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 · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Flying V (1967)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Cry Baby Wah
Deluxe Comp
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Transistor Tape
Plate
Tilt
Cry Baby Wah
← Dunlop Cry Baby wah
Mix
100
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Light tightening compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
45s
Release
300s
Mix
45
Level
0dB
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
Drive
8
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
7
ChVol
5.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut5500Hz
Time
300ms
Feedback
12
Mix
15
Level
0
Plate
← Studio plate (Utopia Studios ambience)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
13
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
18ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
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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