For release Wednesday, August 7th 2002

Epiphone debuts Zakk Wylde Signature LP Custom

Epiphone turns up the volume with the new, affordable Zakk Wylde Signature Les Paul Custom guitar, a psychedelic-looking model with a raw, powerful sound.

Zakk Wylde is one of the premier heavy metal guitarists today a tour de force and this guitar captures his fiercely indomitable spirit, says Jim Epi Rosenberg, president of Epiphone. The feel is bold and makes a statement its not for the timid player.

The Signature Les Paul features Wyldes trademark black and white bullseye graphics over an antique ivory finish and pearl block inlays on the fingerboard, and has many of the same appointments as the Gibson Custom Shop Zakk Wylde Signature model including raw maple neck, gold hardware, EMG humbucking pickups and tun-o-matic bridge.

Wylde has reunited with Ozzy Osbourne and is doing double duty on Ozzfest 2002, playing with both Ozzy and his own band, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society.

Zakk Wylde Signature LP Custom

Body [ tiff ( 18.9b ) - hi-res jpg ( 896kb ) ]

Back of Headstock [ tiff (1.08mb ) - hi-res jpg ( 233kb ) ]

See the Epiphone Zakk Wylde Signature Les Paul Custom here.

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