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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!

“You don't need a wall of Marshall stacks in order to be dark": Tom Morello on how acoustic music can be just as ‘hard’ as metal
By Will Simpson published
Morello and Bonamassa dispense some sage advice

Watch Joe Bonamassa play slide on Rory Gallagher’s ’59 Esquire and explain why Gallagher was an icon
By Jonathan Horsley published
“Here was this guy with long hair and a flannel shirt, and looked as if he just came out of an auto factory, and playing some some of the most gutbucket blues and rock you’d ever heard”
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