How does Zakk get such a heavy sound?
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HarrisonDavid
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Re: How does Zakk get such a heavy sound?
Oops forgot that one...ha ha ha..Thats pretty much why I can nail the tone other than the Flex 3.....uh now I just got to solo like Zakk. :smack:
Oops forgot that one...ha ha ha..Thats pretty much why I can nail the tone other than the Flex 3.....uh now I just got to solo like Zakk. :smack:
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HeadBanginologist
Re: How does Zakk get such a heavy sound?
less gain, and a nice amount of mids and bass
witha les paul, tuned to Eb, and then a ton of beer
less gain, and a nice amount of mids and bass
witha les paul, tuned to Eb, and then a ton of beer
Dankerella
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Re: How does Zakk get such a heavy sound?
I wouldn't doubt if his Marshall isn't modified - has any big player not used a modified Marshall? Even if it wasn't, The EMGs have mega output. His overdrive pedal is similar to a Boss Distortion, which actually does kick out a lot of gain IMO. After that it's just hard pickin and palm mutes. Don't trust anything on a record though - engineers can do so many things in the studio: double tracks, re-amp, add effects, use different amps than what they say they endorse, etc.
I wouldn't doubt if his Marshall isn't modified - has any big player not used a modified Marshall? Even if it wasn't, The EMGs have mega output. His overdrive pedal is similar to a Boss Distortion, which actually does kick out a lot of gain IMO. After that it's just hard pickin and palm mutes. Don't trust anything on a record though - engineers can do so many things in the studio: double tracks, re-amp, add effects, use different amps than what they say they endorse, etc.
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Forbes
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Re: How does Zakk get such a heavy sound?
Heh, never thought i'd see people GAS'in for ibanez pickups on the duncan forum! :laugh2:
nuntius said:
Heh, never thought i'd see people GAS'in for ibanez pickups on the duncan forum! :laugh2:
Rich_S
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Re: How does Zakk get such a heavy sound?
Yeah - I think a lot of his tone is preamp distortion rather than power stage. The 6550's have a lot of headroom and low end oomph... they don't compress the sound much. Similarly, the EVM12L speaker's won't break up much. If he's running two 4x12's on each head, then it's a 100 watt head driving 1600 watts worth of speakers - they're going to stay clean, too.
With this loud, clean output section, these amps are kinda halfway into SS Randall territory: make your distortion up front, then make it louder!
bryvincent said:
Yeah - I think a lot of his tone is preamp distortion rather than power stage. The 6550's have a lot of headroom and low end oomph... they don't compress the sound much. Similarly, the EVM12L speaker's won't break up much. If he's running two 4x12's on each head, then it's a 100 watt head driving 1600 watts worth of speakers - they're going to stay clean, too.
With this loud, clean output section, these amps are kinda halfway into SS Randall territory: make your distortion up front, then make it louder!
