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 · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Boss CE-3 Chorus / Gallien-Krueger onboard chorus
Gallien-Krueger 250ML (overdrive channel)
Gallien-Krueger internal speakers
Shure SM57
Boss CE-3 Chorus / Gallien-Krueger onboard chorus
modulation
Rate
3Hz
Depth
4
Level
6
Gallien-Krueger 250ML (overdrive channel)
preamp
Gain
6
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Master
6
Overdrive
6
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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