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I'd never seen a six-string bass before, and at that point, I didn't know that Jack Bruce used one in Cream sometimes. I'd never seen or heard one. Advertisement. Advertisement.

The bass in Francis' hands wasn't a 4-string or a 5-string bass guitar, nor was it a 6-string model. No, readers, this yellow-finished low-end behemoth was a (by our count, at least) 17-string bass.

No word as to whether the 17-string bass will be making a return appearance. ZZ Top Live 2022. Photos of ZZ Top performing live in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 29, 2022.

Watch ZZ Top Perform With A 17-String Bass News November 11, 2022 2:31 PM By Chris DeVille Dusty Hill, the longtime bassist for Texas boogie-rockers supreme ZZ Top, died last year at age 72.

“The string bass will probably always be my first love,” he concluded. “But bass guitars are fun and a lot more people play them.