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Electric eye amp settings — Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII

The Judas priest guitar tone for “Electric eye”, dialed in for a Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Screaming for Vengeance (1982)

Original rig

Marshall JMP/JCM800 1959 Super Lead (normal channel), Dallas Rangemaster treble booster, Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers, Boss CE-2 chorus (subtle, in loop)

Dry, mid-heavy British crunch with papery mids, restrained gain, cutting lead presence
Amp settings — Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII
CHANNELCrunch (OD1)BRIGHToffBOOSToff
GAIN 5 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain5
Bass5
Mid7
Treble6
Presence5
Reverb0
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Treble Booster (Rangemaster-style clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. A TC Electronic Spark Booster or EHX LPB-1 set bright can approximate. This is essential to the Priest attack.

Boost 6

02Analog Chorus (Boss CE-2 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Run in FX loop. Used subtly for thickness, not obvious warble. MXR Micro Chorus or Boss CE-2W are ideal.

Rate 4 · Depth 3
Why these settings

Your Blackstar's ISF should be set fully clockwise (British voicing) to match the Marshall mid-bark. The HT Club 40's Crunch channel is closer to the JCM800 normal channel than the OD2 — OD2 is too saturated. I dropped presence from typical Priest settings (-1) because the Blackstar's presence is more aggressive than vintage Marshalls. Your Jackson's ceramic humbuckers are hotter than Tipton's PAF-style pickups, so gain is conservative at 5.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar's tone knob to 7 — the original tone on Screaming for Vengeance is slightly muffled and dry, almost neck-pickup-like even on bridge. This tames the Jackson's brightness and nails that papery, center-scooped speaker sound they got by mic'ing off-axis.

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