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 · 7 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Green Scream
Chorus
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
5.5
Tone
6.5
Volume
6
Chorus
← Boss CE-3 / GK onboard chorus
Rate
3Hz
Depth
4
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
300ms
Feedback
12
Mix
10
Plate Reverb
← Somewhere in Time studio plate
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
22ms
Mix
14
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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