Electric Eye amp settings — Blackstar TV-10A
The Judas Priest guitar tone for “Electric Eye”, dialed in for a Blackstar TV-10A with a Fender American Standart stratocaster. Studio version, Screaming for Vengeance (1982) — signature opening and main rhythm riff
Marshall 1959 Super Lead / JCM800, Dallas Rangemaster treble booster, Boss CE-2 chorus, Gibson Les Paul Custom (bridge humbucker)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Treble Booster (Rangemaster style)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; Glenn Tipton relied on a treble booster to slam the front of the Marshall
02Chorus (Boss CE-2 style)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; used very subtly for stereo spread and sheen on the rhythm track
The Blackstar TV-10A is a single-ended 10W tube amp voiced with an American 6L6 character and simple tone controls, so engaging the drive boost and pushing the tone control towards the upper mids is essential to emulate a cranked British stack. Because your Stratocaster uses single coils instead of Glenn Tipton's hot humbuckers, amp gain is pushed to 7 and the guitar tone rolled to 8 to avoid brittle ice-pick highs while keeping the signature bite. If you add a treble booster pedal later, switch off the amp's internal drive boost and lower gain to 4 to let the pedal push the preamp cleanly.
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