Ok, I know Zakk Wylde uses a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive Pedal in his pedalboard. My question is this...does he use it as his main distortion or does he use the Marshall JCM800's distortion + the SD-1 as a "lead boost"? I just got one for an x-mas gift and I'm not even coming close to his distorted tone. Where's that Zakk Wylde gain coming from? Any help is appreciated.
Zakk Wylde tone, well, first, big les paul, then, big marshall stack, then, about 9000 decibles!!! LOL.
Seriously though, I can get kind of close, but not exact. If you listen to my track Vai-lence on my website, you can hear that Zakkish tone, but that is a whole monster rack of stuff that my sound comes from. The SD-1, I would think he uses more as a boost than his overall tone, but that's just a guess as I haven't heard a SD1 that I thought was really thick.
Good luck on searching the tone dude!
i love zakk's tone on the "no more tears" album, but i have a video of him live (professionally shot) and his tone sucks sooooo much -- so i attribute the good in his tone to studio magic. . . . as is so true with many a great guitar tone
--shawn
i just read an article and an interview with him and his tech...he uses the preamp
distortion on his marshall...(which doesn't use el34's like most), he sets the channel
at 10, the master volume at 4 to 6. the super overdrive pedal is on 80 percent of the
time he says...i think his live tone is ok...not spectacular. Its very thick and sounds
more like overdrive from hell rather than harsh trebly distortion...i prefer the overdrive sound
personally...
peace,
chris
Im not too sure, but ill tell ya the main way to get Zakk Wyldes alive tone. EMG pickups......are those what you use revsharp? Thats all Wyldes ever used in his les pauls...
The SD-1's a great little pedal when it's used to push a tube amp. That's mainly the reason why people buy these. A pedal on it's own doth not an amp make.
The SD-1 does sound like poo if its being used as a main device, but as said previously it is superb at pushing an overdriven TUBE amp over the edge.
Work a treat on Boogie DC-5 but prefer my DOD250 on my Marshall 1987XW.
Andy
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