To get Zakk Wylde's guitar tone do this simple trick

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😂

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nice 🤘😁🤘 Zakk's tone on the "No more tears" album is my absolute favorite !

Awesome playing and tone brother! Thank you.😊

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.

Really great Zakk soloing. Good feeling and timing.

This took me years to figure out. Wish I had this video 20 years ago! ❤❤❤

My personal favorite Zakk tone is "No Rest For The Wicked". MASSIVE!!

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.

The man found the holy grail! 🥲 Thank you, been looking for this for 13 years..

Incredible playing, thanks for sharing! 🤟

time based effects into the effects loop? Wow you're a genius!

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!!

Finally its figured out for us.Thanks bro

you cracked that sound, and what a sound it is. excellent!