Comments on: Randy Rhoads vs. Zakk Wylde – Pedal Shoot-Out

By: jackwagon

jackwagon — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:57:59 +0000

I must be fricken tone def, because I’m having a hard time hearing the difference…I don’t know. All 3 sound the same to me, only while engaging the pedals it seems that the volume goes up and it gets more fuzzy sounding…only my opinion! but I’ll say..(to my ears) while playing with my band, I don’t wanna sound too bassy, that’s the bass players job, so I’d have to go with the RR distortion pedal, it appears to have more clarity and bite!

By: lg

lg — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:45:31 +0000

for me it only really comes down to zakk or rhandy,

zakks solos rock hard
Rhandys rythm pieces kick ass,
both have there strong points.

+ i have not heard eaither live except what iv seen on videos an dvds ect an (from live stuff iv seen) i like the way rhandy plays the same version, zakk seems hell bent on turning every note into a pinch harmonic. im no stranger to pinch fever myself but sometimes its jus too much

By: autumn_spirit_1

autumn_spirit_1 — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:28:36 +0000

as a distortion pedal they are both weak. but with a overdriven amp the zakk is better. but then again thats what it was designed for.

By: edward

edward — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:29:00 +0000

Best guitarist:
BRAD GILLIS:
To any doubters take any live ozzy album and compare to SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. Was way better than randy, just listen to it and compare before you vote. Most of you out there have never even heard the album. His sound and technique destroys the others. He was way ahead of everyone else back then, even randy. But bottom line, gotta love them all regardless.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:18:38 +0000

Again, totally enjoy all the Tone King Info! All of Ozzie’s Guys are incredible. Blizzard Diary and Bark at the Moon were flippin great. Great Stuff TK!!!!!

By: MusicMan

MusicMan — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:34:26 +0000

I personally like the MXR+ better, but that being said the ZW overdrive is for a more modern higher gain amp. I’m pretty sure that Zakk has more gain without the overdrive than Randy had with the MXR+ and the Modded Plexi. Plus, even though TTK did his best to give a basic overall of each pedals basic sound, the guitar had passive not active pickups. I think the sound was closer to RRs’ sound than to ZWs’ sound. Still a great shoot out and a chance to hear some pedals side by side without the Gumby at the music store looking over your shoulder telling you that you are too loud or trying to tell ya houw to adjust the knobs. Great Job TTK maybe try a EMG equipped guitar with the same set up as a part 2. Then we could hear a better side by side. Metals Horns to ya!!

By: Greg white

Greg white — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:05:10 +0000

RR/Distorition plus sounded best to my ears.

By: George

George — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:42:22 +0000

I think the distortion + has the crunch that is the sound of true vintage Ozzy, as I also think that Randy is the best guitarist that has played with Ozzy as his sound and style really accounted for what Ozzy was all about, does that make any sense?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:13:38 +0000

I think the original mxr plus sounded a little cleaner / louder , I don’t know . favourite guitar player was John Holmes … oh wait that’s a differnt guy,or was it Joe ?just kidding , definately Randy is my favourite,this is where it gets hard , I started playing guitar during the Jake E Lee era, but I also love Tony Iommi and Zakk for different reasons, I can’t say nothing bad about Brad , I actually like the Speak of the Devil album,and I have a bootleg dvd of Brad with Ozzy and he seemed to pull it off for the short time he was with him,not sure about Gus yet, I still wish Ozzy would have brought Jake back ” The Bark at the Moon again Tour ” now that would be cool !

By: play59LPguitar

play59LPguitar — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:49:48 +0000

Just wanted to list my favorite Ozzy guitarist in order.

1. Rhandy Rhoads – loved the live album
2. Jake E. Lee – partly for his work in Badlands
barely edges out the others for me
3. Tony Iommi – this is really a tie for me
4. Zakk Wylde – both of these guys are great
5. Gus G – i like what i’ve heard so far
6. Brad Gillis – don’t care for him at all

I would be curious what others thought