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The result was the G6199 "Billy-Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird which Gretsch launched in 2005. "Some time ago, Bo gave me the guitar as a gift. It was during the recent ZZ Top recordings when the engineering crew and I snaked through the guitar vault searching for that 'certain-something' guitar and there it was!
The use of this guitar (beginning with the 2003 ZZ Top album Mescalero) inspired a signature production model, the Gretsch Billy-Bo Jupiter Thunderbird. For Mescalero , Gibbons also relied heavily on Ulrich Teuffel's futuristic Birdfish guitar, saying it was second only to Pearly Gates.
He has since acquired another Gretsch, a custom white "Billy Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird with a gold double pickguard (as seen in the music video for "Another Way to Die"). [ 156 ] [ 158 ] White found a 1957 Gretsch G6134 White Penguin in 2007 while on tour in Texas [ 156 ] —the same one he used in the music video for " Icky Thump " [ 158 ...
Gretsch is an American company that manufactures and markets musical instruments. The company was founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York by Friedrich Gretsch, a 27-year-old German immigrant, shortly after his arrival to the United States. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums until his death in 1895. In 1916, his son ...
Gretsch 6136; Gretsch G1627; Gretsch G6131MY; Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird; W. Gretsch White Falcon This page was last edited on 18 June 2009, at 13:11 (UTC). ...
The album's opening song, "Thunderbird", despite having ZZ Top writing credit, was originally written and performed by The Nightcaps, a band formed in the 1950s when its members were teenagers. [5] The Nightcaps performed the song and distributed it on their album Wine, Wine, Wine but never applied for copyright. [ 5 ]
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Gretsch Drums is a division of American musical instrument manufacturer Gretsch.The company was founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1883. Gretsch drum kits have been used by many notable drummers including Max Roach, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mark Guiliana, Phil Collins, [1] Charlie Watts, Taylor Hawkins, Mitch Mitchell and Steve Ferrone.