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 Leather coverHell Bent for Leather
Settings for
Signal 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
Wah
Mix
100
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Light tightening compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
45ms
Release
300ms
Mix
45
Level
0dB
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Super Lead 50W (non-master, EL34)
Amp
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)
Cab
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
Delay
LowCut200Hz
HighCut5500Hz
Time
300ms
Feedback
12
Mix
15
Level
0
Plate
← Studio plate (Utopia Studios ambience)
Reverb
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
13
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
18ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 0 of 3 complete
  • Helix 1 block missing from the file
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Cry Baby Wah. The recipe calls for this block, but we have no verified model ID for it on this platform, so the preset is written without it. Add it by hand using the settings above.

  • Quad Cortex 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Wah 846, LA Compressor, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

  • Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Crunch, Delay, Reverb. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

Helix DSP
60.7% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 cited, 1 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
Not yet ratedThis recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
What we didn't check
  • Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
  • The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
  • No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
  • 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
The mic in this chain

Shure SM57

Still made, still the studio default. The cheapest part of this chain to get right.

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