My ZZ Top story is that I was friends with Billy Gibbons.
I use to go to the NAAM show every year. There are all kinds of whacky show pieces like that. But nothing compares to Steve Vai’s guitar (in my opinion)...
https://youtu.be/46qjDJ0lLdE?si=tuquO5s2zgJab3yl
Elwood...just say no.
They don’t still play the fuzzy guitars!
LOL.
As a lifelong bassist I have one word for that... NO!
I saw ZZ Top on their Degüello Tour (cheap sunglasses) at the National Orange Show grounds, San Bernardino CA. The Floor was festival (standing no chairs) so you could get up real close, if you got there early, which we did. I don’t recall what song it was, but Billy blew out his high E string at the beginning of that song. He didn’t miss a beat, I was 15 feet away and amazed how he worked the fretboard on his leads working around no E string.