Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment

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Zakk Wylde is not only the founder of the band Black Label Society and guitar player for Ozzy Osbourne's band, he also is the man behind that cool bullseye Gibson Les Paul we've all seen gracing the pages of our favorite gear mags. Let's take a look at the gear and equipment that Zakk' has been seen using in his guitar rig.

Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend

Guitars

- Gibson Les Paul Customs with "Bullseye" Graphics (Black/Mirrored, Red/Natural, Black/Vintage White)

- Gibson "Buzzsaw" Les Paul Custom (the design was taken from that of a Zippo lighter)

- Gibson "Black Label Society" Les Paul Custom

- Gibson "Rebel" Les Paul Custom decorated with the confederate flag and bottle caps

- Gibson Zakk Wylde Vertigo Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar

- Gibson "Camo Bullseye" Les Paul custom. He named it 'Stormin Norman'

- Epiphone Zakk Wylde Bullseye Les Paul Custom Plus Electric Guitar

- Jackson Rhoads (Custom Made for him by the same luthier that built Randy's guitars to the exact same specifications

- Dean Bulls-eye Razorback (Given to him by Dimebag Darrell days before his death and signed by him; this guitar is usually only seen once a performance, when Zakk is playing the song "In This River")

- Gibson Flying V with a bull's eye paint design

- Gibson / Epiphone Zakk Wylde ZV Custom guitar

- Epiphone Graveyard Disciple (new in 2009)

- GMW Randy Rhoads Flying V in white with black polka dots
- GMW Randy Rhoads Flying V in black with white polka dots (the polka-dot guitars were made custom for Zakk in honor of Randy Rhoads. Both of these guitars also feature a Floyd Rose tremolo.)

- Gibson EDS-1275 with EMG pickups (seen in the music video for "In This River")

- Dean "Muddy Bullseye" Splittail with Bullseye Graphics

- Custom Gibson guitar made similarly to the Dean "Muddy Bullseye" Splittail with bullseye graphics

- Gibson EDS-1275 (white with gold pickups) used for "Mama I'm Comin' Home" live with Ozzy Osbourne. (can be seen in Osbourne's "Live At Budokan" DVD)

- Alvarez Yairi acoustics

- Gibson Dove Acoustic

- Gibson Chet Atkins

- Epiphone Masterbuilt acoustic guitars (The Song Remains Not the Same)

Strings, Picks and Pickups

- Dunlop Zakk Wylde Signature strings (.010 to .060 gauge)

- Zakk Wylde Active EMG 81 and EMG 85 pickups

- Dunlop Ultex Sharp .90 picks

- Dunlop Zakk Wylde Icon Series Phosphor Bronze Light Acoustic Guitar Strings

- GHS Zakk Wylde Boomers Electric Guitar Strings

Amplifiers

- Marshall JCM-800 2203 amplifiers

- Signature JCM800ZW Amp with replaced tubes (GT 6550) and cabinet loaded with EVM12L-Black Label guitar speaker

- Marshall Zakk Wylde MG15MSZW Limited Edition Micro Stack:

- Marshall 1960TV Cabinet

- Marshall 1960BX Cabinet

- Roland Jazz Chorus (eye witness report at House of Blues and confirmed by Zakk in a 2010 interview)

-  Marshall Bluesbreaker combo amp (on song "Machine Gun Man")

- Lee Jackson Metaltronix Hand Made All Tube Guitar Amp

Effects

- Dunlop MXR ZW-44 Dunlop Overdrive pedal

- Dunlop ZW-45 Zakk Wylde Signature "Cry Baby" wah-wah pedal

- Dunlop MXR m-134 stereo chorus

- Dunlop MXR EVH Van Halen signature phase pedal

- BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive

- CE-5 Chorus Ensemble

- Dunlop Rotovibe - Dunlop also made a Zakk Wylde Signature Rotovibe

- MXR Black Label Chorus (Announced in 2009)

- Monster Cable

- MXR Wylde Phase pedal

- MXR EVH Flanger pedal

- Dunlop DC Brick

- MXR Carbon Copy pedal

Go to the next page for some awesome Zakk Wylde Guitar Rig Pictures!

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-3 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Tommy 2012-11-13 03:09

This should put it to rest...I caught a pick from Zakk at one of his shows and he uses Dunlop Ultex Sharp .90. I know because I have one of his picks!!!!!

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+4 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Beserkus86 2012-05-12 23:20

Quoting rowdy:

Quoting Berserkus86:

Now he seems to play ultex picks. dunno whether 1.0 or other

look at this video or at pics from 2011.
www.youtube.com/.../

he used to use dunlop tortex 1 mm, but now he uses dunlop ultex sharp 1.14 mm

no, it's the ultex sharp 1.0

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+1 # Lee Jackson and Metaltronix — Dylan Mouton 2012-03-27 13:56

Quoting Akis:

Is there anybody outthere that believes that the No Rest For The Wicked sound is the best Zakk Wylde sound ever???? Zakk uses the Metaltronics in this record for sure!!!!!

+1 He used the Metaltronix M-1000 heads and 3 Lee Jackson Perfect Connection GP-1000 preamps with a single Perfect Connection SP-1000 power amp. Both setups used the Metaltronix 4x12 cabs. And according to Lee Jackson himself, Zakk also used a Aphex Aural Exciter with the GP-1000 to color his tone a bit by adding a "huge bottom end".

He switched to 6550-loaded JCM800's after the No Rest for the Wicked Tour.

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-2 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — rowdy 2012-03-05 20:42

Quoting Berserkus86:

Now he seems to play ultex picks. dunno whether 1.0 or other

look at this video or at pics from 2011.
www.youtube.com/.../

he used to use dunlop tortex 1 mm, but now he uses dunlop ultex sharp 1.14 mm

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Akis 2012-03-01 18:49

Is there anybody outthere that believes that the No Rest For The Wicked sound is the best Zakk Wylde sound ever???? Zakk uses the Metaltronics in this record for sure!!!!!

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0 # Signature Rotovibe...coming soon — Bradley 2012-01-20 00:03

Zakk's signature Rotovibe pedal. From what I've seen in recent interviews, he also has a MXR Carbon Copy and also a Flanger, so those might be the next Zakk signature pedals.
www.jimdunlop.com/product/zw357-rotovibe

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Mert Akcer 2011-11-02 07:17

Zakk uses GHS signature strings too. 10-60

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — David R Hansen 2013-02-16 01:08

no- he uses dunlop strings- 60-10 also has a set of 70-11 for dropped tunings

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Bruno 123 mko 2011-10-23 10:39

this the 2011 rig, or the "same rig that I was 15 years old", with added things, like the MXR carbon copy and the MXR EVH flanger:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jd0zypZlXY
you put this

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Bradley 2011-09-13 03:23

Quoting Mert Akcer:

This picture explains what zakk uses in his setup..

guitargeek.com/.../...

Read the year on that. It might have updated graphics and such, but it's based on his '88 rig with Ozzy when he first started out.

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-4 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Mert Akcer 2011-08-21 06:53

This picture explains what zakk uses in his setup..

guitargeek.com/.../...

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+2 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — ThaBro 2011-08-19 13:55

Quoting Will:

How does he get that sound and not need a noise gate

By permanently using the volume poti.

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — icrapganja 2011-08-07 16:49

straight from zakk's mouth: 'everything i endorse i use' that should put an end to all those spreading BS

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+4 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Will 2011-07-10 01:57

How does he get that sound and not need a noise gate

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+1 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — kaleb 2011-07-01 00:30

I just saw an interview Zakk did with dunlop, hes using his bererker overdrive, custom wah pedal, black label chorus, his wylde phase, and something new for zakk, an MXR carbon copy delay. i didnt beleive it at first, but yes, zakk is using this pedal, seems like everyone whos tried it out has added it to their board, must be a great pedal.

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+1 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Berserkus86 2011-06-22 09:59

Now he seems to play ultex picks. dunno whether 1.0 or other

look at this video or at pics from 2011.
www.youtube.com/.../

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Bradley 2011-05-17 23:25

Alright, anything that has Zakk's name on it: he uses. Pedals, pickups, strings, guitars (Yes, including the Epiphones), etc., etc. Those pictures are actually quite old. The only way you can keep up with Zakk's current rig is by getting the chance to go to a BLS show and getting to see his gear or stalk the Internet for videos.

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — jholland 2011-05-17 17:25

dude he does use hes signiture wah but he doesnt use hes signiture chorus pedal or hes signiture phase. he use the stero chorus and he uses the evh phase

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Vhey 2011-02-14 02:04

Quoting rage7:

Why is there his signature wah in his equipment if he doesn't use it and in all of his photos there is only the classic cry baby??? I hate marketing tricks(dunlop's) so please make a notice next to it that he doesnt use it

I think that picture was taken before his signature wah pedal was released.
he's using his own wah since dunlop releases his wah pedal.

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0 # Phase 90 — Bradley 2011-01-16 19:14

Zakk is replacing the EVH Phase 90 with his own signature.
www.jimdunlop.com/.../ZW90-wylde-phase

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+1 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Dylan 2010-12-30 22:13

I believe his old JCM800's from the late 80's/early 90's were modded by Lee Jackson, I CAN be wrong.

He also used Lee Jackson Metaltronix amps in the late 80's. Check out videos of them playing live at Moscow in 1989.

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — matt casey 2012-11-27 18:24

he now has his signature marshall jcm800 .. its isnt in production and is for private use with black label society.

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0 # RE: Zakk Wylde's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Joey Michael 2010-12-21 16:05

For his last UK gig this year at High Voltage Fest 2010 he was using the new Marshall stacks they made for him this year with his 2203ZW signature heads, pretty sure it was a total of 24 Marshall cabs

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0 # Update on gear-ish — The DeadZoneBand 2010-09-08 00:52

There's a great article (link below) about his latest BLS album and it covers gear, mentions his new MXR/Dunlop BLS Chorus pedal and that on his album he's using the 800's and for cleans his Roland
JC's, no mention of 5150's at all.

it's a good read

ultimate-guitar.com/.../...

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+1 # Sig Wah — Mark 2010-08-29 11:26

from what i have seen of the posted pics, any pictures that show a non-sig wah have the boss overdrive pedal with them too, which means that the pictures are old. (i.e. Wah was not out yet)

at 4:03 in the following link you can see his pedalboard. Not sure on the exact date but it does show the custom deans and gibsons which means it is relatively recent(i believe). guitarheroesgear.com/.../Zakk%20Wylde

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-1 # Wah — rage7 2010-08-28 08:28

Why is there his signature wah in his equipment if he doesn't use it and in all of his photos there is only the classic cry baby??? I hate marketing tricks(dunlop's) so please make a notice next to it that he doesnt use it

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+2 # wah — uberpro 2010-08-28 08:57

I think the pictures may have been taken before the wah was made.

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0 # blschapterca 2010-05-25 15:43

hello everyone, would anyone be kind enough to provide me with what guitar pick zakk uses? thank you guys.

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0 # picks — doug 2010-05-27 15:44

he uses the dunlop tortex picks 1.0mm customized with the black label society logo on them and his signiture, i have one

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0 # riedel 2992 2010-02-19 01:35

does he plug his effect straight into the amp or effects loop? :-?:

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+1 # chorus pedal — mark 2010-01-31 23:46

He has a new signature chorus pedal made by MXR.

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0 # no longer with ozzy — rod 2009-12-11 20:03

his no longer with ozzy, gus g took his place, and his great, but.....i don´t know......maybe it´s just that i was used to watch ozzy with zakk, but let´s hope new stuff keep cool, great website by the way!!!

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-4 # John 2009-12-03 15:25

The word is that he uses 5150 heads, and puts the marshalls on stage for show because of the endorsement deal.

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0 # Kevin 2009-12-03 15:59

He nmy use them in the studio ( he's buds with Eddie V BUT
on stage it's Marshalls
2 heads 4 cabinets
he lke the way the air moves when the cabs are really movin

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+1 # wyldeguitarist87@aol.com 2009-04-24 12:13

Oh yeah, he also uses Alvarez Yairi acoustics (see Boozed, Broozed, and Broken Bones DVD Special Features) and a Gibson Dove Acoustic. When I saw him a couple of years ago at the House of Blues in Hollywood, he was playing a Gibson Chet Atkins (like Dave Matthews used) through a Roland Jazz Chorus. And I when I shook his hand after the show I also noticed he has the biggest f$!@ing hands I've ever seen, so maybe you ought to include that!

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+1 # Ryan 2009-04-24 12:08

Zakk also uses a Les Paul Special (I don't know of what vintage) in the studio quite a bit. You can hear it on a lot of the cleaner solos and things on 1919 Eternal and Hangover Music Volume VI

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0 # kevin murphy 2009-04-06 12:14

What a great set up
not many effects just enough to ENHANCE!
shows hat alot is in the hands
not the equipment

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