“I was gonna look like I was trying to be Randy. It was meant to look like the poster for Vertigo”: Zakk Wylde on how his iconic “Grail” Les Paul Custom got its bullseye finish – and gave him his signature style

Zakk Wylde with his bullseye graphic Les Paul Custom, aka the Grail, playing live outdoors with Pride & Glory in 1994.

Zakk Wylde’s Gibson Les Paul Custom with the cream-and-black bullseye graphic finish is one of the most iconic electric guitars in modern rock/metal history. Nicknamed “the Grail,” it is instantly recognizable, and for many is one of the defining images of Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears-era.

And yet it was a total mix-up. That was not what he wanted. In a new interview with Guitar World, the Black Label Society frontman and longtime Ozzy guitarist reveals that it wasn’t meant to look like that.