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Billy Gibbons gets his pedals on Amazon – and his favorite brand starts at $15
Larkin Poe’s Rebecca Lovell has revealed that, despite his boutique guitar and amp choices, the ZZ Top icon is obsessed with cheap mini pedals
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From H.E.R. to John McLaughlin and Marcus King to Stephen Stills and Gary Clark Jr, the LA event takes place this September and features an eclectic, once–in-a-lifetime lineup
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![[L-R] Elwood Francis and Jared Dines](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VopGejAMGSvHpe6iWR2wQg-840-80.jpg.webp)
The 17-string bass Elwood Francis played during a ZZ Top show was a cheap Chinese knockoff of Jared Dines' 18-string Ormsby
Dines called out the “ripoff” guitar on Instagram, to which Francis responded: “The joke’s on me ‘cause I have to play that bootleg POS!”
Watch ZZ Top's Elwood Francis use a 17-string bass guitar onstage for Got Me Under Pressure
The monstrous instrument has a Fender logo on its headstock, though for some reason we can't seem to recall seeing it in the company's product lineup...
Red-hot blues guitar lessons you can learn from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons
Laid back, never rushed, always on point with rhythm and feel, let's go deep into the slinky style of Billy Gibbons, a player who helped define Texas blues and '80s rock
Jeff Beck announces mammoth list of US tour dates, including a string of shows with Ann Wilson and ZZ Top
The shows follow the release of Beck’s collaborative album with Johnny Depp, 18, and kick off in Texas on September 23
J. Rockett Audio Designs El Hombre review
J. Rockett’s tribute to Billy Gibbons is an overdrive offering amp-like feel in a compact box – for that Texan sound and more
