Zakk Wylde Sound

[cheftisi]

just wanting to know how zakk get his sound in the "no More tears" song????

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

les paul, emg's, marshall 2203, clean boost in front.

[zeegler]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

Isn't his 2203 heavily modded?

[Fragle]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

yeah, it is. but then again, in order to sound just like zakk you'd have to be zakk anyways, so i guess using a stock 2203 isn't going to hurt a lot [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
btw, stay away from the zakk wylde signature head, get the real deal from the early 80s....81-83 are the best, you can tell it's an early one by looking at the inputs. vertical=old horizontal=newer
btw, he's also using 6550 power tubes instead of el34s

[Orchid]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

I thought he didn't use a Marshall on those 2 albums w/ Ozzy. I thought it was Metaltronix or whatever.

[Fragle]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

as far as i know, he's never actually used the metaltronix stuff....but then again i'm no zakk wylde expert, so you might be right. i just was under the impression that his metaltronix endorsement was just that, an endorsement [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[cheftisi]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

what is a clean boost, and are those active pickups?

[jcm800x]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

On those records he used a Boss Super Overdrive into a 800, at least thats what I read.

[siggy14]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

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yeah, it is. but then again, in order to sound just like zakk you'd have to be zakk anyways, so i guess using a stock 2203 isn't going to hurt a lot [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
btw, stay away from the zakk wylde signature head, get the real deal from the early 80s....81-83 are the best, you can tell it's an early one by looking at the inputs. vertical=old horizontal=newer
btw, he's also using 6550 power tubes instead of el34s

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6550's are the way, still get the marshall tone with alot better of a bottem end.

I have also heard he basically uses a very early 2203 that has been heavy modded, it is beat to hell and sits off to the side of the stage.

I also heard that he did use metaltronics for the no rest for the wicked and for the no more tears album, but you never truly know.

[Orchid]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

Aside from his amps, chorus is obviously a big factor.

[mogar]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

And a wah.

[singlehum]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

and drink lots of brew and don't shave. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Orchid]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

And Roto vibez

[Boxcar Willie 84]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

I think a big part of Zakk's sound that a lot of people skip over is the 200 watt EV speakers in his cabinets...higher wattage speakers like that give it a little bit more of a hi-fi sound where all the distortion is coming from the amp....

[markD]

Re: Zakk Wylde Sound

yep. i use those speakers and it really is the secret weapon to achieving his tone. i can get VERY close with my rivera m-100 and EV loaded cabs when i play my friends gibson (not epi) zakk guitar.