You know there's a Japanese dude who has a guitar which is an actual surfboard. His name... Masayoshi Takanaka. He also loves fun looking guitars to perform with.
Hi Billy gibbons mention the alltime favorite,in 69 at woodstock i set that guitar up for real man,i took over for the guy that got hit by lightning,during the storm on day two,the lightning vic was in the on stage sound panel stage right,and there are pics and film of me bobing my head to the music,just a little history in the musicians circa,so handle with care please MR.GIBBONS,PEACE ✌️😎☮️🌌 PSST for real story
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Those strings will be tuned so that he can play them open (just by picking, no left hand.) If he needs to fret one he would just reach over the top of the neck.
Just because you CAN build an instrument with a neck wider than your hands doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. And I should know; I used to own a Chapman Stick! :-)
I bet he started tuning it the year fire was discovered.
lol Or the wheel. It is what it is. The entertainment business, I guess. Looks like a keytar or a keyboard.
Elwood: "Give me a 17 string bass. I'm still only gonna use 4 strings, but it will look kewl."
Lol that's all it takes but let's see u hold that 17 string badass up or even play it just a fan to another but u got to agree its badass
one string
@@Marionandtricia That bass is the only reason i clicked on ZZslop
The irony is how simple zz tops bass lines usually are. 🤣🤣🤣
Lol…so true. Dusty never needed anything more than that though, as the vocals and guitar ran the gigs.
Yepppp 😆 love it
I think thats the point...
Elwood❤ Frances got it going on with that 17 string bass guitar
My favorite band. Have seen them 14 times. Not only are they excellent in all respects but have a sense of humor.
… yep… that million string bass proves it…🤣😂🤣🙄
@@Langdanion Wife and I just saw them about a month ago. Elwood came out with that bass. We broke out laughing!!!
That’s almost as much strings on that bass
I'm getting a cramp in my shoulder just looking at it. Four truss rods!?!?😂
One of them is in his spine!
Jack and Rose could float for hours in that bass! 😊
When ZZTop’s former bass tech gives the new guy some real work
A surfboard with strings
Totally!
@@irablackattack vv
Masayoshi takanaka has a surf board guitar
@@StarEater666 literally just watched that video before this one
You know there's a Japanese dude who has a guitar which is an actual surfboard. His name... Masayoshi Takanaka. He also loves fun looking guitars to perform with.
Saw a Google headline saying this happened, figured i could find it easier on here. Guess I was right
Ira Black: thanks for posting. Not only is Elwood playing a 17 string bass he sure is a shaggy dude. Cheers!
It's not his real hair.
Hi Billy gibbons mention the alltime favorite,in 69 at woodstock i set that guitar up for real man,i took over for the guy that got hit by lightning,during the storm on day two,the lightning vic was in the on stage sound panel stage right,and there are pics and film of me bobing my head to the music,just a little history in the musicians circa,so handle with care please MR.GIBBONS,PEACE ✌️😎☮️🌌
PSST for real story
Wow Steve! Incredible story!
So cool , I love all of ZZ TOPS performance, All songs and there deep voices !!!!! Keep on rockin !!!!!!!
Any bassist knows you only need ONE bass string to play any ZZslop song
I cannot WAIT for September, Darien Lake, NY! 🤘🤣🤘
Wow the crowd is really getting into it
Holy bass hit
Can we all just take a minute and appreciate that Gibbons silhouette is identical to the drawings of him.
-how much strings do you need sir?
-yes
thats jared dines model lol
I can't imagine how much that bass weighs lol 🇺🇸👍🏆.
Hey Billy yall do a legs video and like always flip the guitars I and many more would like to see that big ass 17 strings flip
Hey, that's MY bass! ❤️
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The song is appropriate. He's definitely under pressure having that bass on his body. He'll need to see a chiropractor in the morning
by the width of the neck of that bass I have to ask - - How does he play the strings in the middle with his left hand?
Those strings will be tuned so that he can play them open (just by picking, no left hand.) If he needs to fret one he would just reach over the top of the neck.
He don’t play em
Jared dimes will
Show you watch his videos
For those wondering what this is, look up "Jared Dines Scammed," on RUclips. This thing even has the same JD on the 12th fret.
Sweeeet!!!!
Мощно!!!
Nice prop.
Texas blues at it's best!!
Got me under pressure
ZZ over the Top...
Wouahouh. Elwood va pouvoir surffffer sur les. Rifffffs de sa guitare. Yeah. It's funnnnny
That thing looks terrifying!
Jared Dines and this bass player have talked and it is all so epic!
wonder how the mid strings sound like, that was slightly overkill of a bass lol! :)
And he is only using 2 strings, the highest and the lowest
Without tapping becomes impossible reaching the other strings… what’s the point of this? That I don’t know…
@@jwagnerbass the point is visual.
@@ChrisLawton66 you can have a visual and also a playable instrument
He has the same name as me! No to many people are named Elwood lol
One of my cats is called Elwood 😊
Loco!
WOW
I feel like I’ve seen that somewhere
Jared dines lol. He’s mad about it 😂
Cool bass i wonder the price on it
I don't know...I just feel like if Elwood had one or two more strings ...he'd really find that groove.
holly bass
Oh I thought this was a joke
THEY ARE PLAYING PEARLS GIRL BT UNDERWORLD AT A ZZ TO0 SHOW THATS WILD
What tune bass string ..1-17
It can Djent but can it Boogie?
사운드 죽인다!~~
How to look comical on stage 101
Do the knobs go until 11?
Excelente'.🌄😆😁
How the hell do you even play this thing? Where do you get strings when one snaps?
They bought that bass as a goof and everyone loved it, except him. He hates that bass.
The amazon site states that the bass weighs 100grams.... The strings most likely weigh 5lbs. lol
Funny they use grams as measurement, is it made of cocaine? Lol
(He mentions cocaine in the song too, coincidence?) 😂Ha
Where theybplaying underworld? Before
That thing has carpal tunnel written all over it.
Everyone, look at me!
How do you play the middle strings on that fat Bass.
Someone's missing a bathroom door somewhere
That is a surfboard with strings!
Bro does not have a single song where he needs to be doin all that
A quoi serre une basse pareil et au centre il joue comment 🤔 ! ?
A door whit strings
Just because you CAN build an instrument with a neck wider than your hands doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. And I should know; I used to own a Chapman Stick! :-)
How about to tilt it as she does with a Finnish harp! 🙃 Great sound there too 👉 ruclips.net/video/x6nUllak1Sc/видео.html
Un dulcimer. Diraient les bretons. Hé hé. Yeah
As long as the gimic works...
Four string Bass EADG. In this case the entire alphabet is on that thing lol
Imagine trying to adjust the intonation on that damn thing
I just heard he fucking hates this bass too 😂
Djent Top.
He only uses 5 strings! Why add 12 unusable strings?
2:37 my favorite
An octopus bass
IT IS UNDERWORLD WHY ARE THEY AYING UNDERWORLD AT A ZZ TOP SHOW.
Can't hear it at all
You are lucky.
Congrats on the 17 string bass and actually playing on two strings. Maybe use the rest of the fretboard to cut up your vegetables
Dusty only needed 4.
Jared Dines where are you?
I can't hear the bassist.
Tää on seittämäntoistakielinen basso, osaatko vetää seittämäntoistakielistä bassoo! Et osaa, et osaa vetää
At some point, too much is a real thing
He plays with a pick.
Crazy bass, Start tuning it as soon as you get up so by the time you are ready to perform, it's already out of tune.
18 woulda been too much!
That's a 7 string bass with extra unused space/strings.
Shi has to weigh like 135 lbs 😂
Don’t know what brand it is… Headstock looks like a Schecter
What the hell is that??? That's not a bass its a lettuce slicer LOL
jared dines should sue
Sue for what?
@@chickenboyyyy7860 It is a fake of his 18 guitar. Downey to the JD in the fretboard
I feel sorry for the roadie who had to setup the bass.
Nice harp. 🙄
ZZDjent
Bol shit he just Play on this bass on 2 string
This makes me sad.
Totalement ridicule !!!
He can only use about six of those GD strings.
I mean what's the point other then giving yourself a hernia!!
I really hate the "But Dusty hand picked Elwood" defense. Yeah, and George Lucas hand picked Kathleen Kennedy. What's your point?