No. 1941982·metal·4 blocks
22 Acacia Avenue
22 Acacia Avenue is peak Number-of-the-Beast twin guitar -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Adrian Smith's Ibanez Destroyer, both into cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads, hard-panned and double-tracked by Martin Birch. This is where Murray's MXR Distortion+ enters the picture, tightening and thickening the Plexi for the record's mid-forward NWOBHM crunch.
The Number of the BeastSignal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Kossoff' (1963 body / 1957 neck -- Dave Murray)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Wah 846
Hedgehog D9
Script Mod Phase
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
40
Level
2dB
Wah 846
← Dunlop Cry Baby wah
Mix
100
Level
0
Hedgehog D9
← MXR Distortion+ (Murray)
Gain
5
Tone
6
Level
6
Script Mod Phase
← MXR Phase 90 (subtle)
Speed
0.3Hz
Mix
40
Level
0
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master-volume)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
7
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
8
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Battery Studios plate (short)
LowCut180Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
12
Decay
1.2s
Level
0
PreDelay
12ms
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 194
22 Acacia Avenue is peak Number-of-the-Beast twin guitar -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Adrian Smith's Ibanez Destroyer, both into cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads, hard-panned and double-tracked by Martin Birch. This is where Murray's MXR Distortion+ enters the picture, tightening and thickening the Plexi for the record's mid-forward NWOBHM crunch.
— Dave Murray
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