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![Joe Bonamassa [left] and the late Irish blues-rock legend Rory Gallagher. Bonamassa is pictured playing Gallagher's Strat in 2011. Gallagher is playing it in 1975, in an archive live shot criss-crossed with stagelights.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mwyXrqDg4sQpJriitgVwnf-320-80.jpg)
Joe Bonamassa is now the proud owner of the treble booster that blew Brian May’s mind
By Jonathan Horsley published
Gallagher's number one Dallas Rangemaster was up for auction. But the late Irish blues-rock icon's family kept it back and gifted it to Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa and Gibson’s Tom Murphy join pro panel for video showing how to spot a fake Les Paul
By Jonathan Horsley published
Robert Baker puts a lot of guitar knowledge in one room to run the rule over a cheap and nasty counterfeit Gibson

Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan put pre-CBS tones on the menu with “Greenburst” Strat pickup set
By Jonathan Horsley published
The hottest mod of the year? These replicate the same gray-bottomed single-coils in the ’64 Stratocaster that stopped Bonamassa in his tracks at Norman’s Rare Guitars
![Joe Bonamassa [left] plays his Epiphone 1955 Les Paul Standard and wears a bright blue suit and polka-dot; Sammy Hagar [right] wears shades, a black Cabo Wabo T-shirt and plays his red Gibson Explorer with white pickguard.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJhoR4YDuLs9qkUkeyS3vK-320-80.jpg)
“The track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar have got the Fortune Teller Blues
By Jonathan Horsley published
Bonamassa played the entire track with an Ovation acoustic through an overdriven amp

“There is still no power but we have survived”: Joe Bonamassa returns to Nerdville West, after LA wildfires threaten home and vintage gear collection
By Jonathan Horsley published
Bonamassa says fires raged in Studio City and Runyon Canyon and could "easily" have taken Nerdville as a red flag warning of critical fire conditions remains in place across LA and southern California

Martin is giving up the Brazilian rosewood for Joe Bonamassa – blues star teases holy grail acoustic
By Jonathan Horsley published
Martin and JoBo unveiled on a meticulous replica of his 1941 000-45 in November but might this be upstaged by a version with the "ultimate tonewood"?

“I see no reason for not playing Belfast”: What Rory Gallagher said about making his greatest album
By Paul Elliott published
The amazing story of Irish Tour ’74

Joe Bonamassa reveals the secret to tube amp consistency on tour and he “nicked it” from Angus Young
By Jonathan Horsley published
Tube amps are like fine wine; they often don’t travel well. But a power gizmo designed for clinical settings keeps Bonamassa’s epic touring rig in top form

Give your Tele some OG vintage tone with the Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa 1950 Broadcaster pickups
By Jonathan Horsley published
Demoing these Tele-friendly single-coils on a Squier is a power move from Bonamassa as he compares and contrasts with a vintage original from Nerdville

"Most dyed-in-the-wool Gibson people... their favourite pickup is a P-90": Joe Bonamassa introduces new Epiphone signature guitar with the 1955 Les Paul
By Rob Laing published
"I can already tell you this one sounds better than one of my original '55s," says Joe. And there's a new Flying V too!
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