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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
ZZ TOP are super cool, too bad they are mainly connected with their 80's era.
Billy Gibbons sure is one of the very underrated guitarists, he has great riffs, perfect feeling and seriously recognizable guitar sound.
For anyone who knows only their recent stuff - I seriously recommend to check the 70's albums.
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well considering they put out more albums in the 70s then 80s, its not really their fault but the fault of people who dont know music.
ZZ Top only put out 3 albums in the 80s, and 6 in the 70s.
Billy Gibbons is not underrated though, only to people who dont know him, but to guitarists around the world he is a true virtuoso. Stevie ray Vaughn was in awe of Billy Gibbons and Billy even purchased a guitar FOR SRV. In fact, the guitar named "Main" is actually a lesser known SRV guitar, less talked about then the others, but it was UNIQUE and had a sound he loved, it was a gift from Billy Gibbons.
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This is another one of Stevie Ray?s lesser known guitars. Main was the custom Hamiltone Lurktamer Strat-style guitar, built by James Hamilton of Buffalo, NY. The guitar was given to Stevie as a gift from Billy Gibbons in 1984. Main featured a neck-through-body design, unlike any other guitar Stevie owned. The neck shape is similar to that of a Gibson Super 400 and very much like the neck on Number One. It?s fretboard is ebony with an SRV pearlroid inlay.
The pickups were active EMG?s with an onboard preamp. Stevie regularly used Main on stage for "Couldn't Stand The Weather" and "Cold Shot."
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