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Somewhere in Time (2015 Remaster) artwork

Wasted Years guitar tone

Iron Maiden · Somewhere in Time (2015 Remaster) · 1986 · Metal

Crunch

Intro

AmpMarshall JMP
GuitarJackson? Strat (modded)
PickupBridge humbucker
GAIN6
BASS5.5
MID6
TREBLE6.5
PRESENCE5.5
REVERB1

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. Boss DD-3 Digital Delay delay
    Time 3.5 · Repeats 3 · Mix 3
    The cascading intro echo

The intro riff is one string + open-string pedal tones — let the delay do half the work.

These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.

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