| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion | 
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments | 
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER | 
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 3280 | 
| Total number of notes: | 61432 | 
    On Ozzy's newest single, his guitar player (Zakke Wilde?) plays an
    incredible solo-one of the best I've ever heard. 
    
    Does anyone know how he gets that tone?  Is he running his Les Paul
    staight into a Marshall?  
    
    Ozzy sure can pick 'em!
    
    Alan
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| 2527.1 | KDX200::COOPER | Step UP to the RACK ! | Sat May 16 1992 10:29 | 4 | |
|     He uses Metalitronix/Lee Jackson/Ampeg units ...and probabaly a rack
    full of toize - a hot sound for sure.
    
    jc
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| 2527.2 | CAVLRY::BUCK | Hearts of the Wild! | Sun May 17 1992 14:29 | 8 | |
|     The heart of Zakk's tone comes from Les Paul's (good ones!) outfitted
    with active EMG 85 pickups!  He has a few chorus/delay units in line
    (noteably the Roland DEP-5 units!), but basically it's the Paul into
    his (formerly Metaltronix M1000's, reportedly now) Lee Jacksonized
    AMPEG amps!
    
    Agreed, it's a ripping tone!!
    
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| 2527.3 | A few differences | SNOC02::SHEARDJEFF | Sun May 24 1992 22:02 | 17 | |
|     There's an interview with Zakk in the March issue of Guitar Magazine,
    in which he describes how he acheived THAT guitar tone. From what I
    remember, he uses Les Pauls (as described previously) into a Marshall
    JCM800, using only a Boss Distortion (can't remember which one) pedal. 
    The secret to the killer tone, was that he actually used 4 guitar
    sounds layered over one another (?? I think it was something along
    those lines ??)
    
    Sorry about the vagueness, it was a while ago I read it, but I do
    recall that he ran a pretty standard rig, but had a few tricks up 
    his sleeve (production-wise).
    
    If anyone is interested I can dig the mag out and post a full & proper
    overview.
    
    Cheers,
    	    Jeff.
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