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The new Epiphone Joe Bonamassa signature guitar is an ES-335
By Rob Laing published
It's based on the Cherry '62 model Bonamassa used on his first solo album in 1996

Eric Gales takes on Joe Bonamassa in a blues battle for the ages in the video for new single I Want My Crown
By Rob Laing published
The blues brawl is the first taste of the forthcoming Bonamassa-produced Eric Gales album

Epiphone releases stunning replica of Joe Bonamassa’s ’59 Gibson Les Paul Standard ‘Lazarus’
By Jonathan Horsley published
“We wanted to make a model that was accessible to everyone at a price point that you could buy it and go out and gig with it,“ says JoBo

Joe Bonamassa reveals his approach to production: “I want people to listen to Joanne Shaw Taylor and go, ‘I didn’t know she could sing that good’”
By Jonathan Horsley published
JoBo jokingly describes himself as “the great antagonist“ in the studio and shares what he has learned from the best producers he has worked with

Joanne Shaw Taylor: “Blues doesn’t have to be a 12-bar shuffle. So long as you sing it with a certain attitude, or play it with a certain feel, it is blues “
By Jonathan Horsley published
How the British blues-rock sensation got her mojo back on an album of classic covers recorded with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith

Joe Bonamassa: “I can play a Fender amp and a Fender guitar, it sounds like me. I can play a Gibson amp and a Gibson guitar. It sounds like me. Moving the needle isn’t happening anymore“
By Jonathan Horsley published
Is Joe Bonamassa retiring from gear collecting?

Joe Bonamassa demos Gibson's Murphy Lab Les Paul, SG and ES-335 guitars
By Rob Laing published
The vintage collector assesses Gibson's recreations

Joanna Connor: 10 Albums That Changed My Life – “Kind Of Blue is pure, unadulterated genius, a landmark recording, the Everest of improvisation!”
By Paul Robson published
The Chicago blues phenom on working with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith, and the records that shaped her as an artist
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