IRON MAIDEN - Martin Birch guitars mixing technique

[Mahdes]

Hi Guys!
In this video Martin Birch is demostrating Iron Maiden guitar tracks. Do you know what does he mean by "tracked to give it more width" in 04:02?

 

[Machinated]

Pretty sure he is just layering up with doubles there, at least thats how it sounds and appears by what he's doing on the desk. seems like each guitarist has 2 tracks each

 

[Son of Caladan]

Great question. I, too, would love to know. I know that Martin used a close mic and a room mic on The Number of the Beast for the guitars, but the details on that (mic type, mic placement, mixing technique) are impossible to find.

I absolutely love the guitar tone on Piece of Mind. Been trying to recreate it for years.

 

[Mahdes]

There is obviously some slap delay on rhythm guitars as well. Panned to the opposite side.

 

[Son of Caladan]

If you zoom in on the picture at the link below
https://www.ironmaiden.com/news/article/rip-martin-birch-1948-2020
you will notice that it appears that each guitarist has two tracks. Since the labeling is not very descriptive, and hard to read, to boot, we can only speculate, but based on what I have read from an interview with Adrian about recording The Number of the Beast, it seems that Martin may have used a close mic and a room mic on each guitar on that album.

 

[Son of Caladan]

By "tracked," I think he meant "double tracked."