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Show Some Love →Estimated build cost: ~$46,119 (based on current listings)
Zakk Wylde joined Ozzy Osbourne in 1987 and built his sound on a 1981 Gibson Les Paul Custom — later nicknamed The Grail — loaded with EMG 81/85 actives, a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, and a pair of Marshall JCM800 2203 heads. An accidental bullseye paint job on that cream Custom became his trademark, and a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus split the signal in stereo to two 100-watt 2203s, often running 6550s, on No Rest for the Wicked and No More Tears.
Gibson issued the Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom in 1999 and Marshall the 2203ZW; those plus the MXR ZW-44 Overdrive and Dunlop ZW45 wah covered the 2000s Ozzy and Black Label Society years. He left both companies in 2015, launched Wylde Audio, and retired the Les Pauls. He now tours Pantera, BLS, and Zakk Sabbath with off-the-shelf Wylde Audio Warhammers and Odin Grails into stereo Wylde Audio Master 100 heads and 4x12s loaded with Electro-Voice EVM12L Black Label speakers.
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