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Billy Gibbons nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitar player for the band ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs. Gibbons is known for playing a classic 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates. He is known to play his guitar using a quarter or a peso as a pick, lending a distinctive sound to his playing.

So here's the deal for this list. It is really hard to find out exactly what gear Billy Gibbons uses/has used. We have over 14 different resources we used to get this list together, but there are certainly gaps for you to help fill in. If you check the pictures we have, you'll see one of billy's rack from 2008.


Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Billy Gibbons's guitar rig.

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Guitars

Note: Billy's tech said in an interview that Gibbons has hundreds of guitars.

- Gibson '59 sunburst Les Paul aka "Pearly Gates". Gibson made a Pearly Gates guitar in 2009 - you can get it signed and played by Billy(aged version) or the lower price version which is not signed etc..

Gibson Custom 60Th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Standard Cherry Teaburst

- Fender Esquires, aka Bones

Fender 70Th Anniversary Esquire Maple Fingerboard Electric Guitar 2-Color Sunburst

- '58 Gibson Flying V

Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar Antique Natural

- Gibson Les Paul 50th Anniversary Corvette

- Goldtop Les Pauls

- Gibson Les Paul Juniors

Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior Single Cut Reissue Vos Electric Guitar Tv Yellow

- Gibson Melody Maker (his first guitar)

- Fender Stratocasters, inlcuding a Pink Fender Strat, given to him by Jimi Hendrix

Fender American Original '60S Stratocaster Rosewood Fingerboard Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

- Fender telecasters

Fender American Original '50S Telecaster Maple Fingerboard Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde

- Gretsch co-signature model, the Billy Bo

Gretsch Guitars G6199 Billy-Bo Jupiter Thunderbird Electric Guitar

- Robin Artisan-Eight Custom "Bo Diddley"  Guitars in exotic finishes

- Tokai Les Paul style guitar

- Billy has a large collection of guitars - he even has a book about them (Rock + Roll Gearhead)!



Amps and Cabinets
- Fender Deluxe 1x12

Fender '57 Custom Deluxe 12W 1X12 Tube Guitar Amp Lacquered Tweed

- Marshall 1968 plexi

- Marshall JCM800/900



- Rio Grande amplifiers
- solid state Marshall Valvestate rack amps
- Crate V50 and Blue Voodoo amps and cabs
- Marshall JPM-1 preamps
- Marshall 2x12 cab
- Fender Champ (his first amp)
- Mohave Scorpion amp head (Live goes to goes to one of the Iso cabs. Vivian Campbell said in a 2005 Modern guitar interview, that Billy brought this amp to the studio to record his parts on vivian's record)

- ZT Lunchbox amplifiers

- Demeter Iso Box with Eminence governor and Man O War speakers

 



Effects and More
- Pro Analog MKIII fuzz pedal


- Pro Analog The Power Driver


- Pro Analog The Dual Drive

- Boss Bass octave

Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave Pedal

- Electro Harmonix POG

- Fulltone Ultimate Octave

- Fulltone Deja Vibe

- Bixonic Expandora

- Chandler Tube Drivers

- Keeley Katana pedal

Keeley Katana Pre Amp Guitar Effect Pedal

- Korg Rack tuner

- Furman Power conditioners

Furman PL-Plus C Power Conditioner

- Tech 21 NYC Midi Mouse

- Analog Man Sun Lion pedals

- Samson UR5D wireless units
- Peterson StroboStomp tuner
- RG-16 Rack unit
- Boss SE-70 Super Effects Processor
- DigiTech Mono 28 EQ rack units

 

Strings, Picks and More

- Dunlop Reverend Willy's accessories (Slides, guitar strings.... He uses the 7 gauge version)

Dunlop Reverend Willy's String Set - Medium LightDunlop Reverend Willy's Mo-Jo Porcelain Guitar Slide

- .08 gauge Gibson Britewire guitar strings

- Dunlop picks (his tech shows them and thinks they are the gell picks. Though it looked Orangish)

Dunlop Gel Guitar Picks

- he uses a peso as a guitar pick in addition to other picks

 

Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Billy Gibbon's guitar gear.

 

 


 

Oh goodness are we lucky. A guy who goes by Bobble-Head gave us a photo of Billy Gibbons rack. Bobble-Head took the picture on June 6th 2008. There are some things in the rack we can't identify, so if you can pick them out, post a comment for all of us. Enjoy it!