No. 1931980·metal·4 blocks
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera is the progressive high point of Iron Maiden's raw 1980 debut -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Dennis Stratton's Les Paul driving cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads. Producer Wil Malone left the band to self-produce, and the result is deliberately dry, punchy and underproduced: the dirt is a DiMarzio Super Distortion slamming a Plexi, not a rack of pedals.
Iron MaidenSignal 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
Script Mod Phase
Hedgehog D9
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Dynamic Room
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
35
Level
2dB
Wah 846
← Dunlop Cry Baby wah
Mix
100
Level
0
Script Mod Phase
← MXR Phase 90 (subtle)
Speed
0.4Hz
Mix
40
Level
0
Hedgehog D9
← MXR Distortion+ (career rig -- not debut-confirmed)
Gain
5
Tone
5
Level
6
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master-volume)
Drive
8
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
9
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Room
← Kingsway room (very dry)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
6
Decay
0.8s
Level
0
PreDelay
8ms
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 193
Phantom of the Opera is the progressive high point of Iron Maiden's raw 1980 debut -- Dave Murray's humbucker-loaded 'Kossoff' Strat and Dennis Stratton's Les Paul driving cranked 50-watt Marshall Super Leads. Producer Wil Malone left the band to self-produce, and the result is deliberately dry, punchy and underproduced: the dirt is a DiMarzio Super Distortion slamming a Plexi, not a rack of pedals.
— Dave Murray
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