In Wb20 I did heaps of sound alike from influential bands, but totally didn't do an Iron Maiden track. Tried to fit all the Maiden Tropes I could think of, the gallop riff, the folky section, the melodic guitar lines, prominent but round bass tone.  But had an issue because maiden has 2 lead players!! So I hassled fellow weekly beater Haleja to help me out and be the Adrian Smith to my Dave Murray. This actually filled another desire I had had over the years to actually play alongside someone who was a better lead player than I am, that's not an ego thing, I have played with HEAPS of better musicians, and I know personally about 50,002 Lead guitarists who are way better than me, but I was always hired to be the "lead guy" into bands I worked with so never got that chance to play alongside someone actually better lol. And I know Haleja from the shop and working with his old bands, and always massively respected his lead playing, and he is on Weekly Beats, so perfect!!! He ripped some faces here, and am very thankful he could help me out.

Pedals Used:
Clone of the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe: A hyper Marshall in a box pedal that I built, pretty good, but Im not sure its worth its hype and price tag.
Marshall Jackhammer: I totally shelved this pedal years ago, not being very impressed, but I was going through "Marshall in a Box" pedals to get a maiden-esque tone and was not having luck, grabbed this and was actually impressed, I think it sounds even better than the Whoop-dee-doo Friedman that literally costs 4 times as much as this unassuming little silver box.
Nux Atlantic: Might have used this before, but gone through so many pedals Im losing track lol. Really good cheap Delay and Reverb Combo.

Tags: featuring, guitar, haleja, iron maiden, marshall, shred, week 20 2022, View by:Nyarlos