Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and frontman of Black Label Society, is a faithful Gibson user and has a range of distinctive signature models.
Gibson Zakk Wylde Les Paul
Gibson ZV Custom
This is Zakk’s other signature model, with a body resembling a Flying V bottom half and an SG top half.
Even new the “Zakk-V†is hard to find, and with a price exceeding $5000. However, for about 1/5 of that price there is an Epiphone version, which is much easier to get hold of.
Specs for the Gibson version are similar to those of the Les Pauls in Wylde’s range.
Gibson Inspired By Zakk Wylde Flying V
This is the third, ultra rare model in Zakk’s signature range.
It is a 1958-style Flying V, with Zakk’s favoured bulls-eye graphic and EMG pickups, as well as a Floyd Rose tremolo.
Prices are about the same as the Gibson ZV.
NB:
All the Zakk Wylde Les Pauls and the ZV Custom are available as Epiphone models, with similar specifications to the Gibson models, the fundamental difference being the Epiphone models’ passive EMG-HZ pickups, as opposed to Zakk’s EMG 81/85 active pickups. The prices are around £600 for the Epiphone models.
