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 · 6 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Flying V (1967)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Wah
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead 50W' or 'dimed Plexi'
Delay
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compressor
Intensity
3
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Wah
← Dunlop Cry Baby wah
Mix
1
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead 50W' or 'dimed Plexi'
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
Gain
7.5
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
7
Delay
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
Time
300ms
Feedback
0.1
Mix
0.1
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate (Utopia Studios ambience)
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
18ms
Mix
0.1
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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