from Wikipedia:

Elwood Francis (born August 23, 1961) is an American guitar tech and bassist. The longtime guitar technician for bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, Francis replaced Hill in the band after Hill’s death in 2021 at Hill’s request.

In 2022, Francis went viral for performing on stage with a 17-string bass guitar, an instrument he found “late at night while internet surfing on one of those Chinese websites”.[7] He sent the listing to Billy Gibbons and they ordered the bass from China. Francis has admitted that he hates playing the instrument as it is hard to play and he struggles finding the frets on the bass’ neck.[7] The bass was later eventually discovered to be a knockoff of Jared Dines’ Ormsby 18-string.[8]

just the fact that my data is accessible to anyone is upsetting enough. I take a little comfort in believing my data is like water molecules in the ocean of everyone else’s data…

I spent a dozen years managing auto service centers from '87-'99. Chevrolet Z-71 owners were by far the biggest dickheads I had to deal with on a daily basis. Back then, Ford and Dodge truck owners were all just fairly normal folks, but something about those Z-71’s seemed to attract the most extreme shitwillies…