Electric Eye guitar tone

The rig Judas Priest used

Researched from interviews, production write-ups and gear histories — not guessed.

Signal chain

The order the original sound was built in. The exact settings get dialled for your own amp or modeller when you generate the tone.

1. Fender Stratocaster (Modified CBS-era)

   1

   source

   guitar
2. Pete Cornish Custom Treble Booster

   2

   always-on gain shaping and high-mid push

   boost
3. MXR Distortion+

   3

   additional clipping and sustain for guitar solo

   drive
4. Marshall JMP 1987 50W

   4

   primary amplifier voice

   amp
5. Marshall 1960B 4x12

   5

   speaker projection

   cab
6. Shure SM57

   6

   microphone capture

   mic
7. Maestro Echoplex EP-3

   7

   slapback and spatial thickening

   delay
8. EMT 140 Plate Reverb

   8

   ambient stereo space

   reverb

Why we think this is right

Glenn Tipton's Screaming for Vengeance rig is highly documented via interviews with Tipton and producer Tom Allom. The core tone relies on a custom Pete Cornish pedalboard featuring a Rangemaster-based treble booster driving the bass channel of non-master 50W Marshall JMP heads, with an MXR Distortion+ kicked in for additional clipping and sustain during the iconic guitar solo.

Sources

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