The band opened with "Got Me Under Pressure" and Francis' 17-string bass used for the song ... is a noticeable difference without Hill, ZZ Top still sounds impeccable and Francis' obvious mastery of ...

ZZ Top play at Christchurch's Wolfbrook Arena on May 15, 2025. Alec Huisman Guitar fanatics were dazzled with an array of different guitars, including a bonkers 17-string bass guitar, furry ones and ...

ZZ Top’s aesthetic alone is enough to drive us wild. Multi-coloured Magnatone amplifier stacks, beards, matching bejewelled Nudie suits, yellow 17-string bass – we’re here for all of it.

Texas blues rock icons ZZ ... guitar that featured a whopping 17 strings and a body that almost obscured his entire torso. The standard electric bass guitar has four strings, there are also five ...

For others, namely, ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis rock and roll comes in a different shape. A comically huge seventeen string yellow bass guitar. The Texas trio are ... the crowd wasn’t already dazzled by ...

We’ve already scored a preview of Cheney’s guitar wizardry ... his kit and then ZZ Top’s sole original member, the legendary Billy Gibbons, struts out alongside Francis, who’s wielding a ginormous, ...

ZZ Top bassist Elwood Francis with his 17-string guitar. Picture: YouTube Francis has also propelled ZZ Top back into the video realm, where viral clips of veteran rockers and their music finds ...