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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Mark McStea

“It was a major step up for me. I still pull it out from time to time at home – it’s a bit of a lost classic in the Gibson range”: Zakk Wylde on the miracle of his ‘Grail’ Les Paul and the three most important guitars in his life

Zakk Wylde plays his Grail Gibson Les Paul onstage with Pride & Glory at an outdoor festival appearance in 1994.

Shred legend Zakk Wylde was grabbing some downtime when GW connected with him at his home in California not long after he appeared at Ozzy Osbourne’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Only hours before we connected, he’d been busy tracking songs for the next Black Label Society album, before heading into six weeks of rehearsals for a Zakk Sabbath tour.

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