Zakk's new ugly guitar offering

[atomicpunk5151]

Even all the fanboys over at ZW.com & BLS.net hate this guitar.

Not sure what Zakk was thinking on this on. His last few guitars have been average or worse.

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But even the haters have to admit, the "Rebel" & the "Bullseye" LPs were good or at least kind of original.

[indeedido]

I dig the rebel

[jhale667]

But even the haters have to admit, the "Rebel" & the "Bullseye" LPs were good or at least kind of original.

Disagree.
The rebel fully sucked until Ozzy made Zakk deface it. Points for Ozzy on that. Apparently the first time Ozzy saw it, he was like "What is this, Lynrd Skynrd? Get rid of it!"

Then there's the whole "it's the symbol of racial intolerance" thing too....

The bullseye was done because his creme LP was a duplicate of Randy's...

[letsrock]

Maybe that guitar doubles up as a casket for a small puppy? Maybe he was thinking of Ozzy's dog that got eaten recently?

[atomicpunk5151]

Disagree.
The rebel fully sucked until Ozzy made Zakk deface it. Points for Ozzy on that. Apparently the first time Ozzy saw it, he was like "What is this, Lynrd Skynrd? Get rid of it!"
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Not quite the whole story. Really what happened was Zakk saw that Bret Michaels of Poison had one just like it. Then Zakk added the bottle caps, ect...

[Kristy]

Maybe that guitar doubles up as a casket for a small puppy?

Why? It's already doubled-up as a casket for his career.

[chefcraig]

Why? It's already doubled-up as a casket for his career.

[jhale667]

Not quite the whole story. Really what happened was Zakk saw that Bret Michaels of Poison had one just like it. Then Zakk added the bottle caps, ect...

Hmm...since the guy who told me that happened to be in the band at the time, I'm gonna go with what he said "really happened", but anyway...:tongue0011:
Regardless of if he got the idea from Brett...He allegedly (lol) added the bottlecaps after sanding off the majority of the finish at Ozzy's behest. Another classic line in this person's telling of it:


"Confederate flag? Aren't you from New Jersey?"

[atomicpunk5151]

Hmm...since the guy who told me that happened to be in the band at the time, I'm gonna go with what he said "really happened", but anyway...:tongue0011:
Regardless of if he got the idea from Brett...He allegedly (lol) added the bottlecaps after sanding off the majority of the finish at Ozzy's behest. Another classic line in this person's telling of it:


"Confederate flag? Aren't you from New Jersey?"

I am sure it is a little bit "all of the above". Your source Mike I or Randy C? He probably had a ton of great stories about those days.

That was just how Zakk tells the story in most interviews....

I am sure he got quite a bit of Shit from the guys and Ozzy.

He didn't get the bottlecap idea from Bret Michaels, Bret had the same flag painted on. You can see plenty of pics of Bret Michaels guitar, it is the same as the Rebel, just clean. No way Zakk could have went on stage with that.

Zakk went through quite a bit of a "Southern" phase during this time. Must have heard a lot of Skynyrd...lol...

His next band he put together in 93 was Lynyrd Skynhead. It was the precursor to Pride & Glory in 94. Sweet Home New Jersey...lol

couple pics of the Rebel as it was actually an evolution over quite a few years:
original http://www.blacklabelsociety.net/gear/rebel/rebel1.jpg

sanded just a little in 91 http://www.blacklabelsociety.net/gear/rebel/rebel7.jpg

added some caps later in the tour http://www.blacklabelsociety.net/gear/rebel/rebel8.gif

more caps

http://www.blacklabelsociety.net/gear/rebel/rebel2.jpg

later

http://www.blacklabelsociety.net/gear/rebel/rebel3.jpg

[Diamondjimi]

"Confederate flag? Aren't you from New Jersey?"

Ahahahaha, no shit. What a maroon....

[jhale667]

I've only met Zakk once, but he seemed pretty cool...it was during the "Book of Shadows" days and he did a solo acoustic set at the office.
Of course, my buddies and I were sitting up front, and he takes a look at us and goes "Guitar players, huh?" We all nodded in agreement, and he goes

"Shit. I knew I shoulda warmed up...."

[atomicpunk5151]

I've only met Zakk once, but he seemed pretty cool...it was during the "Book of Shadows" days and he did a solo acoustic set at the office.
Of course, my buddies and I were sitting up front, and he takes a look at us and goes "Guitar players, huh?" We all nodded in agreement, and he goes

"Shit. I knew I shoulda warmed up...."

Good stuff.

That is pretty funny. I saw him a few times during the P&G and Book of Shadows tours during 94 & 97. Actually Book of Shadows is probably his best work. My wife still listens to that cd at least once a week over 10 years later.

He did an free acoustic show here in Sac a few years back at the Hard Rock. Less then 100 people. That was Zakk at his best. It got even better when he bought the whole bar 2 rounds of drinks. When he is not trying to live up to the whole "Biker/Viking/badass" image he is very cool.

[indeedido]

I like Pride and Glory. I'd like to hear him do more of that style. He's a good chicken picker

[Sucker of Satan's Penis]

It was reported to me what offenses he did to his camel's toe, I didn't know he picked his chickens..?

[Isaac R.]

Knew I'd seen that design somewhere.