Spent two hours last night watching old ZZ top live videos

[Chris Z]

No one can rock sequins and LPs like the Rev.

I noticed that his voice changed quite a bit from 70s clips to 80's clips. There also was a time when he was using a shitload of gain, more than I was used to hearing from them. Was that the Marshall rack period?

[Telephant]

He is still using a fuck ton of gain. He's got the JMP-1 into Valvestate poweramps on one side of his rig, and on the other he's got a Magnatone Super 59 into an ISO box. He replaced the racked Mojave Scorpion with the Magnatone. Go watch his rig run down where he keeps the mids on his JMP-1 at like 2. But he also has EQ's set the to the curve of Pearly Gates that add a bunch of mids back in.

[Telephant]

In the 80's he was using those Legend hybrid amps with a tube pre and SS power amp. Here is some info about it:

http://www.woodytone.com/2010/09/30/eng ... ator-gear/

[Chris Z]

In the 80's he was using those Legend hybrid amps with a tube pre and SS power amp. Here is some info about it:

http://www.woodytone.com/2010/09/30/eng ... ator-gear/

Thats a good read. BG has always had one of the best recorded tones to my ears.




Heres one I was watching last night

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c7d8BYJy8I[/video]

[itchyfingers]

Played in a psychobilly band for a bit, the guitarist was all about the Rev. He had one of those Bionic Expandora pedals, claimed it was the secret to Gibbons tone. .

[Devin]

^ you gotta have a stack of like 6 Expandoras chained together vertically or it doesn't count


I always thought those pedals looked cool, but I've never had a chance to try one

[DoubleBarrel]

Love his fuzzy tones, like this one "El Diablo"

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-lvCMTPx8[/video]

[itchyfingers]

^ you gotta have a stack of like 6 Expandoras chained together vertically or it doesn't count


I always thought those pedals looked cool, but I've never had a chance to try one

He sounded nothing like Billy G, but I can't put all that on the pedal, lol.

I actually just bought tickets to the San Diego Blues Fest to see Billy Gibbons and Friends.