Zakk "You Know" Wylde

So many guitar players endorsed by Gibson who have an Epiphone version of their guitars but only touch them to have their picture taken for advertising purposes, but Zakk actually shreds with it! I have even seen playing Epi's live! He is the real deal!

I love Randy and Kirk but Zakk is his own monster. You can't compare them. He made his mark in history a long time ago. A true legend!

I got this guitar 5 years ago. Im not a professional and I definitely dont play this kind of music but I like this guitar alot. although its VERY heavy, got a slack joint and lost the gold color on some metal parts after 2 years of purchase. but it looks fucking awesome and i like the sound (through my very cheap golden tone amp). oh and it got me laid one time after I played canon rock for a girl ;)

he has become one with the guitar, it is a part of him

Zakk Wylde is the greatest guitar player in the world.

i had the pleasure of meeting this guy he even signed my guitar

i wouldnt say that zakk wylde is the best guitarist alive, but he is definitely a world renowned guitarist

I love those Epi's. I have a Gibson Les Paul standard and an Epiphone plus top pro. It's hard to tell which one was 2,000$ and which one was under 600$.....

what a cool dude

I haven't met Zack yet, but meeting him will complete my bucket list for sure!

This Video never gets Old. I learn something new every time I watch it.

this show how good epiphone are, the rest lie on the finger dude...

the technique is called chicken picking

suc a great personality this guy has. would love to jam with Mr. Wylde

i saw this guy play the 'gibson, night of 100 guitars.. gig, way back, in london, an i'll tell, that this dude stole the show. fuckin gifted guitarist, an he takes it all in his stride.. jeez, i practice, but will never come to a level, that these guy's take for granted.. if i could play like this, then thats my dream come true. pride & glory zakk

Zakk Wylde could play a fruity pebbles cereal box with a rubber band on it and make it sound awesome so this video could be misleading.

He stole kirks wah wah

He breaks down a lot of his skill in this video, watch earlier solo stuff from him and you'll start hearing similarities. A very good video, never gets old.

I LOVE the way he starts this with the his GMW Randy Rhoads V .....RIP Randy

Opens up the vid with a Jackson

I get tears in my eyes listening to Zakk shred.

zakk wylde for ever "destruction overdrive"

love his laid back attitude

pinch harmonics is so cool. i can play it and i used it to all my songs i play on guitar with Spotify.

The Best Fnnn Lesson I ever had

Killer time he spent sharing his trix!

i luv how he plays solos with such clean tone, u can hear each individual note. and he has very... aggressive, string bending

I just bought one of these super cheap second hand and I love it feels super good in my hands, I'd really like to get my hands on one of those GMW Guitars he had in the beginning!

King of vibrato and pinch harmonics right here

zakk wylde the master of combining jazzy blues with heavy metal

he's stretching that guitar to its limits !

You can't hear these tones from any other guitarist... Zakk is the best!

i agree on the lock it up part, but if anybody deserves it it's Zakk he is the current pinnacle of guitarists today he's not a random stranger haha he played with Ozzy for years and he still does as well as Black Label Society

I just love his pinch harmonics.

Zakk Wylde is an even balance of Slash and Dimebag. Two brilliant guitarists in one man. Truely a very skilled player.

This is why I love metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Epiphones have GREATLY improved their quality since about 05. They have really stepped up the game, and the expensive guitar snobs need to wake up

Zakk plays gibson to he has a signature series for both epiphone and gibson.

You can even get pre printed Bullseye or Buzzsaw decals that you can apply to any colour guitar even any shape. They are on a square sheet that you apply to your guitar then trim to shape.

he is definitely my favorite guitarist

I think it's funny how he says "If you're using whammy every other note then it's just like, come on already" yet if he ever listened to his own albums theres a pinch harmonic every other note

Amazing guitarist... one of best pinch harmonics i've heard

zak wylde is my idol .....DAMN LOOK AT THOSE RIFFS DX

probably one of the most amazing things about Zakks playing is that he pretty much NEVER fucks anything up. and he plays really technical stuff... ZAKK RULES!!!!

Jason hook, zoltan bathory, jim root, josh rand ,mick thomson, zakk wylde, syn gates and zacky v, best guitarists in music right now!

One of the best Vibratos!

damn i gotta zakk one of if not the best metal guitarists ever

drinking some beers and playing guitar doesnt get much better than that.

Lol, i just thought of something weird, i would love to see Zakk Wylde play Comfortably Numb :)

I've said it before and i'll say it again - not many people hold onto notes with vibrato before - this adds soul to the music more than any other technique. Zakk proves you can use this style within the heavy metal genre. I've seen so many Uni grad guitarists who are note perfect with their theory, but because they have no soul when they play it sounds computer generated and heartless. Its a shame, but vibrato infused lead guitar is dieing out.

madre de las distorciones te vuela la cabeza

Its a strange world you live in with ideas like that sunshine.

his fingers are magic

I love how he refers to his overdrive as "crap"... "Then you fire up all this crap on top of it.."

Looks like it has EMG HZ pickups. Got a 2006 Epiphone Les Paul Camo Bullseye on the way made in Saein South Korea. Should be here Tuesday! Pretty excited about it.

@TheOzzk Pedals have the input on the right and the output on the left (as if you are looking at them) (which on this video because we are at the other side of the Pedals input is on left and output on the right) it appears as though the Overdrive is ahead of the Chorus, not after. However you cant see enough of it to see exactly how all them cables are running, AND live Zakk runs his pedalboard direct into the face of his amp, not effects loop WHICH would yes indeed put Chorus before the O/D.

yeah I saw him with Ozzy in Sydney Australia 18th March 2008

Looks like he's just hangin' in someone's living room. Brilliant.

Zakk rules at blues

Exactly. I have an epi Bullseye and its a really good guitar.

zakks signature pedal is die cast grey, with no pant . whilse the wah in the video is black and if you look at a hq version of the vid you will see that it has dunlop jimi hendrix wah on it . also if you look at his old pedalboard he used a hendrix wah long before he started to endorce mxr/dunlop for his signature gear

He's sucha great bluegrass player.

I love you Zakk

omg from 7:45 on sounds absolutely amazing. cant get enough

Such a Great Vibrato.

gotta love the way he tremalo picks

@DimebagDarrellCFH13 What a lot of people don't know is that part of Zakk's Big sound is that he was 2 Wah pedals. He leaves one on the whole time tilted up to get a more beefy sound.

yeah, that half cocked wah and chorus is huge

Zakks Wah technique is a much discussed point. I dont profess to be correct but I have heard he pretty much leaves it on full time and then uses it to accent certain notes and especially his harmonics. His signature wah has an adjustable tension on it so it will basically stay put in what ever position you leave it at

HE is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zakk is wild!!!

ZAKK you are the Best

I got a Westminster LP the action is stellar.

The blue one is Boss CH-1Super Chorus and the yeallow one is Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive. The gibson and epiphone have diffrent kind of 'head'. Epiphone head is rounded, and in Gibson is the oposite(I don't know word in english:D). You can simply put in google 'zakk wylde gear' and in 'guitargeek' you will see everything:)

The epi signatures have been out for a while, he recently released a new range of Gibson ones too that are the Bullseye or Buzzsaw pattern on Bare Unfinished woodgrain

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

it's auto flanging. Some guys call it a harmonic slide. Eddie Van Halen does it on "Somebody Get Me a Doctor". His right hand - not the pick - is sliding up the string as his left hand hammers on/pulls off the the 2nd and 4th frets of whatever string he chooses. Very easy to do. Very fun to do!

i love his wah im going to by his custom just checked it out at guitar center today!

@Ps3capt The Bullseye Pattern on His Guitars was originally meant to be more like the spiral pattern from the cover of the old Movie Vertigo. It ended up being painted wrong but Zakk liked it anyway and stuck with it. The reason he had it done was to distinguish himself (white les paul) from being a Randy Rhoads clone

only he could rock, a polka dot guitar and still be a huge badass :D

Yea i use 10's on my les paul and had it proffesionally set up with them, i was used to 11's on my on one of my other guitars so the 10's feel really light.

i have an epi Les Paul prophecy ex and its is so good

the pickups and the overall quality

Zakk Wylde has teh beard of God.

2:30 Zakk thats how we feel about your pinch harmonics...

Secret for ya dude. Out of all them Marshall cabs Zakk has behind him when he plays live. I think its about 8 of them each side of the stage. There are actually only the bottom row that are plugged in. The top row are just there for looks. This is Fact. Both Zakk and Nick have said this in Interviews. "No way ya could have all them cabs running, especially with the top row. It would take your head off"

damn....this is why hes my idol (:

They don't. I've tried all types of active EMGs. The bottom line is that the Actives are just going to give you more "bite" and you'll be handcuffed to a battery. If you're into that really sharp aggressive overly distorted distortion, then the actives are good for you. I'd say, if you're trying to decide on which ones to buy, get the Seymour Duncan SH-4 and SH-2n (versatility and distortion) or the Duncan Distortions for distortion. I hope this helped!

well said julien, music is down to taste at the end of the day

oh my god !!!!!!!!!!! he is awesome!!!!

love how he tunes it in like 2 seconds at 5:36

I do. There are many people who will say you cant but remember that Eric Clapton used Lea Pauls before he started using Strats. Use the Neck pickup with the tone all the way up and add a bit off O/D Im sure you will get a blues tone you like out of that.

5:10-5:13 is a killer riff

the best vid on youtube

Zakk can get every guitar to sound amazing! Even if it's an epiphone!

Yes they are EMG's but the ones you get in the Epiphone are not active. The ones in the Gibson are. But you can have a guitar shop put the active EMG's in the Epiphone if you want. Mine still has the standard ones and im happy enough with them

I almost died at 2:34 when he was talking about whammy bar...

I wouldn't go so far as saying he plays REALLY technical stuff. He's a legend in his own right, but I have been to so many guitar workshops and have seen players who get very little attention but can improvise a solo better than most famous lead guitarists can compose. I like Zak's playing a lot, but he covers his mistakes with a wide range of effects and compressors, rather than practicing. Look up "Technical Difficulties" by Paul Gilbert if you have never heard him before, you'll like it.

i like zakk!! Dont know if he is one of the greatest but hes a baddass !!