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“When they shot smoke, the crowd went wild!”: Dusty Hill’s Hot Rod car bass, custom built by Wayne Charvel for ZZ Top’s Eliminator tour, hides a few secrets beneath the hood – now it’s up for auction
Check out the automobile-inspired build that powered some of the band’s most iconic appearances in the early-’80s
"We were still gluing the fur on the tuning keys when the FedEx driver showed up to pick up the guitars": The iconic fur-covered spinning bass from ZZ Top's Legs video is going up for auction
Made by Dean Zelinsky, the bass is the crown jewel of a forthcoming auction of the late Dusty Hill's instrument and memorabilia collection
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
Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, Santana, ZZ Top… Crossroads 2023 might offer the greatest lineup of guitar talent ever assembled
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
The greatest rock concerts in music history
From Metallica's Damaged Justice to Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman tour, Guitar World presents the most incredible concerts and roadshows in rock and metal history
![[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
