GuitarCleanSolo
Mama, I'm Coming Home Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne · 1990s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Chet Atkins CE
Pickups
Piezo (under-saddle, nylon-string, no magnetic pickups)
Amp
Marshall JCM 800 2203
Pickup Position
Piezo pickup (only option on Chet Atkins CE)
Studio recording, 1991. Clean intro/verse/solo sections tracked with the Gibson Chet Atkins CE (nylon-string electric), not Zakk's usual Les Paul. Amp is Marshall JCM 800, likely set clean or nearly clean for this section. Effects and pedalboard based on period-correct studio rig. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the clean solo section.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb3.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Chorus pedal (likely Boss CE-5 or MXR Stereo Chorus) · chorus
Gibson Chet Atkins CE → Chorus pedal → Marshall JCM 800 (clean channel, plate reverb)
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Tone Character
- warm and mellow
- rounded, nylon-string acoustic-electric timbre
- clear note separation
- slight shimmer from chorus effect
- soft attack, gentle dynamics
- intimate and vocal-like
- no audible breakup or distortion
- subtle reverb tail
- articulate and expressive
- not compressed or squashed