Billy F Gibbons (born 16 December 1949) is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the bands songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird guitar and his 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar known as Pearly Gates (Pearly Gates (guitar)). He is noted for using a Mexican peso coin as a guitar plectrum and uses many pinch harmonics (Pinch harmonic) in his solos. A cornerstone in Hollywood, Gibbons remains a familiar fixture at the Sunset Marquis Hotel, producing studio sessions with actors Billy Bob Thornton and J.P. Shellnutt, along with musicians Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jed Leiber, and Dwight Yoakam. Gibbons is also well known for his authentic preparations of Mexican cuisine and is frequently a guest chef around Hollywood, California serving his famous "Renegade Guacamole".