No. 1951986·heavy-metal·3 blocks
Wasted Years
Wasted Years is the outlier in Iron Maiden's catalog: instead of cranked Marshalls, Adrian Smith's chiming intro rings out of a Gallien-Krueger solid-state combo -- the one era the band set their Plexis aside. A single-humbucker Charvel/Jackson San Dimas, a bright compressed clean, and a Boss chorus make that unmistakable Somewhere in Time shimmer, with the GK's own overdrive channel on tap for the heavier sections.
Somewhere in TimeSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Charvel/Jackson San Dimas (Adrian Smith)
Pickups
H
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Chorus
Search Rig Exchange for 'Jazz Chorus' or 'solid-state clean'
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compressor
Intensity
3
Attack
0.0s
Volume
2
Chorus
← Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
Rate
3Hz
Depth
4
Volume
6
Search Rig Exchange for 'Jazz Chorus' or 'solid-state clean'
← Gallien-Krueger 250-series solid-state combo
Gain
3
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Plate Reverb
← Somewhere in Time plate (polished)
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
18
Engineer's note
File 195
Wasted Years is the outlier in Iron Maiden's catalog: instead of cranked Marshalls, Adrian Smith's chiming intro rings out of a Gallien-Krueger solid-state combo -- the one era the band set their Plexis aside. A single-humbucker Charvel/Jackson San Dimas, a bright compressed clean, and a Boss chorus make that unmistakable Somewhere in Time shimmer, with the GK's own overdrive channel on tap for the heavier sections.
— Adrian Smith
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