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 newest guitar in Gibbons aresenal is this chambered T-style made in tandem with luthier Charles Whitfill. The pickups are made by Onamac Windery, both the visible one in the bridge, and a hidden pickup near the end of the fretboard.

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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