I played a couple of gigs with Zak in Japan in 1999. His rig was really simple.
He had his Bullseye Les Paul with EMG’s. His home made pedalboard which was a piece of wood with a Wah, Rotovibe (the red wah looking one) a Boss SD1 and a Boss Super chorus pedal.
The rest of us were using rental backline and I assume Zak was too unless he keeps an Ozzy rig out there. I am positive it was just rental gear though. It was just a JCM800 2203 head and Marshall 1960b cab. The second show was a charity gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in Tokyo. He just used the same pedalboard and a little JCM800 combo for that. Sounded just the same.
In rehearsals, he spent two seconds setting it up and it was just his sound straight away.
L-R Tom Keifer, me, Zak and Paul Gilbert. Not great being a short arse with these lot. ?
Thanks to both of you. You were of great help! With these information, I can set up something nice. Appreciated!
The way he sets his Boss SD1 , you can’t take the hands off the guitar without it feeding back. It’s a very gainy sound that will feedback once you stop playing unless you turn the pickup off with its volume control or the toggle switch.
When you are setting up the sound, experiment with the SD1 settings. The SD1 is a big part of the high gain sound.
Vinny Burns da man! Must have been a blast!
Vinny Burns da man! Must have been a blast!
Thanks. Yes, it was a great time.
I played a couple of gigs with Zak in Japan in 1999. His rig was really simple.
He had his Bullseye Les Paul with EMG’s. His home made pedalboard which was a piece of wood with a Wah, Rotovibe (the red wah looking one) a Boss SD1 and a Boss Super chorus pedal.
The rest of us were using rental backline and I assume Zak was too unless he keeps an Ozzy rig out there. I am positive it was just rental gear though. It was just a JCM800 2203 head and Marshall 1960b cab. The second show was a charity gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in Tokyo. He just used the same pedalboard and a little JCM800 combo for that. Sounded just the same.
In rehearsals, he spent two seconds setting it up and it was just his sound straight away.
L-R Tom Keifer, me, Zak and Paul Gilbert. Not great being a short arse with these lot. ?
What a picture - good job man.
What a picture - good job man.
Thank you.
Vinny, the picture itself (which is great anyway) would fit into a guitar commercial as well.
Haha. I think that photo was for a Japanese guitar magazine.
