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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Flying V (1967)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
Shure SM57
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
wah
Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
preamp
Volume
8
Treble
7
Middle
6
Bass
5
Presence
7
Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
delay
Delay
300
Repeats
2
Mix
15
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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