Troy Grady has video on this. In short, it's the fact that because he hits his notes so heavily, his guitar+amp act as one big compressor and it simply overpowers any string noise. The signal created in the pickups by his playing is much stronger than any latent noise under it and the guitar acts as a natural filter. In even shorter words, he's incredibly good.
he beats the crap out of his strings, doesn't even mute with his picking hand and it actually sounds crispy and clean, theres so much stuff i will never know about guitar fml
When he goes and hits the strings up top, watch how he quickly rocks the palm of his picking hand across the top to quickly mute the strum. I have been studying his technique lately, and it's crazy to watch how he'll hit ALL the strings, Low E - G string, just to hit a note ON the G string. It has to be the "secret" sauce to Zakk's sound and some of his melodic nuances that few copy when trying to "replicate" his stuff. Personally, I don't hit all the strings in that fashion, but it's more of a fear of incorrectly muting and "lack of control" to ensure the other strings don't ring out. But I saw a lesson the other day that demonstrated a practice exercise similar to this, to gain control of your playing while muting. It basically alternated between muting a note while trem picking, and then every 4th beat striking it unmuted, and immediately back to muting without losing a beat. Do this while gradually increasing speed with your metronome or whatever you use as a time keeper, until you can do it in your sleep. Similar concept to this. Zakk does it with such control and speed it seems that he can play all this without muting with his picking hand, but he mixes fretting hand muting and picking hand with the speed of Vikings! lol
At first I thought someone covering the song. I was damn he really loves Zakk, even wears the same rings as him and everything. Then I realized it was Zakk.
Same. When he started beating the shit outta the strings while still being so precise though I realized it had to be him. Never seen anyone else solo so aggressively with such precision.
I've always liked Zakk's approach to picking. I find myself often trying to just pick the one string I want, but one of the best things you can learn as a guitarist is how to mute the strings you don't want speaking. Zakk does this quite accurately with his playing.
The way he grips his pick because of that damn thumbnail drives me nuts. I've tried to grow a long nail like that for fingerpicking but it totally screws up the way I hold a pick.
Still my favorite guitar solo of all time, thanks Zakk for unleashing this on the world, this album and pride and glory was the sound track to my high school years. Hendrix made me actually listen to to the music, Iomi made me listen to metal, Zakk made me actually go out, buy a used guitar and give it a try, Dime tought me to stop trying and start practicing with a purpose.
@@christianshadrick1150 Yea it does, guys who get all upset over misspelled words bitch about it, and then I go back and fix it later. My handwriting and math skills suck too. You can bitch about that as well. I just want you feel better about yourself as much as you can.
IMO, greatest Heavy medal guitar solo ever recorded, every note means something, it's simple but complex, it has space and texture, I just sounds like a guitar solo should, not too little or too much, it's just perfect. That's just a humble opinion from a person who loves every kind of music, from Amadeus Mozart to ZZ Top.
Brother, you nailed it. You even mentioned Mozart when describing the range of your musical tastes. I listen to everything too and am a musician myself. I've had moments listening to Mozart where I suddenly just comprehended exactly what he was driving for and had that mind=blown moment where I understood that he really was a genius. There are many faster guitar solos, many other solos that do many other things. But this is for sure the most perfectly composed guitar solo in my opinion too. There's so much nuance and style in the solo. The blues-inspired funky part in the middle is exactly like you said: simple but complex. So many little subtleties with the string bends and cadence and really a nice throw to the bluesy style, used innovatively in a heavy metal context. It's so groovy. The beginning has great powerful notes that he holds and feels. The final run comes in at the perfect moment, paces perfect and drives to the end with such force, without having to be overwhelmingly complicated. The phrasing of everything is perfect. He's singing with his guitar, not just playing notes.
You can tell Zak is used to playing this live at a faster tempo. It took him a few moments to settle down to the slower recorded tempo and get in the pocket. He is an amazing talent and he caught it so quickly.
For anyone doubting thats zakk..look at the fingernail on his thumb im sure there are others out there that use their fingernail as a pick but no one like zakk this is definatly him
@@warpath6666 it's at least partly a glue on nail, not his real nail, they make them special for guitarists, otherwise his nail would break after about 10 seconds of playing like this.
the fast licks at the end zakk said that was his way of paying his respects to Randy because it sounds like something Randy would of done, read that in an interview years ago. I think zakks best solo or intro is the solo to road to nowhere.. that imo is one of his best...
First of all that vibrato...and then 35 seconds in and for a couple seconds. That raunchy, double note, down picked, palm muted spot.. Still one of my favorite sections in a solo and When he half step bends both notes with his ring finger fast and with a wide vibrato. Puuuuuure gold.
one of the best metal solos ever imo, at least from that era..I've been playing forever and still can't comprehend the techniques on the last few phrases of this lick
I am 44. There are 3 rock guitar players who really left a print in my life: Marty Friedman, Brian May and you Zakk... I can hear only a few notes and I will recognize you immediately. And this is really difficult. This is the highest pride a guitar player can pretend... and you reached it. One of my favourite solo is the one you played on "helpless" (dweezil Zappa): pure nerve! Thanks again! Please, take care!
I love those solos,freaking randy rhoads was a genius at these so much feeling in them, thank God I was given Ozzy CD by mistake and one of the songs on there was no more tears, freaking changes my view on music I didn't really care for it too much before this after that CD it drove me to beg my parents for guitar for my birthday, which they weren't to keen on since they had sent me to classes at a church when I was younger and didn't care for it, this is because the music being played wasn't expressing what I felt, Ive been angry and depressed for good part of my life, picking up a guitar was one of two things either a distraction that kept me from a regular career because it took up all of my attention and time through out my mid teeens upto my mid 20's and I'm not a professional musician or aspired to be, or it a blessing that kept me out of jail cause I grew up in a shit neighborhood and I was prone explosions of rage which I couldn't control I always felt like crap after loosing myself in a rage, playing guitar settled me enough to catch myself before being set off my patience has grown in magnitudes since those days, and the feeling of relaxation and fulfillment(it's as close as I can describe the feeling) I feel after playing for hours I just get no where else and I don't even mean playing for anyone just playing for me.
Jesus he really plays hard. It’s almost like he’s forgot he’s playing through speakers and the sound directly from the les Paul is what is supposed to be heard.
DHickeyFit lol!! I also didn't realize it was Zakk at first and I was watching and I thought to myself "wow this guy's hands are just like Zakk". There's something about his fingers that lets him hold them all so close to the fretboard. I wonder if that's from playing so much, or was he born with ideal fingers for guitar playing?
Man he is the last 1 Left what ever you do please protect zakk and let him stay in good health. You miss people till there gone and this man means the world to me and I don’t even know him but I’ve seen him live 10+ times and still gives me goose bumps. Just protect this man every1 and any1 🙌🙌✌️
I thought that was Zakk it looked like his beard and I have to laugh at the people saying "not as good as Ozzy's guitar player" that is Ozzy's guitar player you botards lol
Zakk wylde is one of the most underrated pickers of all time. Aggressive when he needs to be, and look how smooth and efficient his right hand works on the last speed run.
all the years i've been watching zakk play like a savage i never seen him break a string. My strings would be popping off left and right if i tried to play like that haha.
One of my all time favs and also the original music video. This cut right through a bunch of the hair metal going on at the same time. Shredding and blistering speed is nice but those bends and bluesy phrasing oozes SOUL!
love how aggressively he plays.
Yes. Live, there is nothing like it. I have seen many greats and he was the most explosive and exciting guitarist I've ever seen. Ever.
There is a point where you gotta draw the line though lol don't you think
Yet clean
For real. You could hear the picking more than anything else lol
@@igotskunkyfunky nope
How tf does Zakk manage to sound so clean while he just aggressively beats the strings like that? Wow
Troy Grady has video on this. In short, it's the fact that because he hits his notes so heavily, his guitar+amp act as one big compressor and it simply overpowers any string noise. The signal created in the pickups by his playing is much stronger than any latent noise under it and the guitar acts as a natural filter. In even shorter words, he's incredibly good.
@@ianspeckmaier9565 Marty Friedman is another great example of that style of playing.
Friedman is better than Zak in my appinion but Zak is good too love them both
@@gibsonexplorer8777 probably Zakk is a better speller then most.
@@ldenorio probably better than me haha
His vibrato is so so so good..
Zakk & Angus my fav vibratos, both totally different.
@@djrmonix Dimebag Darrell...
@@djrmonix fr. angus and zakk, dimebag. all their vibratos are so different yet i love all of them
@@DonBarzini86yes how could i forget dimebags!
Gary Moore!
When I'm outside my guitar sits down alone in front of my computer and looks at this video.
😄
That pick sweeping at the end was flawless.
This is the part that always gets me in this particular performance. Sounds magical.
There’s no pick
he beats the crap out of his strings, doesn't even mute with his picking hand and it actually sounds crispy and clean, theres so much stuff i will never know about guitar fml
His guitar is unplugged, he's playing along to the track perfectly.
Ikr niga
Mute with the fretting hand
When he goes and hits the strings up top, watch how he quickly rocks the palm of his picking hand across the top to quickly mute the strum. I have been studying his technique lately, and it's crazy to watch how he'll hit ALL the strings, Low E - G string, just to hit a note ON the G string. It has to be the "secret" sauce to Zakk's sound and some of his melodic nuances that few copy when trying to "replicate" his stuff. Personally, I don't hit all the strings in that fashion, but it's more of a fear of incorrectly muting and "lack of control" to ensure the other strings don't ring out. But I saw a lesson the other day that demonstrated a practice exercise similar to this, to gain control of your playing while muting. It basically alternated between muting a note while trem picking, and then every 4th beat striking it unmuted, and immediately back to muting without losing a beat. Do this while gradually increasing speed with your metronome or whatever you use as a time keeper, until you can do it in your sleep. Similar concept to this. Zakk does it with such control and speed it seems that he can play all this without muting with his picking hand, but he mixes fretting hand muting and picking hand with the speed of Vikings! lol
he's using a combination of left and right hand muting on the down low :)
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time
dude hits them strings harder than my mom hits me
Or your uncle 1313
This dude is Zakk. Any more comments? :) Open you eyes and watch closely!
Word
@@dimkent6659 You tell'em, captain!
He probably uses 20 gauge strings or something in that range
At first I thought someone covering the song. I was damn he really loves Zakk, even wears the same rings as him and everything. Then I realized it was Zakk.
Same for me
"damn he really loves Zakk" well u got that right
And your name is Ozzfest? I would change that 😂
Same. When he started beating the shit outta the strings while still being so precise though I realized it had to be him. Never seen anyone else solo so aggressively with such precision.
No matter how many times I hear that solo, it still sends chills down my spine. Flippin Awesome!!!!!
Me too, Lana - it's frickin' timeless !
For sure my favorite of all time.
@@coltonpugh9669 The sole reason why I even play guitar. Thank you, Zakk!
In my top 5 solos... evar!
Totally agree. The lead up with the clean bends then just exploded into controlled chaos. Unreal
not a bad cover! this guy is gonna go far in life, whoever he is. hopefully soon he can get a better recording setup
HoshiHearts RetroGaming it's zakk Wylde playing 😝
MrOliverpt lmao i know
MrOliverpt Sarcasm-
noun
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
HAHA
MrOliverpt oh gosh like he didn't know lol
I've always liked Zakk's approach to picking. I find myself often trying to just pick the one string I want, but one of the best things you can learn as a guitarist is how to mute the strings you don't want speaking. Zakk does this quite accurately with his playing.
The way he grips his pick because of that damn thumbnail drives me nuts. I've tried to grow a long nail like that for fingerpicking but it totally screws up the way I hold a pick.
Still my favorite guitar solo of all time, thanks Zakk for unleashing this on the world, this album and pride and glory was the sound track to my high school years.
Hendrix made me actually listen to to the music, Iomi made me listen to metal, Zakk made me actually go out, buy a used guitar and give it a try, Dime tought me to stop trying and start practicing with a purpose.
His Goddamn name is spelled Zakk NOT Zack!!!!!
@@christianshadrick1150 Yo dude, its fixed, spell check changed it, you noticed it, I edited it. The whole world is better now. 🤘
@@jasonrackawack9369 youtube doesn't have spell check
@@christianshadrick1150 Yea it does, guys who get all upset over misspelled words bitch about it, and then I go back and fix it later. My handwriting and math skills suck too. You can bitch about that as well. I just want you feel better about yourself as much as you can.
beautiful. "taught me to stop trying and start practicing with a purpose".
Here it is, the solo that truly transformed the way I play, All Haill Zakk!
I remember the first time I heard this solo.
Don’t worry guys, that guitar is 18.
🤣🤣👍
Cuz I haven't heard that joke a billion times before
@@Harley_Gazzard agreed
kuch naya leke aa makelode !! saala copy paste ka aulad !!!
Wylde Audio was created in 2014...😂
That sweeping part is PERFECT
it actually circle picking,but its kinda the same so yeah :D
ivan ivanov three string sweeping
What sweep, the ending lick was on two strings
Ancient Mariner 0:55
Sashin Gopaul yeah it's on two strings. it's easier up picking them, Since the first string he's using legato causing that smooth effect.
IMO, greatest Heavy medal guitar solo ever recorded, every note means something, it's simple but complex, it has space and texture, I just sounds like a guitar solo should, not too little or too much, it's just perfect. That's just a humble opinion from a person who loves every kind of music, from Amadeus Mozart to ZZ Top.
Brother, you nailed it. You even mentioned Mozart when describing the range of your musical tastes. I listen to everything too and am a musician myself. I've had moments listening to Mozart where I suddenly just comprehended exactly what he was driving for and had that mind=blown moment where I understood that he really was a genius. There are many faster guitar solos, many other solos that do many other things. But this is for sure the most perfectly composed guitar solo in my opinion too. There's so much nuance and style in the solo. The blues-inspired funky part in the middle is exactly like you said: simple but complex. So many little subtleties with the string bends and cadence and really a nice throw to the bluesy style, used innovatively in a heavy metal context. It's so groovy. The beginning has great powerful notes that he holds and feels. The final run comes in at the perfect moment, paces perfect and drives to the end with such force, without having to be overwhelmingly complicated. The phrasing of everything is perfect. He's singing with his guitar, not just playing notes.
True story.
This is not even Zakk's best solo. Farewell Ballad blows it out of the water.
@@RafaelCDet lol no
genuinely one of the greatest solos ever. I'd put it up against anything.
You can tell Zak is used to playing this live at a faster tempo. It took him a few moments to settle down to the slower recorded tempo and get in the pocket. He is an amazing talent and he caught it so quickly.
This is one of the best things I've ever seen in my damn life.
For anyone doubting thats zakk..look at the fingernail on his thumb im sure there are others out there that use their fingernail as a pick but no one like zakk this is definatly him
The beard is the real giveaway...
Who's doubting its really Zakk?
The fucking guy can probably open up beer bottles with that thumbnail 😄😄😄😄
@@warpath6666 it's at least partly a glue on nail, not his real nail, they make them special for guitarists, otherwise his nail would break after about 10 seconds of playing like this.
This man is one of a kind & an all life fav of mine. Absolute agression whith melodic simple but unique bends.
This has always been my favorite guitar solo. I had “no more tears” on cd when I was 9yo... used to replay the solo over and over again.
the fast licks at the end zakk said that was his way of paying his respects to Randy because it sounds like something Randy would of done, read that in an interview years ago. I think zakks best solo or intro is the solo to road to nowhere.. that imo is one of his best...
First of all that vibrato...and then 35 seconds in and for a couple seconds. That raunchy, double note, down picked, palm muted spot.. Still one of my favorite sections in a solo and When he half step bends both notes with his ring finger fast and with a wide vibrato. Puuuuuure gold.
This solo still brings me chills! Top-10 heavy metal solo of all times to me. Thanks Zack!
That pick attack though
though what? Complete your thought.
It's a literal fucking attack too. Got dayum, Zakk! 😆
Those guitar strings just got the shit kick out of them.Its very cool of you Zakk to give back like this.
Wow, the audio delay and hearing the strings really took the magic out of this piece for me. Sick axe.
Zakk Wylde, a man that has no fear to the broken strings.
Omg i love the pure sound of a guitar,hearing that unplugged guitar sound makes those note scream, so nasty
one of the best metal solos ever imo, at least from that era..I've been playing forever and still can't comprehend the techniques on the last few phrases of this lick
42-43sec.?
He’s so damn aggressive it makes his strings looks like dental floss my lord what a legend god bless you mr wylde
His string(s?) gauge is fucking huge too. Dude plays 10-60's or some shit. He's nuts.
first time I heard this I was just amazed. Beautiful and melodic, but yet I'd never heard anyone play so aggressively. Best solo of all time for me.
Such tasteful playing. One of the greatest solos ever written. Zakk great chops!
Zakk is the Assassin of Oz. We are not worthy our Master of Shred.
Write stuff like that again ! You have it in your fingers !
I am 44. There are 3 rock guitar players who really left a print in my life: Marty Friedman, Brian May and you Zakk... I can hear only a few notes and I will recognize you immediately. And this is really difficult. This is the highest pride a guitar player can pretend... and you reached it. One of my favourite solo is the one you played on "helpless" (dweezil Zappa): pure nerve! Thanks again! Please, take care!
I love those solos,freaking randy rhoads was a genius at these so much feeling in them, thank God I was given Ozzy CD by mistake and one of the songs on there was no more tears, freaking changes my view on music I didn't really care for it too much before this after that CD it drove me to beg my parents for guitar for my birthday, which they weren't to keen on since they had sent me to classes at a church when I was younger and didn't care for it, this is because the music being played wasn't expressing what I felt, Ive been angry and depressed for good part of my life, picking up a guitar was one of two things either a distraction that kept me from a regular career because it took up all of my attention and time through out my mid teeens upto my mid 20's and I'm not a professional musician or aspired to be, or it a blessing that kept me out of jail cause I grew up in a shit neighborhood and I was prone explosions of rage which I couldn't control I always felt like crap after loosing myself in a rage, playing guitar settled me enough to catch myself before being set off my patience has grown in magnitudes since those days, and the feeling of relaxation and fulfillment(it's as close as I can describe the feeling) I feel after playing for hours I just get no where else and I don't even mean playing for anyone just playing for me.
Zakk Wylde wrote this solo.
One of the best solos of all time fuck yeah Zakk!!
He is gonna Kill that guitar
it's all about holding and moving the cord fingers tight and clean and strumming is just................ well ......... that's awesome..
Jesus he really plays hard. It’s almost like he’s forgot he’s playing through speakers and the sound directly from the les Paul is what is supposed to be heard.
He isn’t actually playing here, is picking an unplugged guitar to the original track version playing in the background
Absolute greatest solo ever
dude you nailed it
I hope so, he wrote the solo
DHickeyFit lol!! I also didn't realize it was Zakk at first and I was watching and I thought to myself "wow this guy's hands are just like Zakk". There's something about his fingers that lets him hold them all so close to the fretboard. I wonder if that's from playing so much, or was he born with ideal fingers for guitar playing?
He obviously will😂😂😂😂
Man he is the last 1
Left what ever you do please protect zakk and let him stay in good health. You miss people till there gone and this man means the world to me and I don’t even know him but I’ve seen him live 10+ times and still gives me goose bumps. Just protect this man every1 and any1 🙌🙌✌️
Be careful with that picking. You might impale someone.
Classic. Beautiful. Solo.
Good to see he has to play low volume for the wife and kids just like us.
Haha exactly what I thought
Yep that’s it. Showing the love from Mississippi
Did those strings do something to him to make him mad at them?
The picking accuracy of a legend.
Randy Roads, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde the best there ever was .
Seriously top 10 best solos of all time, of any genre.
I dont think alot of people here know it's actually Zakk playing in the clip. 🤔
facts
Only an idiot would doubt it's really Zakk.
Why would you think that? It's positivly Zakk, even my grandma knows that. 😂
its hard to find someone plaingy this music with the right intensity like this guy
guys that is zakk himself thats no random guy
SuperNova Gaming beard color doesn't seem right.
chefmastershake go on zakk‘s instagram you will find thousands of these vids
SuperNova Gaming fair enough.
You would think zakk would have a better recording setup
I thought that was Zakk it looked like his beard and I have to laugh at the people saying "not as good as Ozzy's guitar player" that is Ozzy's guitar player you botards lol
I listen zakk playing no more tears in 2018, when ozzy came to chile, and it still the best night of my life
Long live rock n roll!!
Best guitar solo ever recorded in my book. Hands down
Haha whoa came across an old comment I can’t remember writing. This solo still gives me a boner in my heart
Zakk wylde is one of the most underrated pickers of all time. Aggressive when he needs to be, and look how smooth and efficient his right hand works on the last speed run.
Someone call that guitar a cab home, she's done....
That’s gotta be one of the best vibratos in the business.
I shred this solo daily my top 5 best solos of all time
One of the most awesome solos ever from an epic song..
Hes damn near moving that bottom E to the top E.
I'm glad I can hear the strings as a guitar player
Question: Why the long thumbnail? for double picking chords? thanks... God Bless Zakk and his band and all his Fans.
Very few artists remember every part that they play on the songs and Zakk Wylde is one of them
Next to Dime Zak has the best vibrato in all of rock and metal (date I say better?).
Zakk has a more distinctive vibrato, I prefer it to Dime's.
Zakk blows away Dime any day.
Очень сложно описать словами насколько круто было это сыграно. Определенно, это была лучшая минута моей жизни. Всем добра)
Damn those strings got bruised up
he literally squeezes every last drop of life out of those strings
If you can't hear yer pick a' slappin', you ain't pickin' hard enuf, boy!
That, boys and girls, is what you call 'attack'. The dude is a straight up beast.
sir, you forgot to connect the guitar ...
It is connected, just hard to hear because he has the song playing too loud lol.
LMFAO!
Carl Johnson lool
Fuze2300 but I can hear his pick hitting the plastic lmao. Nah bro
@@DiscipleOfChrist00 wooosh
BEST SOLO EVER!!
This is no zack..its wack!!!
His Goddamn name is spelled Zakk NOT Zack!!!!
The man the myth the legend Zakk Wylde one of the greatest guitarist ever!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️🎸
Zakk Wylde is an A+ guitarist but Zakk Wylde trying to cover Zakk Wylde 🤔🤔.... B- due to lack of originality 🤯
all the years i've been watching zakk play like a savage i never seen him break a string. My strings would be popping off left and right if i tried to play like that haha.
No where near as good as Ozzys guitarist but not bad young man. You probably won't go far in music but keep on playing!
Andrew Jatib wait what...... Bahahahaha 😂 you can't be serious......really ? that's THE ZAKK WYLDE playing he's already gone far in life
@@aschule5684 That's the joke...
@@aschule5684 r/woooosh
@bullsi20 if you can't detect sarcasm in the OG comment you need help
@bullsi20 What? My woooosh still stands. The joke flew over his head.
One of my all time favs and also the original music video. This cut right through a bunch of the hair metal going on at the same time. Shredding and blistering speed is nice but those bends and bluesy phrasing oozes SOUL!
Really should practice your instrument more before uploading to youtube
this shit literally on his official instagram
GamerGeek TV it's called a joke bro
Some of you guys are inbred
@@stefanpalicki3538 You literally don't know what sarcasm is.
My favorite metal guitar player of all time.
Who is this guy it’s not zakk there’s more chance it’s randy rhoads
this shit literally on his official instagram.
He always plays so clean.
One of the greatest guitars
One of the best solos ever written IMO!
Blown away.
Every time that song comes on, I tell everyone to shut up and turn the volume up. One of my favorites!
Breathtaking
Best damn solo in my book. Somebody hand me a towel.
Wish that camera angle was a bit higher
Just to add, the range and styling of his "Wylde audio" guitars are amazing...beautiful guitars they are🤘🏻😎
Great song. Masterpiece of heavy metal guitar.
All Zak solos are amazing,love the way he plays n sounds hes a legend rocker in my book.
When the tempo goes up everything just flies into space 🚀
Best solo ever
One of my favourite guitar solos ever. Just a sweet arrangement to my ears. Thank you
There’s no way to put more Rock n‘ Roll in a solo than in this one. I declare this a scientific axiom
What a groove!