Latest about Billy Gibbons
“Gibbons has used his frequently on ZZ Top albums – he often plays through two at once”: Meet the world’s first ‘pedal’ – a steampunk wonderland you need Windex to use
Introduced in 1946, produced through the mid–1960s, the DeArmond Tremolo Control is the O.G. guitar effect and was used by Muddy Waters, Billy Gibbons and Canned Heat
Why Billy Gibbons started using a peso as a guitar pick
From the Archive It pays to keep some change in your pocket. You never know when your tone will need it
Gibson recreates Billy Gibbons’ Pearly Gates Les Paul – and you’ll have to meet the ZZ Top legend in person if you want one
30 painstaking replicas are being sold exclusively through a private event at Gibson Garage Nashville
Billy Gibbons vows ZZ Top will continue performing, following drummer Frank Beard's death
Gibbons confirmed that, as per Beard's wishes, the band is going to “keep on keeping on”, with a Texas show scheduled for this weekend
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on his greatest gear bargains – and why Billy Gibbons now owns his two of them
The Wilco guitarist discusses his best gear finds and why he has his mom to thank for some of them
Jeff Tweedy on the two guitars he regrets selling – and how Billy Gibbons ended up with them
The sharp-dressed guitar hero doesn’t seem to be in the mood for letting them go...
Posthumous Steve Cropper album announced, featuring some of electric guitar’s biggest names
The late Stax guitar legend has touted the star-studded affair as “the best record he’d ever made”
Fender’s Telecaster 75th anniversary show might be the greatest assemblage of Tele talent ever
Held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the Tele Town concert was highlighted by perhaps the most electrifying Telecaster jam of all time – featuring, to name a few participants, Jack White, Brad Paisley, Tommy Emmanuel, and John Osborne
![Billy Gibbons [left] plays a custom T-style; B.B. King takes a solo on Lucille.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4yzvvUKZ96pjSWVvfNDAxD-840-80.jpg.webp)
Billy Gibbons on how B.B. King changed his life
At the age of 7, seeing B.B. King lit the path for Gibbons as a blues guitarist. The ZZ Top legend discusses B.B.’s lasting impact
![ZZ Top's Dusty Hill [left] and Billy Gibbons get their work clothes on as they perform live in 1981.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bUMsKABz6njZ3udwswAzpg-840-80.jpg.webp)
“An unabashed element was the constant ferociousness of the guitar tone coming from Pearly Gates”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top’s El Loco
How Billy Gibbons unleashed the power of his holy grail '59 Les Paul Standard for the Texan blues-rock legend's “in-between” classic, El Loco – and set the stage for ZZ Top's domination of the decade
