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Is Billy Gibbons’s new Wild Custom guitar the craziest signature model of the year so far?

By Matt Owen

The ZZ Top icon's unique new six-string sports the brand's marvelously ingenious Gyrock system, which features a rotating pickup loading bay for seamless sonic swaps

Watch Eric Gales deliver jaw-dropping Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons and Robin Trower covers as he puts his signature MXR Raw Dawg pedal through its paces

By Matt Owen

The blues master makes the riffs of Purple Haze, Just Got Paid, Bridge of Sighs and Red House his own in a playthrough that demonstrates his elite tone and virtuosic feel

Watch Billy Gibbons rip out some mean slide licks – using a beer bottle – in new My Lucky Card video

By Richard Bienstock

The ZZ Top legend’s third solo album, Hardware, is out in June

Watch Billy Gibbons and Steven Tyler team up for a blazing cover of Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well

By Sam Roche

The ZZ Top and Aerosmith frontmen's performance is taken from the Mick Fleetwood & Friends tribute concert in February 2020

Guitarist Erik Rutan Of Cannibal Corpse performs at The Regency Ballroom on February 23, 2019 in San Francisco, California.

From spaghetti Western atmospherics to unrelenting, demonic death metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen

Tuck into the latest and greatest six-string sonic offerings from Weezer, Wolf Alice, Illuminati Hotties, Cannibal Corpse, Aziya, and many more

Billy Gibbons with The Supersonic Blues Machine perform on stage at The Notodden Blues Festival on August 2, 2019 in Notodden, Norway.

Billy Gibbons gets atmospheric on new spoken-word-and-guitar single, Desert High

By Richard Bienstock

The ZZ Top legend’s third solo album, Hardware, is out in June

ZZ Top performs a live concert during the Swedish music festival Sweden Rock Festival 2019. Here singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons is seen live on stage.

Billy Gibbons announces new “raging rocker” solo album, Hardware, unveils first single

By Richard Bienstock

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First trailer released for new Trini Lopez documentary, My Name is Lopez

By Matt Owen

The documentary, which will be released March 25, is set to feature rare live footage of Lopez, as well as guest appearances from Dave Grohl, Billy Gibbons and Jim Brown

Steven Tyler and Billy Gibbons perform Fleetwood Mac's Rattlesnake Shake

Watch Billy Gibbons and Steven Tyler get down and dirty on Fleetwood Mac’s Rattlesnake Shake

By Richard Bienstock

New clip hails from the soon-to-be-released all-star Peter Green tribute show

The 25 greatest classic rock guitar tones of all time

By Jonathan Horsley

The electrifying tones from EVH, Hendrix, Gibbons, Page that lit up rock’s second evolutionary leap

Kirk Hammett and Billy Gibbons perform at the Peter Green tribute concert

Watch Billy Gibbons and Kirk Hammett perform The Green Manalishi in first official footage from all-star Peter Green tribute

By Michael Astley-Brown

The track is taken from the upcoming cinema release and features Hammett on Green's 1959 ‘Greeny’ Les Paul

Billy F Gibbons discusses his extensive collection of hot rod-inspired guitars

By Jamie Dickson

We joined the ZZ Top man for a personal tour of his garage, which naturally includes a few classic cars...

Slash performs on stage during the Slash ft Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Living the Dream Tour at Spark Arena on January 26, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand

Slash, Lizzy Hale, Billy Gibbons, Cheap Trick and more to perform at day-long (DE)TOUR Virtual Music Festival

By Richard Bienstock

Online fest to benefit NIVA and MusiCares to aid out-of-work touring artists, road crews and independent promotors

Julien’s Auctions MusiCares Charity Relief Auction guitars

Signed guitars from Tony Iommi and Robert Plant, Billy Gibbons, Carlos Santana and more highlight MusiCares Charity Relief Auction

By Richard Bienstock

You can also pick up Willie Nelson and Taylor Swift-signed acoustics, as well as a customized Billie Eilish Fender ukulele

Put some hair on your tone with Cream T’s new Billy Gibbons WhiskerBucker pickup set

By Richard Bienstock

New humbuckers promise an “exact electronic reproduction” of BFG’s Pearly Gates Les Paul

Photos from the Peter Green tribute concert in London on 25 February 2020

The Peter Green tribute concert: 10 guitar highlights from David Gilmour, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Pete Townshend and more

By Scott Rowley

We went to Mick Fleetwood & Friends’ celebration of Peter Green's music and this is what we learned

Footage of David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Kirk Hammett and more rehearsing for Peter Green tribute concert released

By Richard Bienstock

“It’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music,” says Mick Fleetwood

Get a private blues lesson from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons

By Guitar World Staff

Billy Gibbons teaches you the blues tunes that inspired him to play guitar

Joe Bonamassa performs at the Royal Albert Hall

The 30 best blues guitarists in the world today

By Jonathan Horsley, Damian Fanelli

Here's who you voted the finest players keeping the blues alive

Billy Gibbons plays live on stage with a wall of Magnatone guitar amps

How to play guitar like ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons

By Richard Barrett

Learn some red-hot Texas blues with this guide to Gibbons' influential style