Zakk Wylde Says Who the Best Guitarist is and the Two Schools of Guitar Soloing

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05/10/21 • 51 min

Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the almighty Zakk Wylde.
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0:00 - Introduction
3:00 - Who is the best guitarist?
5:31 - Zakk’s supervillain alter-ego
7:35 - Burning Questions
14:45 - How Zakk developed his guitar tone
22:00 - Name Those Notes
22:45 - The sacred history of the No More Tears guitar solo
24:10 - The two schools of guitar soloing
26:55 - Zakk’s approach to the recording studio
32:28 - Zakk’s use of music theory
38:25 - The future of Wylde Audio
44:50 - The feeling of playing live music
48:58 - Zakk’s supervillain advice
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0:00 - Introduction

4:40 - Vocal melodies on guitar

7:55 - Paul Gilbert’s supervillain alter-ego

13:20 - Burning Questions

14:50 - Paul’s DIY Ibanez Roadstar RS-525

21:54 - Name Those Notes

23:17 - The history of Technical Difficulties by Racer X

27:55 - The “Paul Gilbert Lick”

38:44 - When Paul finally ‘got’ Hendrix

41:10 - Paul’s guitar tone evolution

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1:07:44 - Paul’s online guitar school

1:11:45 - Paul’s supervillain advice (rant)

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0:00 - Introduction
3:15 - Collecting lanyards is an addiction
4:20 - Mark’s guitar villain alter-ego
8:27 - Burning Questions
10:30 - Name Those Notes
11:43 - Gospel moves on guitar
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33:15 - Tonewood is real
35:30 - The strangest tour moment of Mark’s life
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41:30 - Mark raises monarch butterflies
44:32 - The hardest and easiest thing about guitar
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