Billy GibbonsPedalboards & signal chains

Billy Gibbons pedalboards in the archive, 1967-2019: 5 dated setups with pedal lists, routing evidence and sources. Compare the documented rigs.

Documented rigs: 05
Coverage: 1967 Moving Sidewalks era to 2019 European tour

Board history

Newest first

2019 European tourDocumented · 2 sources

Frankenhalle, Nuremberg

European tour four-effect loop

Billy Gibbons carried four effects on ZZ Top's 2019 European tour, switched by an RJM loop: a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octavio fuzz, a Boss OC-3 octave, a Boss GE-7 EQ and an MXR Carbon Copy analog delay, feeding Marshall and Magnatone amps.

1983 Eliminator sessionsDocumented · 2 sources

Eliminator recording sessions

Gimme All Your Lovin' direct path

Billy Gibbons recorded Gimme All Your Lovin' in 1983 with two Dean rhythm tracks and no effects, straight into a cranked Legend 50 combo.

1979 Degüello sessionsReconstructed · 2 sources

Degüello recording sessions

Cheap Sunglasses studio effects

Billy Gibbons used two studio effects on ZZ Top's Cheap Sunglasses in 1979: a digital delay for the rhythmic echo on the outro, and a Maestro Ring Modulator for the metallic tags between verses.

1973 Tres Hombres sessionsDocumented · 2 sources

Tres Hombres recording sessions

La Grange direct studio path

Billy Gibbons cut La Grange in 1973 with a hardtail Stratocaster straight into a cranked Marshall Super Lead. The drive is tube distortion, not a fuzz pedal.

1967 Moving Sidewalks eraReconstructed · 3 sources

Moving Sidewalks single and live era

99th Floor documented core

Billy Gibbons played a Fender Jazzmaster into a Vox Super Beatle with the Moving Sidewalks in 1967. Something saturated that signal on 99th Floor, but no source names the unit, so the archive leaves it unidentified.