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Zachary James Baker
Zacky Vengeance at the 2007 Scream Awards
Background information
Birth name	Zachary James Baker
Born	December 11, 1981 (Age 26)
Genre(s)	Metalcore, Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1999-present
Associated acts	Avenged Sevenfold MPA
Website	AvengedSevenfold.com

Zacky Vengeance (born Zachary James Baker on December 11, 1981) is the rhythm guitarist and back up vocals for the band Avenged Sevenfold.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Vengeance University 3 Equipment 3.1 Guitars 3.2 Amplifiers 3.3 Speaker Cabinets 3.4 Effects Units and Accessories 4 External links

Vengeance has played guitar since he was thirteen years old, and is self taught. He plays the guitar left handed.

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". He implies that they were not successful, and was arrested after their concert for "stealing all the mics". He and M. Shadows (the band's lead vocalist) formed A7X. He took the name Zacky Vengeance, stating that he had grudges against many people who doubted his success.

Vengeance has stated that there are many bands that influence him. "I still love the heavy bands. I love... Danny Elfman and Elvis Costello. [It's] all over the place - I think that's the best way to be."^[1]

Vengeance has been sponsored by Schecter Guitar Research since 2004, and has custom S-1 models out. He uses Seymour Duncan Pickups in all of his guitars and is currently a featured artist on the company's website along with Synyster Gates.

Vengeance released a clothing line called [1]"Zacky V. Presents...". The current design features the popular "Vengeance University" logo, which Zacky designed himself. The line currently features t-shirts and belt buckles, featuring his trademark "Est. 6661" tagline on it.There is a picture of Valary DiBenedetto wearing a very large 6661 hair piece.

Zacky uses Schecter Guitars

• Zacky Vengeance Special models
• S-1
• S-1 Elite
• S-1 Bada Bling
• Vengeance Custom/Standard
• Custom "Gynecologist" White w/ Blood Splatter S-1 Elite^[2]
• Custom "Gynecologist" Black w/ Blood Splatter S-1 Elite
  • Zacky also uses a number of other custom S-1 models.
  • All guitars are loaded with Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbuckers.

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

• Bogner Uberkab 4x12 Cabinet
• Mesa/Boogie Triple Recto Cabinet

• Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
• Visual Sound H2O Liquid Chours
• Line 6 Tonecore Coise Constrictor
• Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
• Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster
• Voodoo Lab GCX Audio Switcher
• Ernie Ball "skinny top, heavy bottom" strings^[3]
• Dunlop Tortex yellow plectrums 0.73mm (Avenged Sevenfold logo)

• Zacky V. Presents...
• AvengedSevenfold.com
• [2] Official

• [3] Avenged Sevenfold Info Site

v • d • e Avenged Sevenfold
M. Shadows | Synyster Gates | Zacky Vengeance | Johnny Christ | The Rev
Discography
Studio albums: Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | Waking the Fallen | City of Evil | Avenged Sevenfold
DVDs: All Excess
EPs: Warmness on the Soul
Demos: Early Avenged Sevenfold releases
Singles
"Warmness on the Soul" | "Unholy Confessions" | "Burn It Down" | "Bat Country" | "Beast and the Harlot" | "Seize the Day" | "Walk" | "Critical Acclaim" | "Almost Easy" | "Afterlife" |
Label(s)
Warner Bros. Records | Hopeless Records | Good Life Recordings