King Guitar
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steve_k
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Rezamatix":3fljlpjj said:
Go get yourself some "Cheap Sunglasses".......
King Guitar
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Ask and you will receive my friend.
Billy wears RayBan "CABALLERO" Made in 1970 and 1971. :idea: The frame was modified in 72-73 as "Dekko", which was close, but different. He is always on the look out for them as am I.
Rezamatix":1guezhuw said:
Kinda True, Jimi said he was Americas best guitar player and that included Jimi himself at the time.
With The Moving Sidewalks you released an album and several singles, and achieved the status of local heroes in Texas. You also supported The Doors, and even Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour. Jimi once said on live television that you were America’s best guitar player. He even gave you his pink Strat as gift, since he considered it too good to be burned. Tell us about your time with Jimi.
When we were supporting Jimi, I was sitting in my hotel room one night and practiced a little. Then this dude stuck his head through the door — it was Jimi Hendrix! I felt paralyzed and speechless. He grabbed my guitar, laid down on the floor, looked at the ceiling and played some unbelievable licks, before asking whether I could do stuff like this, too — and then he even stepped it up a notch. Afterwards he showed me some tricks. I learned a lot from him.
There’s another night I will never forget. After a show somewhere we were so full of adrenalin still that no one could sleep. Back then, there was no curfew at the venues, which meant you could stay as long as you wanted. It must’ve been 3 a.m. Jimi’s Marshall stacks were still up on-stage, when one of his roadies brought huge sheets of paper, buckets of fluorescent color and two cleaning mops. The paper was hung as a backdrop, the cleaning mops were stuck onto two guitars. Jimi plugged in and went into a furious sound and feedback assault. Again and again he dipped his guitar in the fluorescent color and ecstatically smeared it on the paper. He told me to try it too, and that’s what I did. We played until we were dizzy. That was all so bizarre, and you could feel the energy. Needless to say we didn’t get anymore sleep that night.
kasperjensen
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King Guitar":3833sm9y said:Rezamatix":3833sm9y said:
Ask and you will receive my friend.
Billy wears RayBan "CABALLERO" Made in 1970 and 1971. :idea: The frame was modified in 72-73 as "Dekko", which was close, but different. He is always on the look out for them as am I.
This place really is a fountain of knowledge.
killertone
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King Guitar":1q0b7zaf said:
I bumped into him on tour last year in Lucerne. Had a blast chatting it up with him. Great guy.
diverdan
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King Guitar":2ouuqwf9 said:
Ask and you will receive my friend.
Billy wears RayBan "CABALLERO" Made in 1970 and 1971. :idea: The frame was modified in 72-73 as "Dekko", which was close, but different. He is always on the look out for them as am I.
Rezamatix":2ouuqwf9 said:
Kinda True, Jimi said he was Americas best guitar player and that included Jimi himself at the time.
With The Moving Sidewalks you released an album and several singles, and achieved the status of local heroes in Texas. You also supported The Doors, and even Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour. Jimi once said on live television that you were America’s best guitar player. He even gave you his pink Strat as gift, since he considered it too good to be burned. Tell us about your time with Jimi.
When we were supporting Jimi, I was sitting in my hotel room one night and practiced a little. Then this dude stuck his head through the door — it was Jimi Hendrix! I felt paralyzed and speechless. He grabbed my guitar, laid down on the floor, looked at the ceiling and played some unbelievable licks, before asking whether I could do stuff like this, too — and then he even stepped it up a notch. Afterwards he showed me some tricks. I learned a lot from him.
There’s another night I will never forget. After a show somewhere we were so full of adrenalin still that no one could sleep. Back then, there was no curfew at the venues, which meant you could stay as long as you wanted. It must’ve been 3 a.m. Jimi’s Marshall stacks were still up on-stage, when one of his roadies brought huge sheets of paper, buckets of fluorescent color and two cleaning mops. The paper was hung as a backdrop, the cleaning mops were stuck onto two guitars. Jimi plugged in and went into a furious sound and feedback assault. Again and again he dipped his guitar in the fluorescent color and ecstatically smeared it on the paper. He told me to try it too, and that’s what I did. We played until we were dizzy. That was all so bizarre, and you could feel the energy. Needless to say we didn’t get anymore sleep that night.
He's also a bullshit artist of epic proportions as the story of Hendrix mentioning him is 100% bullshit
JerryP
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racerevlon":2w2y3v75 said:
That's a Tokai Love Rock he's playing.
Jerry
thiswaythatway
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I like ZZtop..........but I'll keep my prog shredders, thank you very much.
jlbaxe
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A friend of mine (Jamie Rappan) just got off a world tour last year as the sound man for 311 and ended up on the ZZ Top tour. He posted pics of his 7 year old son doing sound check on Franks drums. Jamie has an amazing ear as a sound man. He started here doing sound for our band and local bands with a company he started called Panda Productions. Lucky Bastid
The Vid from Largo Md was at the Capitol Center which was torn down and is now the parking lot for the Washington Foreskins
I also saw ZZ Top there with a young "Heart" opening for them.
The Rev was also on a car show where BK Butler put tube amps in the trunk of the car and did the sound system. At the end of the show Billy gave the car to his girl friend. Very cool dude with a lot of cool toys
The Vid from Largo Md was at the Capitol Center which was torn down and is now the parking lot for the Washington Foreskins
I also saw ZZ Top there with a young "Heart" opening for them. The Rev was also on a car show where BK Butler put tube amps in the trunk of the car and did the sound system. At the end of the show Billy gave the car to his girl friend. Very cool dude with a lot of cool toys
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Robby G
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Early ZZ rules!! That should be the webster definition for hair raising(see back of neck)
tweed
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Amen Brother! 
I just wish someone would share is JMP1 settings and his eq settings. That tone just plain kicks ass!
I just wish someone would share is JMP1 settings and his eq settings. That tone just plain kicks ass!
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loudgtr
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Killer player! Love that first vid posted...played it half a dozen times already.
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Gorehog
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wow!just friggin wow!
so damn good!
i need to get in the woodshed.
so damn good!
i need to get in the woodshed.
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aftec
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Awesome. The less is more.
squank
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Billy was one of my 3 main influences as a new guitarist back in the 70s/early 80s. The others were Jimmy Page and EVH. The others' influences have waivered, but BFGs playing never gets old.
Inca Roads
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ALL HAIL......"THE REV"!!!!! 
philb
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Yeah, that was cool.
petejt
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King Guitar":3bgt0s25 said:
Same here man
. I can't get into a lot of shred, but I've always loved ZZ Top, always. Was awesome seeing them live earlier this year.
verderacer
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twenty4_7spy":cfvrwcfe said:
Chevrolet Gibbons !
Hot rod is more like it
skoora
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Amen! No contest for me if I had to choose between Gibbons and any speed picking, neck pickup lovin' shredder. The only shredder I really liked was Gary Moore, but he had a major fire in the belly on his stuff....and he wrote killer hard rock songs. I could never play in a band with another guitarist who didn't love old ZZ top. It could be a thrash metal band and it would still need to be so