1413 - ZZ Top Cheap Sunglasses 1980

"Cheap Sunglasses" is a 1980 single by ZZ Top from their 1979 album "Degüello". It is one of their most famous songs and includes the use of some odd instruments[clarification needed]. The song captures many of the sounds and beats that ZZ Top is famous for. In a Guitar World article, lead guitarist Billy Gibbons said that he used a Marshall Major amplifier and a Maestro ring modulator on this song, and that the amplifier had a blown tube during recording which added to the tonal character of the song.[1] The Marshall Major is a slightly taller, 200 watt version of the classic Marshall 100 watt head.