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Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New
Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter, who is best known for his
roles as a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of the heavy metal band
Black Label Society. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride &
Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a
solo artist he released Book of Shadows in 1996.
He is known for his use of Gibson Les Paul Custom model guitars with a
"bulls-eye" graphic on them, a design he used to deliberately differentiate
himself visually from Randy Rhoads - who was also frequently identified by
his white Les Paul Custom. Interestingly, one of Wylde's favorite stage
guitars of late is a replica of Rhoads' Flying V. The "bulls-eye" paint job
was originally supposed to look like the spiral from the movie Vertigo, but
when it came back incorrect from the luthier, he liked the result and stuck
with it.
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Wylde's signature Les Pauls include a red flame-maple bulls-eye model, a
black and antique-white bulls-eye model, an orange "buzz-saw" model, the
pattern on which was inspired by a design on a Zippo lighter, and a "camo"
bulls-eye model with mother of pearl neck inlays and a green camouflage
paint scheme. His original bulls-eye Les Paul was purchased from one of the
owners of Metaltronics Amplification. Metaltronics was building a one-off
live rig for Wylde that was designed around one of the owner's guitars, a
creamy white Les Paul Custom with EMG pickups, which would later become
known as "The Grail".
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