Zacky Vengeance

Zacky Vengeance

Background information
Birth name Zachary James Baker
Also known as Zacky Vengeance.
Born December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 26) Huntington Beach, California
Genre(s) Metalcore, Hard rock, Heavy metal
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist
Instrument(s) Guitar, Piano
Years active 1999-present
Label(s) Warner Bros.
Associated acts Avenged Sevenfold, Mad Porno Action
Website AvengedSevenfold.com
Notable instrument(s)
Schecter Vengeance Custom Model

Zacky Vengeance (born Zachary James Baker on December 11, 1981) is the rhythm guitarist and back up vocalist for the band Avenged Sevenfold.
Contents
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* 1 Biography
* 2 Vengeance University
* 3 Equipment
o 3.1 Guitars
o 3.2 Amplifiers
o 3.3 Speaker Cabinets
o 3.4 Effects Units and Accessories
* 4 References

[edit] Biography

In the Avenged Sevenfold DVD "All Excess" he recalls that before Avenged Sevenfold, he played in a one time punk band called MPA*, which stood for Mad Porno Action. The Music Of Mad Porno Action comes through in A7X's music at least the style. He implies that they were not successful. He and M. Shadows (who at the time was singer for the band Successful Failure) formed Avenged Sevenfold. He took the name Zacky Vengeance, stating that he had grudges against many people who doubted his success. He was also responsible for the creation of the acronym "A7X". Stating that the 'A' stood for avenged, and then the 7 stood for seven and the X common referred to as fold thus 'avenged seven fold' .[1] He is also left-handed. He taught himself how to play the guitar when he was thirteen.

The guitar he first learned on was actually his dad's, who was right handed. He learned by watching his favourite bands and other people he knew who played and practiced as much as he could. He would also read each edition of Guitar World cover to cover, learning the tabs of the songs published in there and watching the professionals perform it until he got it right. His influences in his style are Rancid, Misfits and Bad Religion. Zacky's favourite bands also include Metallica, ELIXIR, and Guns N Roses

He has a brother named Matt Baker who is with the band The Dear and Departed. He has a sister, named Zina Baker.

Zacky is half-German and half-Italian.

He has a dog name Ichabod, for whom he made a Myspace page.

Zacky formerly worked at a coffee shop, and while he was in high school he played baseball, stating that if he had not pursued a career in Avenged Sevenfold, he would have gone on to professionally play baseball.

Zacky has recently released a Guitar model, which he, himself, designed.

He has been dating his hairstylist girlfriend, Gena Paulhaus since 2005.


[edit] Vengeance University
Zacky V. Presents... logo
Zacky V. Presents... logo

Zacky released a clothing line called [1]"Vengeance University." He just released a new site called Vengenz.com. The line currently features t-shirts and belt buckles, featuring his trademark "Est. 6661" tagline on it. 6661 is 1999 flipped upside down and backwards, which is the year the band was formed.

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Guitars

Zacky uses Schecter Guitars

* The Vengeance custom S-1
* The Vengeance Standard Model (discontinued)
* The ZV special

The following are all his custom Models Each one is a S1 as He stated " The shape and size is perfect'

All models are loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Pickups

[edit] Amplifiers

* Bogner Ubershall and Caveman Head
* Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Head
* Marshall JCM-2000

[edit] Speaker Cabinets

* Bogner Uberkab 4x12 Cabinet
* Mesa/Boogie Rectifier Cabinet

[edit] Effects Units and Accessories

* Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
* Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
* Visual Sound H2O Liquid Chorus
* Line 6 Tonecore Coise Constrictor
* Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
* Line 6 PODxt Pro
* Ibanez LF7
* Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster
* Voodoo Lab PEDAL POWER 2
* Voodoo Lab GCX Audio Switcher
* Ernie Ball "skinny top, heavy bottom" strings[2]
* Dunlop Tortex yellow plectrums 0.73mm (Avenged Sevenfold logo)
* White Get'm Get'm Sergeant Stripes Strap