smith wrote Sea of Madness and it shows: the riff is chorused, chiming and mid-forward rather than heavy, because Somewhere in Time was cut on Gallien-Krueger solid-state combos instead of Marshalls. Guitars went down at Wisseloord with the rhythm section from Compass Point, Martin Birch producing, and the GK's onboard chorus and echo replaced the outboard rack. Bright transistor drive is what makes this riff sound like no other Maiden record.
— Adrian Smith
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