Billy Gibbons

When asked by Guitar World about gear he used for the album Hardware, Billy Gibbons responded:

When we first arrived at the studio we only had the gear that was existing in that studio. All the backups, the known suspects, were yet to arrive, but in the corner I picked up an old Fender Jazzmaster that was leaning up against a ’61 Fender Piggyback amp and a Fender Reverb tank, something I hadn’t had the pleasure of plugging into for seemingly forever.

When asked by Guitar World about gear he used for the album Hardware, Billy Gibbons responded:

When we first arrived at the studio we only had the gear that was existing in that studio. All the backups, the known suspects, were yet to arrive, but in the corner I picked up an old Fender Jazzmaster that was leaning up against a ’61 Fender Piggyback amp and a Fender Reverb tank, something I hadn’t had the pleasure of plugging into for seemingly forever.

In a rig tour video by musicradararchive, Billy Gibbons's guitar tech discusses the setup, noting that the Marshall power amps and Magnatone are routed to Demeter ISO boxes, each containing a Heil PR30 Dynamic Microphone alongside a PR40.

"These Demeter ISO boxes are just an enclosed single 12 with Heil microphones," says Billy Gibbons's guitar tech about how he uses the Heil HM-12 Microphone.

A Monster Power PRO 2500 Rack PowerCenter is part of Billy Gibbons's live rig.

An RJM RG-16 is seen at 8:20 in this rig rundown video of Billy Gibbons.

This link is a Facebook post by the manufacturer, V-Picks, where you can download and listen to a voicemail left by Billy Gibbons himself talking about how much he loves using [this product] the V-Slide.

At 4.20 in this rig rundown video Billy's tech says he uses the same Wireless gear as Dusty.

Billy uses an Octavio Pedal as seen in this rig rundown article.

Billy uses a Jimi Hendrix Octavio as seen in this rig rundown article.

At 22.00 Billy tech talks about his rack effects.

Billys Gibbons guitar tech says that Billy uses the pearly gates bridge in his red pinstriped SG at about 12:33 in the video.

Listed on Gibbons' sE artist page.

Listed on Gibbons' sE artist page.

Billy Gibbons is singing through a Lewitt MTP 550 DM in this pic.

Shown in Fuzz: The Sound That Revolutionized the World at 12:57.

Used on “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”, as recalled by Gibbons in this December 3, 2009 Guitar World interview. It is also visible as a label on Gibbons' pedal switcher in Fuzz: The Sound That Revolutionized the World at 1:20:18.

“I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”

Deguello (1979)

“We wrote this about the great Texas bluesman Joey Long, a Gulf Coast lead-guitar picker who appeared on a great number of wonderful records by the likes of Slim Harpo and Barbara Lynn. He played on Lynn’s great hit record ‘We Got a Good Thing Going,’ which was covered by the Stones, and which was really one of the important recordings that shaped my understanding of where it was I wanted to go with my life. It was good. And so was he.

“Joey loaned me a multistringed mandolin-like instrument from Parral, Mexico, and I put it to good use on ‘Nationwide.’ If you listen closely, you can hear close-miked mandolin-sounding rhythm accompaniment. The lead track was played on a custom-made, half-size, real short-scaled guitar tuned to G. It was actually standard tuning cranked up a minor third, which remained quite playable thanks to the guitar’s short scale.

“The song’s tail end alternates between three distinct effects created by two pedals: an Echoplex doubler and a Maestro octave box alternating every third bar between having the octave up and the octave down. The song also contains some Hohner Clavinet, which was owned by one of our famous Memphis pals, Carlos De Marlos. It’s such an interesting sound that it ignited Dusty’s [Hill, bassist] interest in learning some keyboard skills, and it was he who subsequently handled all the tickling of the ivories.”

Featured in this November 16, 2019 video by Reverb.com.

You can see the pedal on the floor, on the left.

"Billy Gibbons has recieved his Fat Boy overdrive and was using it today in the studio. He wanted to tell you thank you very much for it from him and that he we will be using it now... " Lance Lopez

"Man, this thing is righteous! Please let the builder know how much we appreciate the kind gift. It's online and in service...! Wow!" Billy F. Gibbons

In a Sweetwater YouTube video titled "Billy Gibbons Talks Magnatone Amps," Billy Gibbons discusses his use of the Magnatone Custom 410, highlighting its exceptional sound quality for blues and rock music.

In this video Billy Gibbons plays a Fender Stratocaster on the streets of Helsinki.

Billy discusses this guitar with Joe Bonamassa at 19:45 in this video saying:

The one regret was leaving that, as I remember it was a seafoam green Stratocaster. But I left and by the the time I remembered, gee whiz, maybe I should have made an offer to buy that thing from him, because it, as you point out, it had a sound man.

In this instagram video https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClX8PJ9j__w/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY= Billy is playing this Jimi Hendrix Gibson flying V guitar.

In this photo taken with Jeff Beck, Gibbons is seen with a Gibson SG 61 re-issue sideways vibrola.

"1987 Lee merged Metaltronix and Perfect Connection into one large factory in Northridge California. The Northridge factory was like a mini Fender, we where doing all the manufacturing under one roof. We showed the “Blues 59 Amplifier for the first time at the winter Namm show because we were asked by Billy Gibbons (ZZ-Top) to come up with an amp that was more for the southern market. Metaltronix was growing and adding new products each year. Lee came up with a new kind of distortion pedal called the “Maniac”, which was in production when the company came to a complete halt in 1990 with a try by the investors to take over the company. Things could not be cleared up in court so in 1990 Metaltronix/Perfect Connection was closed, Bummer!"

From Republic Guitars' website.

In this performance of "Baby What You Want Me To Do" by Jimmy Reed, Billy F. Gibbons uses a 70's Telecaster Deluxe from Fender's Vintera II series.

On the cover of Guitar Player magazine in February 1981, Billy Gibbons is seen playing a double neck automatic custom guitar from Erlewine Guitars.

Visible in this photo of Gibbons from his official PureSalem Guitars artist page.

In this video, Billy F. Gibbons demos the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue from Gibson.

In the provided image, Billy Gibbons is clearly seen using a Gibson Les Paul Playboy.