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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Flying V (1967)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Wah
Crunch
Delay
Reverb
Wah
← Dunlop Cry Baby wah
Level
100
Crunch
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
Gain
70
Volume
55
Bass
50
Middle
60
Treble
70
Presence
70
Master
55
Delay
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
Time
300ms
Feedback
12
EffectLevel
15
Reverb
← Studio plate (Utopia Studios ambience)
Time
5ms
PreDelay
18ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
13
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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