To get Zakk Wylde's guitar tone do this simple trick
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2023
- I love the sound of Zakk Wylde's Guitar tone, but I was never able to get close to his sound even though I had so much of the same gear he did.
Today I'll show you how to set up your Marshall amp and how to hook up your stomp boxes correctly
The Gibson style guitar I used in the video can be found here
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That's the exact sound i wanted when i was 14. I could never get it. All i needed was a Marshall and a bunch of pedals. I was so close😂
Hahaha 🤣🤣👊👊 if it makes you feel any better, I've had this equipment for over 15 years and just figured it out this week 🤷
@@ToneChaser29What’s the amp setting that Zakk always use?
@@tieukhavu8832lmao……..😂
@@bobdorothy9719 Do you know the answer?
not really I had the whole pedal board with the rare roto vibe get a axe fx3 and a nice power amp then you have zakk and more
Zakk NEVER uses the effects loop. His chorus pedal is in front of the amp, and is actually what splits his signal into his left and right channels - this is a huge part of his live sound. In the studio, however, the Symphonic chorus was of course applied to his dirty sound in post with the rest of the effects. So roughly, live sound = chorus in front, studio sound = chorus in, but the chorus in front won't sound totally right unless you're in stereo, and the chorus in the loop won't sound totally right because it's being colored by the power amp and cabinet.
Exactly. If you use Zakk's live rig, it's not going to sound exactly like his recorded studio tone. It sounds more like in the studio (specifically No More Tears) he recorded the guitars dry and then ran them through the Yamaha spx90 to get the stereo chorus sound. Then live he ran a chorus to make the guitar sound closer to the doubled sound he had on the records.
Fun fact. Zakk always used a 100’ cord from a 1970s black& decker hedge trimmer for powering his amps.
I can confirm this. I saw Zakk at the Coconut Teazer in Hollywood in that early 90's (I think the songs would become Pride and Glory stuff). Pedals were all into the front end: wah, BOSS SD-1, Dunlop Rotovibe , with BOSS chorus splitting the signal L/R to two JCM-800's/412's. MASSIVE tone!
ok what does "infront" mean? like do u just plug in the pedal and keep it infront of the amp? in studio does he put the chorus inside the amp head or cabinet?
Exactly 👌. I did a video about this a few years ago: th-cam.com/video/1c7aEOJtSlM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zu-eQSQ-FAO8RASK
I saw Pride & Glory live on tour (Thank God, best record of all time), and I saw his pedalboard with my own eyes. Rotovibe, chrome 535 Crybaby wah, SD-1 Super Overdrive, CE-5 Chorus. That was all. Straight into his JCM 800s. Those old amps did not have effects loops unless perhaps they were modded. But live and recording are two different animals as we all know.
Now I saw Zakk with Gen AXE and really could not see what he was doing
BUT The Master Model Zakk JCM 800 signature edition has an effects loop which is what Mr Tone Chaser is using. The Back says "Master Model Lead"?
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But this amp came along in 2002 or so.
so did he have a tech install effects loops into his 800s? probably.
The most Underrated Under-heard album ever.
TBH - that selection of effects would work just fine in front of a pair of JCM800s running stereo - the chorus just splits the signal and gives the width, its not so dependent on the position of the preamp (unlike delays or reverbs)
Holy balls. There it is. I've wanted that sound for decades. I've tried solid state clones but they just didn't have that Zakk sound. Thank you for this.
time based effects into the effects loop? Wow you're a genius!
😂
Lol
But in this particular case, he's got a point.. I've been on the same quest for years, and absolutelly everywhere else will show the chorus pedal in front of the amp as a major factor (including Zakk himself, in many many "Rig Rundown" types of videos), even because that's what uses to create his stereo signal chain... So, in this case, it's pretty surprising actually
*doh*
@@danielcaparroz299the reason it doesn’t sound the same is because he uses his chorus in the front to spilt to two different heads
The trick: "be reincarnated as Zakk Wylde in your next life"
I’ve been chasing that sound for years, thank you so much. It’s like Christmas all over again.
Awesome playing and tone brother! Thank you.😊
This is truly the first review vid that I loved everything about, Start to finish. You did research and tested it, explained everything perfectly, AND the demo was spot...on.. subscribed! Chops are sick too brother.
Really great Zakk soloing. Good feeling and timing.
My personal favorite Zakk tone is "No Rest For The Wicked". MASSIVE!!
I believe that Zakk had the “Widowmaker built by Lee Jackson.
@@paulworsdale4928 Oh ok. I had read an article in a 2001 Guitar Player mag where Zakk mentioned using a Bogner of some sort and several Marshalls of years past on "No Rest". Your probably right though. I have no clue.
This took me years to figure out. Wish I had this video 20 years ago! ❤❤❤
Nice 🤘😁🤘 Zakk's tone on the "No more tears" album is my absolute favorite !
Before I moved out of the US, I had one of those Yamaha SPX90 rack units. When I learned Zakk used it, I plugged it up to get the No More Tears sound, and it was freaking epic. I had so much fun.
The man found the holy grail! 🥲
Thank you, been looking for this for 13 years..
Incredible playing, thanks for sharing! 🤟
EV EVM12L speakers are a must also. One thing to note is original 2203s didn’t have an efx loop like the reissues. So he either had them modified or used a line out box into a wet/dry/wet setup or just wet/dry.
I believe people forget that speakers translate the tone. I glad you pointed that out.
Yup The EV Black Label speakers are the secret to Zakk’s signature sound.
on this early records he had the g12t75 speakers the evvm12l he used later
Randy Rhoades used Altec Lancing speakers which are allot like the EV EVH speakers
I've been playing full stereo for decades now - I just cannot live without it, and I will agree with many posts on here that stereo is the key to Zakks tone. If you don;t have two amps, the using the effects loop is a great improvement over trying to use time based pedals in front of the amp, but often chorus and phaser type effects tend to get a bit overwhelming (EVH always used his phaser in front of the amp and it is surprisingly musical there). The beauty of using a stereo chorus in front of two amps is that you get the full stereo seperation but the preamps give proper coloration to each channel, so it takes the edge off the chorusing effect and sounds more natural - and you have additional control over each tone stack.
you cracked that sound, and what a sound it is. excellent!
Nice work…love the sounds 🤘😎🤘
Finally its figured out for us.Thanks bro
Hey man this is a killer video you really do get pretty close to Zakks tone. I also wanna say you do a great job with the editing and the thumbnails.
Uhh one problem the original jcm800 didn't have an effects loop . I actually had Zakk sign my Marshall JCM800 4010 combo, apparently that's what he recorded No Rest for the Wicked on was the combo , not even the head lol. Biggest thing that improved the sound on that combo was when I installed an Eminence DV-77 Mick Thompson speaker. In the studio they also pan the stereo chorus to fatten up the sound too. Very different. I actually run a Radial JD7 Injector rack unit that feed 4amps simultaneously with a stereo chorus and it sounds huge, freaking loud, but huge and plenty of headroom.
Great sound, thanks for the info. Much appreciated!!! Keep Rockin 🤘🏻
Great freakin video , long live the Prince and all his awesome guitarist , and your right all the modulation effects sound so much better through the loop , have a happy Halloween
Thank you for showing love for time after time. I love that song, and the solo too!
I has the entire solo up, but youtube blocked the video worldwide as there was a claim put on the video. 😪
the phaser would sound better in the front instead of the effects loop. everything else you said is spot on.
Yeah I’ve never been able to get a pleasant tone outa my script phase 90 in the effects loop😐before OD seems to work best for me🤘
He uses EVM12L which makes a massive difference. I have some and nothing compares.
Absolutely nothing compares.
Excellent Sound and playing thanks for the tips
His (and Nick C.) BLS live boards in 2000.
Crybaby Wah, Rotovibe, SD-1, Stereo CE-5.
Using the stereo output from the CE5 they went straight to 2 JCM 800 heads (no effects loop) with 200w EV speakers in all of the cabs.
Thank you, i have been searching for this sound for years. I am using an EVH head and guitars and it works well. With a little adjustment you can get a nice Robin Trower sound. Thanks again.
So awesome! Finally hearing the same sounding pinch harmonics. Thank you
Hell yeah!! 👊👊👊
Incredible tone !
Right on you figured out the effects loop aka power amp in and preamp out, it's a game changer for sure. Great tone by the way!
Way to nail the sound my friend - you are going to Heaven!
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Thanks for that!! You nailed it!! I have that old Yamaha SPX. Never realized he used that. It’s been sitting collecting dust for several years now.
Nice video. Just got back into playing guitar and will use some of these tips!
That was AWESOME bro! Great playing too.
Thanks!!!!
Snuck in that riff from the Shine On outro from Pride and Glory ! Great video man
Excellent video Man!, great playing.
Thanks for the tips. Your ‘Zak’ chops are awesome my friend
Thanks brother
Thanks bud !!!! I have a similar set up !!! I saw no more tears tour wiked I thought zakk never looked at his guitar all night !!!
Yeah, sounds really great. Did you consider that the chorus is actually not so much stereo as it’s wet/dry? So he can run them in a chain to the front but the dry rig will maintain the clarity underneath the chorus tone. Set volumes to taste on each half stack and voilà. Very similar results to running mods/echos in a loop. To the best of my knowledge not every JCM800 has an fx loop. So there is this also to consider. But you’re tone sounds great on a mono setup.
Great video even if Zakk didn't use a loop during shaved years obviously it sounds really good here and could help others achieve good Zakk tone. I use a wet dry setup with my 91' ensemble into two Yamaha Thr10x then have a bit of my built in chorus on to give extra swirl! Sounds great at living room volumes. Of course not like a jcm800 but I love the tone these little amps make!!!
Dude this is an incredible video!
Love 4 cable method for my fx. Pretty much how I've done it for years. If you're using your amp for the distortion, makes an even bigger difference.
No more tears is the holy grail of guitar tone.
Wow!!! Mean tones on one end and gentle melodies on the other. I’m buying them.
Absolutely killer video man! Thanks for this. Subbed🙂
Appreciate it Philip and welcome to the channel brother
Thank you. You're awesome brother
Good stuff and same story here...got all the gear but struggled to get a decent Zakk tone. It never dawned on me to try the chorus in the loop...I'll have to try that today!
I have a Marshall JCM800 and Les Paul- gonna give that setup a try this weekend. Thanks for the info! FYI: I enjoy your tool videos too- keep up the good work.
Haha, thanks David 👊👊👊
Awesome job. In point !
Sounds really good 👍🏻 great playing too. 👊🏻
Great video!!!
I love the way you broke down so we can achieve Zakk Wylde's sound.
It's AWESOME!!
I just wanted to add a workaround, so to speak.
Since not everyone has the means or is in a position to buy to buy a Marshall JCM 800.
You can achieve the same sound by using a Fender amp or any modeling amp by adding either a JHS Angry Charlie or a Boss Angry Driver pedal in with your effects line.
For those who aren't aware of these pedals the JHS Angry Charlie is a JCM 800 modeler.
And the Angry Charlie is a collaboration between JHS and Boss pedals.
It's a cross of the Angry Charlie and a Blues Driver.
Both pedals will give you the Marshall JCM 800 sound any clean amplifier.
Hope that helps.
Again, great video!!
Well done brother! Nice tone.
Hey another thing maybe worth noting… back when Zakk started out, the Chorus Ensemble was made only analog. A few years later they changed it over to a digital version and you can’t find many of the analog ones now. I’ve owned both and A/Bd them and there is definitely a tonal difference. The analog one is deep and rich while the digital one is pretty stale sounding. If you have his signature Chorus it’s modeled off the analog one so you’ll be close enough, but if you’re buying Boss make sure to get the pink labeled analog Chorus Ensemble from back in the day.
This. I have two of the old CE5’s and there’s a difference to the digital ones. Just more smooth.
The best Chorus i ever owned is the Ibanez CS9
Believe it or not, the yellow Behringer copy “Ultra Chorus” sounds even better than the old Super Chorus. Get one for cheap and A/B them through your loop. I’m telling you..
@@Kevin.Kelly. yeah I’m sure it’s based on the super chorus or whatever, but we were talking about the old Chorus Ensemble
@@-MyNameHere- my mistake.
Thanks for sharing this Tone Chaser . . . all the best & stay well
And thank you for the awesome comment Stan
This is cool and sounds great
Excellent video ty
Excellent content. Thanks🙂🤘
Good vid, man. Informative. Thanks.
you play like a pro, thanks for share
So cool. I'm a drummer, but I've had sssssoooooooo many buddies that couldn't figure out how to get that sound.
Nice job brother! You got Zach down! Killer review nice chops too
Nailed it! Well done sir.
Thank you kindly!
Dang, I've been watching your tool review videos for years never knew you played guitar
Hahaha that's awesome 👌
My friend and I actually met Zakk after a Blizzard of Ozz gig in Glasgow just after he'd joined the band. He even offered us a chance to play through his rig while it was set up for the next night. Sadly it never happened happened but he was a really good guy. I always got a sound close to his with a Line 6 compressor in front of my Marshall instead of a distortion or overdrive.
Randy Rhoades was the guitarist for the Blizzard of Oz tour,not Zakk😂cool story though lol
Long time ago but if I remember it was a tour done after randy's death to introduce Zak to fans. Pretty sure they chose to do Blizzard of Oz to do so 😉@@Shredwacka
@thecreativeguitarlounge was that after Brad Gillis and Jack E Lee too?😂
See - so many brain cells killed! 🤣To be honest I was never a big fan of Ozzie's post Sabbath stuff although I liked the guitarists. My friend and I got free tickets to the gig in question as we know the local crew. Wouldn't have gone otherwise. Story stands though - Zakk was a gent. @@Shredwacka
800, Chorus and EMG 81 that’s how ya do it! Love it
Marshall ON TOP!!!!
Dude!! Nice playing there towards the end!
Hey, thanks!
Awesome video! Subscribed!
When I was 14 the studio I practiced at the owner showed me that trick I was blown away how much it sounds way different then going directly into the front of the amp been using it since it’s smoother
I've only ever ran pedals all through the effects loop. I've never though about splitting them like that im gonna have to try that when I get home. 👍
Don't forget the always overlooked 18 volt battery clip mod..👍 Great video, Great Tone✊
Zakk runs everything up front. Splits the chorus and runs stereo with two heads. Plenty of rig rundowns show this.
Chorus sound good either in the from or the loop. Phaser should be in the front with the SD and wah.
Old JCM’s didn’t have loops.
Just because they didn't have loops stock doesn't me he didn't have them modded to have loops. Everyone modded their marshalls then.
@@muleblues71if you look at how Zakk hooks up his pedals he doesn’t have anything in the loop especially back in the day.
Well done man , great video, sincerely well done
Great video man! Awesome playing too.
Just wanted to say you are right about everything except Zakk doesn't run his Phaser in the effects loop. He puts it in front of the overdrive like Eddie van Halen does!
You are correct about the chorus and delay pedal though.
Anyways great tone, you really nailed the Zakk tone!
IIRC the swirly chorus sound he used was the “symphonic” preset on a Yamaha SPX-90.
Valhalla dsp has a free plugin that recreates it. I think it’s their Space Modulator plugin.
You indeed cracked the code - nice work brother
LP 81/85 EMG, 6550 tubes , jcm 800, boss sd1, chorus essemble and high volume = ow yeah baby !!!!!
Thanks man great info 👍🎸🎸
Brilliant dude thanks for the video it is very informative
Thanks Gray 👊👊👊
I want a tone that’s as far away from Zakk Wylde as possible, and this video has helped me understand what to avoid. Thanks!
Great video and great tone. I've been after the Zakk tone for a while and can never seem to get it right. I'm using a Boss ME-80 so am trying to configure that around your settings. I've taken note of how you've set your pedal knobs so will give it a try tonight and hopefully get something close - fingers-crossed. I did notice that you have the Super OD level and gain up quite high and the gain on your amp fairly low. I've always done it the other way around (amp gain - high, effect - low) so am hoping that following your example may help. We'll see🤞Many thanks for the pormpts and keep up the great vids!!
Ahhh... the ME80 was my FAVORITE piece of equipment (that isn't a guitar) for the longest time until I 'virtuallized' and went to software /digital only.
Marshall DSL2000
Boss SD-1
Voodoo Lab Chorus
Bud-Wah
1982 Les Paul Standard maple neck, rose wood fret board, EMG 81 @ 85.
This was my favorite set up for a while after ditching my rack gear (which was based around a mesa tri axis and a simul 2:90) Though I was a Zakk, I wasn’t trying to get his sound. It was a kind of an accident, but I rolled with it because it sounded so great. Just felt like sharing that 🤘✌️
Brilliant explanation! 👏 ❤
Early days of Zakk he used Metaltronix stuff from Lee Jackson. Marshalls get close to the early tone because the Metaltronix stuff was a Marshall style circuit. He even used rack equipment as well, with a Lee Jackson GP100 (I believe) preamp, same one that Children of Bodom used to use. He did switch to Marshalls though. For sure you can go either way, as long as you have a Marshall style amp and an SD-1 to boost it, and a chorus, you can get close enough. I even did with my old 5150 at one time. Good vid!
Great job ,in nailing Zak's sound for sure ,the clean channel too ! Now is running your effects better through the loop ,for any sound or player your trying to achieve?? Thank you !
I still can’t get that sound but you cracked it man awesome and thank you!
Thanks brother 👊👊👊
The best I have seen yet and bery correct - but in all truth - the tone is in his hands. It's the hands! God Bless Zakk Wylde! SDMF!
And the speakers in the cabinets, fingers ans the cabinets are 100% the sound, because the cabinets is the actual acoustic part that produce the sound, if that is shitty, fingers will still be good but not sound as good and full. The Amps and the pickups isn't even nearly as important.
He actually used the chorus in front of 2 Marshall half stacks live at Dallas City Limits in the mid 90’s. He had the pedal in front after the drive live. But for studio slickness, it’s obvious to use any time based effects in the loop.
Zakks jcm800 didn't have a effects loop. I don't know what he used in the studio for no more tears but no rest for the wicked he used a jcm800 combo amp. And zakk said in a interview once what you hear that sounds like chours on the albums is him playing over the guitar tracks
Yeah, its actually similiar in concept to whats explained here, just with the stereo split, one amp is seeing the chorus signal, the other is dry. So one amp is providing the low end, and the other is the filtered modulated tone!
It's very similar to Randy Rhoads and the diagrams for him. They always have the Wah at the beginning of the chain. If you listen to him play "I don't know" live at the end of the song he uses the wah and it sounds ridiculously bright with the toe down...extremely noticeable. When you see him use it live in pics and the small amount of videos, his pedalboard has the wah at the left side of the board and his volume pedal on the right side. The reason for this is because he used the Wah at the end of the chain. I personally tested it and yeah....that's how he had it wired up. Great tips in this video!
If my memory serves me, I believe that RR's pedals were modified by Bob Bradshaw.
@@MrJohnnyDistortion Bradshaw was Eddie Van Halen. Pete "pedalboard" Holmes was Rhoads.
@@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV
Hmm. Then something tells me that someone that was with Rocktron modified Randy's stomp boxes. It's been a while and I am probably mistaken.
Definitely fool around with what works best on your rig. I've never had an issue getting Zakk's No More Tears tone running Guitar -> Wah->SD-1 -> Analog Chorus -> High Input JCM800 Studio Classic. It's pretty much spot on. Only change I really want to make is getting an EV12 speaker but man, those are hugely expensive.
Think he didn’t use EV back then.
More like standard Celestion G12T something, but just like V30’s they did differ in frequency response compared to newer ones cause of material differences.
Good job on this video!
great video, i was hoping some Miracle Man demonstration! favorite zakk song
That's the best Zakk tone I've heard anyone make very nice! Can you do more tone replicating videos? I would love to k ow how to get Tony Iommis newer sound like what he did on 13 and what he did for The Devil You Know album very sick tone
Damn, great job that does sound a lot like his tone.
MAn you have cracked it that sounds dam good.
Running in stereo will get you there as well. And the phase 90 usually sounds better in front of the amp.
Love that signature heavy string vibrato 🤤👍