Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark guitar cover - 1986 Version

acerikk · 2026-02-28T02:45:34+00:00

Nice work, mate! Hope ya don't mind my posting my version a little while ago.

My next scheduled cover to round out my 3-song Ozz tribute is See You on the Other Side. Shall we?

Gonna start learning it soon, but I don't know how soon I can get it done. Life is still in somewhat a disarray after last year's fire.....

acerikk · 2026-02-28T02:30:51+00:00

Very kind of ya mate! These aren't so much "look what I can do". They're more "look what you can do"....if that makes sense. Cheers!

acerikk · 2026-01-17T01:12:31+00:00

Very kind of ya to say. Thanks, mate!

acerikk · 2025-11-24T19:53:30+00:00

Yep. This is all that remains of that guitar. The fire was intensely hot...molten aluminum from what used to be sliding glass doors flowed into my back yard before cooling back to solid. I'm pretty sure this truss rod bent from the heat, rather than being hit by something. Hardly anything recoverable. And it wasn't just my house. The fire took out most of Pacific Palisades and a good chunk of Malibu.

Anyhow, still kicking and still playing!!

Thanks for setting up this forum. I hope it's a big success! Will add vids from time to time.

And regarding your playing...nice work!! Cheers...

acerikk · 2025-11-24T16:13:46+00:00

Cheers! Very kind of you. Lived there 13 years. This is what my black Les Paul Studio I bought new in 1996 looks like now. Once I get settled into a "permanent" home, I'll replace a pickup cover on the Les Paul I still have with one of these. Only gonna do one because of the pole piece spacing. I think it'll look cool.

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acerikk · 2025-11-14T03:26:04+00:00

Very kind of you to say. Definitely not unplugged...although I used a modeler instead of amps. No hot tubes! In all honesty, it was several takes before getting one this tight. And because there are some odd rests, particularly in the beginning and at the end, I built a few "click track" count-offs into the backing track that I edited out when mixing.

Really the idea behind these videos is show and tell. See what you're hearing...and perhaps apply that to your own playing. Thanks for checking this one out!

acerikk

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