Oftentimes, music’s truly great axemen have equally memorable guitars. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons is among them, and for decades, his taste in instruments has been no less than legendary.

joined the band as bass player last year after the death of longtime ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill. Guitar World reported: The bass in Francis' hands wasn't a 4-string or a 5-string bass guitar ...

In 2022, ZZ Top guitar tech-turned-bassist Francis Elwood made headlines throughout the guitar press and beyond when he whipped out an almighty 17-string bass guitar with the Texas blues-rock legends.

You can pretty much etch it in stone that when you hear a ZZ Top song, there’s going to be a moment when Billy Gibbons takes off into a dazzling guitar solo. The band is known for a lot of ...

Francis joined the ZZ Top last following the death of bassist Dusty Hill. Since then, the musician, who had served as the group’s longtime guitar tech, has been a natural fit in the trio.

Dusty Hill left some big shoes to fill in ZZ Top and Elwood Francis is doing a grand job, but we didn't see this coming; the band's former tech and current bassist used a 17-string bass guitar to ...

O ne-third of the legendary blues rock band ZZ Top, Billy F Gibbons, joined us for a chat recently while on the road from their current tour, which ends the year with a December residency in Vegas.

B King and Z.Z Hill. According to a statement: "Guitar player, singer and songwriter William Gibbons founded ZZ Top in late 1969. Before Gibbons brought in Hill and Beard (an ironic last name ...

ZZ Top bassist Elwood Francis has now explained why he whipped out a massive 17-string bass guitar onstage with the long-running classic rock band last week. Francis, formerly a stage technician ...

It's all in your head. If you feel sharp, you be sharp." 18. ZZ Top Took a Saw to Their Guitars “The guy who does our guitars to this day, Mr. John Bolin, told us we’d need something different ...

Before Gibbons brought in Hill and Beard (an ironic last name given ZZ Top’s affiliation with chest-length beads belonging to Hill and Gibbons), the guitar player brought in bassist Lanier Greig ...

Billy Gibbons performs on stage during ZZ Top’s ‘Elevation’ tour. Friday, November 15, 2024 at Hard ... More Rock Live in Gary, Indiana “The man on the Fender bass guitar just got out of ...