No. 1901978·heavy-metal·5 blocks
Hell Bent for Leather
Hell Bent for Leather is the leather-and-studs title track that gave Judas Priest their US album name — a lean, driving Marshall riff built for speed. K.K. Downing drove his red 1967 Gibson Flying V into cranked, non-master 50-watt Marshall Super Leads, with a Cry Baby wah for the accents and a Maestro Echoplex trailing the leads. No high-gain channel — the grind is a Flying V slamming a pushed plexi.
Hell Bent for LeatherSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson Flying V (1967)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Wah
Studio Comp
Plexi 50W High
4x12 Green 25W
Tape Delay
Plate
Wah
← Dunlop Cry Baby wah
Mix
1
Level
0
Studio Comp
← Light tightening compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
5s
Release
150s
Mix
0.5
Level
0dB
Plexi 50W High
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
Drive
8
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
7
MV
7
Cut
5
4x12 Green 25W
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Tape Delay
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
Time
300ms
Feedback
0.1
Mix
0.1
Plate
← Studio plate (Utopia Studios ambience)
Mix
0.1
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
18ms
Engineer's note
File 190
Hell Bent for Leather is the leather-and-studs title track that gave Judas Priest their US album name — a lean, driving Marshall riff built for speed. K.K. Downing drove his red 1967 Gibson Flying V into cranked, non-master 50-watt Marshall Super Leads, with a Cry Baby wah for the accents and a Maestro Echoplex trailing the leads. No high-gain channel — the grind is a Flying V slamming a pushed plexi.
— K.K. Downing
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