Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top

Gretsch Guitars

 

Billy Gibbons & Ed Roman 2006

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Billy at the store 2005
Playing an Ed Roman RVC & Bruce Conte From "Tower Of Power" with an Ed Roman Baker Bushwacker B1

 

 

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Click here to see more about the new Reversed Jupiter Thunderbird from the Ed Roman Custom Shop

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ZZ TOP Guitars Available @ Ed Roman Guitars 11/10/06

 

 

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Sold To Milton Verrett  $25,000.00

One of the 2 original jellybean guitars built to honor Bill Rich who designed the original blowup air guitars

Copies of this guitar are available contact Ed Roman

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ZZ Top's World Famous Crazy Cowboy Guitar
Exclusively Available In Matched Sets  From Ed Roman Guitars "Vegas"

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ZZ Top's World Famous Crazy Cowboy Bass

  Ed Roman is now offering the "Crazy Cowboy" guitars  & Basses direct to the public.

Please contact us at the Las Vegas showroom 702-798-4995

 

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Billy F. Gibbons & Ed Roman  1990

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 Dean Fuzzy Explorers

 There were over 6 major guitar companies that made these guitars for Billy & Dusty
 You can buy the above ones for $5,000.00 each.

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The Top On Billy's "Custom Made Guitar" is Made From Rubber,
This Allows him to Stick Knives Into it on Stage.

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The Purple Drip Guitar & Bass   The finish on Dusty's Bass is achieved by using a 1/8 piece of Plexiglas for the top. Different shades of purple, green, gold and occasional blue are poured on so that it gives the drippy effect When the paint dries the plexi is cut and installed on the face of the guitar & headstock The effect is amazing because the guitar looks wet up close. The Fingerboard is done completely by hand then 12 coats of clear are sprayed over it to approximate the rest of the guitar.   Billy & Dusty probably have more guitars with painted fingerboards than anyone else in the world.   Painting a fretboard is a massive undertaking,  Very few people are capable of it. The frets have to be installed after the paint and 80 percent of the clear is applied. You have to be super careful not to chip any paint as the frets are installed.  After the frets are installed the rest of the clear is applied and the top of the frets are wiped with a special tool. As I said above Billy & Dusty love those painted fingerboards, The hardest color of all to do is white because every little bitty chip shows through.

 

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Above Billy is playing one of the few reverse model Billy Bo Guitars

Contact Ed Roman if you want to own one of these

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In this shot Billy's custom guitar is closer looking to the stock Gretsch model

This one is available to the general public.

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Ed Roman & Billy 2004

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John has been building most of the Guitars that Billy & Dusty have been playing
for almost 20 years. No matter what it says on the headstock !!!

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John  Bolin & Ed Roman are now offering the "Crazy Cowboy" guitars direct to the public.

Please contact Ed Roman at the Las Vegas showroom 702-798-4995

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Old Pictures With Dean Shrimpfork Explorers

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In case you have to play on Super Bowl Sunday
It's always a great idea to have a TV built in !!

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