ZAKK WYLDE Launches his own brand

[TheShreddinHand]

Huge inlays and weird curves everywhere... did Zakk design these by himself?

With a jumbo sized child's crayon.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

and this is a prime example of why you don't let artists design their own guitars.
gigantic inlays- check
pointy vestigial tails-check
pointy bottom horns because metal- check
Not quite as bad as the death fork that the guy from ministry has as a sig though:

or the uglier cousin, the fancy fork:

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Those things are fucking horrendous looking.

 

[bostjan]

"I want a guitar....with pointy legs and little pointy arms...heheh...and a big pointy dong!"

Sounds like a deleted scene from Spinal Tap.

At least the Ministry guitar looks like the letter M. M for Ministry, or M for monstrosity? Actually, I kind of like it. It's like a flying W.

 

[mnemonic]

He should have started with just amps first, much harder to ruin the aesthetics on an amp.

I think I see 4 power tubes through that grille, so I'm guessing it's a modded 2203, or maybe just a straight up clone.

It's certainly nothing new as far as controls go.

 

[purpledc]

I just think one of two things has happened. He either started drinking again when he sat down to start designing the guitars or he desperately NEEDS to start drinking again before putting pen to jerk off towel next time.

 

[BMO]

For me the aesthetics don't bother as much as the neck does. Everyone says baseball bat as a hyperbole for guitar necks that are thick but this thing is thicker than a Gibson! I got decent sized hands (glove size Large) and can play at the thickest a Gibson slowly and a Fender quickly. I picked up a Wylde Audio at Guitar Center a year ago, and after a few minutes put it right back.

 

[marcwormjim]

after seeing what other brands going trouhg with the CITES delays, it would be reasonable to think hes been affected by it too

It's the rosewood inlays on those necks.

 

[A-Branger]

It's the rosewood inlays on those necks.

yeh I dont know why he choose those, I much rather a clean board with no inlays, just leave the nice clean mother of pearl board with nothing on it, much better looking

 

[iamaom]

Not quite as bad as the death fork that the guy from ministry has as a sig though:

or the uglier cousin, the fancy fork:

If you swapped the colors around and advertised them as the good and bad guy's weapons in the next Final Fantasy-Guitar Hero cross over they'd sell pretty well at hot topic.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

If you swapped the colors around and advertised them as the good and bad guy's weapons in the next Final Fantasy-Guitar Hero cross over they'd sell pretty well at hot topic.

or if you sold the dean death fork as the ultima version of the black death fork, but only once they've collected all the rare components.