Gibson Les Paul Zakk Wylde CAMO Signature Guitar

The Zakk Wylde Signature Les Paul is one of the most popular signature guitars from Gibson. The original features a stunning black on antique white bulleye trademark paint job and a raw oiled maple neck. The Zakk Wylde CAMO is an alteration of that 80’s Les Paul using a black on camouflage for the bullseye.

The body is a 1 piece mahogany back under a carved maple top decorated with gold hardware. For sound it sports the signature EMG ZW (81 neck/85 bridge) active pickups for playing those heavy screaming Black Label Society riffs. I have the ZW set in my Les Paul and I couldn’t imagine another pickup for playing metal. Active is the way to go if you ask me. The sound of the overdrive is unmatched and the sustain is infinite.

The fingerboard is where this guitar differs from Zakk’s original Bullseye. This guitar has a 22 fret unfinished maple fingerboard with pearl inlays. The unfinished neck and fretboard is a little much for me. Personally I’m a heavy finish kind of guy. It could be something that takes getting used to, but at first it just didn’t feel natural. Just like every other Les Paul the guitar includes two volume knobs and two tone knobs. It also has the standard 3-way pickup selector switch.

Feature Summary

• Carved maple top/Solid mahogany back
• Multi-ply white/black binding on top and back
• Gold Hardware
• Nashville TOM bridge/Stopbar tailpiece
• Unfinished 3-piece maple neck
• 22 fret maple fingerboard with a rounded profile
• Pearl inlays
• Metal tulip tuners
• EMG ZW Signature pickups (EMG-81/EMG-85)
• 0.10 gauge strings

If you want to sound like Zakk Wylde, there is no better way than with a Zakk Wylde Signature Les Paul, a Marshall amp, an MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Pedal, and a Dunlop ZW-45 Zakk Wylde Signature Wah. Now, if you can’t buy all of that, the Les Paul is a great start.

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Posted Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 at 6:00 am under Guitar Reviews.

tagged EMG, gibson, guitar, review, signature series and Zakk Wylde

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