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“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”
“I am sad and slightly pissed off that he didn't live to see it”: Joe Bonamassa on the Hall Of Fame’s treatment of John Mayall
By Will Simpson published
Joe Bonamassa on the Hall Of Fame's shabby treatment of John Mayall
Joe Bonamassa talks vintage guitars and unfair accusations
By Rob Laing published
"Anything in my collection, with the exception of maybe 20 pieces, you could source from somewhere else"
Joe Bonamassa says “perception of scarcity” drives up vintage gear prices, not actual scarcity
By Jonathan Horsley published
The blues superstar says he could see someone spending more than a million on a '59 Les Paul, but argues a guitar is only worth what you are willing to pay for it
"If we do this correctly, I think this could be one of the best blues songs ever!": How Joe Bonamassa and Kevin Shirley took an obscure Tim Curry track to a whole new level
By Matt Frost published
"When I first heard it, I was really stricken by the guitar playing, and I was really taken by the whole vibe of it"
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