Rig Rundown: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill [2015]

The Texas rockers have used the same tone formula for decades, but when it comes to gear and making a statement, they’re kings of style.

The few pedals Gibbons currently uses live include an MXR Bass Octave Deluxe, an MXR Carbon Copy for slap delay, a Tech 21 MIDI Mouse, and a Peterson tuner. A Jimi Hendrix Octavio Fuzz runs through the Boss GE-7 Equalizer separately on one channel.

ZZ Topâ€™s guitar and bass tech, Elwood Francis, explains the ins and outs of the newest guitars and basses that Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill have out on the road for 2015.

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