Billy Gibbons Rig

Re: Billy Gibbons Rig

i doubt youll be able to find any accurate info, people say he uses crate v series but ive seen and played thru one of his "v series" crates and it was a handwired 18w marshall type amp. it was built by a guy who designs amps for crate but it was no model ive ever seen. billy tells stories alot as far as ive seen.
 
Re: Billy Gibbons Rig

I just saw ZZ Top less than 2 months ago and the backline was 3 full stacks (3 heads and 6 cabs) of Crate Blue VooDoo for Billy and 3 for Dusty...now, wheather or not that was actually what was being used or what remains to be seen.
 
Re: Billy Gibbons Rig

For years, he uses whatever he's endorsing on stage, with 1 or 2 mic'd up.
That's blended with his primary rig....Marshall JMP-1 preamp under the stage also mic'd and run DI into the house board. So, what you're hearing is probably a stereo mix of Crate and his Marshall Preamp at a regular ZZ Top Arena show.
 
Re: Billy Gibbons Rig

I've heard him mention several different incarnations of his rig, but a Marshall JMP1 preamp and a Marshall power amp is always in there somewhere.

Anyone got a link/pic of that ridiculous looking thing wired up with 6 Expandora pedals?
 
Re: Billy Gibbons Rig

All this is very true BTW...that JMP-1/Valvestate poweramp rig has been a mainstay for several years now...FWIW, I have a nice shot of the whole rack and it's pretty insane! Also, Billy sets the JMP-1 clean and gets ALL his dirt from various dirt boxes...
 
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