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[L-R] Elwood Francis and Jared Dines

The 17-string bass Elwood Francis played during a ZZ Top show was a cheap Chinese knockoff of Jared Dines' 18-string Ormsby

By Sam Roche published

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!”

Elwood Francis (left) and Billy Gibbons perform onstage in Huntsville, Alabama on November 5, 2022

Watch ZZ Top's Elwood Francis use a 17-string bass guitar onstage for Got Me Under Pressure

By Jackson Maxwell published

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...

[L-R] Elwood Francis, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top

Watch footage of ZZ Top's first shows since bassist Dusty Hill's death

By Sam Roche published

The band recruited longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis to handle bass duties – with Hill's full blessing, according to frontman Billy Gibbons