Joe Bonamassa Gear Interview part 1

[okamasphere]

Silver Jubilee is outstanding. John Frusciante has one.

[chuxgrandmaster]

Kickass intro! (Before Joe starts playing no offense to him haha) Any idea if that's part of a song or anything? Or what the tab is for it?

[soothslayer21]

@chuxgrandmaster It's "Blue and Evil" off of Joe's Black Rock album. And yes, it is kickass!

[Renhjarta]

Joe is great! but he's so tired of doing this gear demos.. you can really hear it..

[XMathis]

First of all let me say that I am a fan of Joe, He is too cool for school... However how much gear does one person need at any one time?

[06mgibson]

@XMathis if it sounds good and he can afford to use it.. why the hell not?! it only makes it better to see live :)

[jkim519]

reminds me a lot of jason segel...

[Ajwmsaguitarman]

his lead sounds a lot like eric johnson

[danboyguitar94]

basically if you abuse the guitar you get to meet Bonamassa :P haha

[rotterdamrockstar]

1 person is jealous

[eposyba]

I bet it takes this dude all week to get sick of his soloing

[Jeepjones85]

Thought I heard some Ej right at the end :)

[MOSKII58]

yeah some one just said they like his pudgy playing better than now that he lost his baby fat!!! lol im laughing cause i guess thats what i was trying to say he was a wildman when he 1st was on the scene and now he seems to have mellowed..okay lets hear it for the long lost pudgy Joe.. he's prob gonna kill me for sayin this lol

[blusismylife]

Announced the only Van Weelden Twinkle Land in the US? LOL

Not even dream bout it here in Brazil!

[rjinterr]

i'll probably be tared and feathered for saying this but I dont like his tone anymore Just not my tatse. I liked his tone when he used a strat and a marshall like in bloodline. my .02c

[MOSKII58]

@rjinterr i agree i liked his chops better a while back he seems a bit monotnous, but he is a great player albeit.

i always thought he was a mofo on the axe when he was coming up as a teen, but has lost somethg in him now not sure what i can say, but i should be 1/8 as good lol.

[JEUXolim]

Awesome stuff =)

[rashesthippo]

Can someone please tell me the name of the song at the start? Thanks

[uwwinter]

@rashesthippo Hi, the song is blue and evil

[DrewciferFSA]

And all these years I thought no one could cop EJ like EJ could.

[muddywood]

I like the playing of the pudgy Joe Bonamassa more that the skinny Joe Bonamassa.

[tyrer50]

@judojal ....song at the beginning is 'blue and evil'....I personally think it is one of his best songs

[gundamOPS]

Joe is really a good talker...

[TheLesPaul101]

nice white suit Joe:)

[NintendoSinceBirth1]

we need a bonamassa marshall head!

[AllBluesCat]

Awesome set up!

[judojal]

What's the song at the beginning?

[GrowTheCaine]

why does he need 4 amps when he could ask anyone to make him a custom amp?....wtf? unneeded

[kirkhetfieldtrujillo]

@GrowTheCaine The amps provide different tones, and the way he runs them couldn't be replicated with one amp. If they weren't needed, do you think he would have them?

[GrowTheCaine]

@kirkhetfieldtrujillo i just find it a little rediculious that he needs 4

[helrazr84]

@GrowTheCaine Well 3 of the 4 amps are custom made for Joe. And plus which is cooler on stage: one wimpy amp, or a multiple amp rig?!

[GrowTheCaine]

@helrazr84 well i know people that build amps and im pretty sure they could copy the schematics of each of those amps and combine them they did that with the Rockerverb series from Orange by putting a Fender Reverb together with a Marshall Superlead so why not stuff like this?

[helrazr84]

@GrowTheCaine Sure you could probably combine designs into one amp but probably in reality it wouldn't quite sound the exact same as pairing the 2 amps. You can replace an entire pedal board with a Line6 M9 but it still isn't quite the same as having the actual pedals, as they still will sound different. Joe is at the level where he can play whatever he wants and he feels this is the best way to get "his" sound. His tone is always good so who cares how he gets it!

[GrowTheCaine]

@helrazr84 well i that i can agree with that but ive heard some pretty close comparisons so i dont know but i just like a simple not so complicated amp i own a Rockerverb and it seems to pull off a both Fender and Marshall amps really well so im happy with that

[lucrativeelfmongrel]

I love being a nerd.

[nikgottheblues]

Joe's guitar rig, is valued at well over $100,000 but with Joe playing its PRICELESS

[187alacran]

candie apple blue? looks green! very deceiving.

[Kfreund1991]

I'm going to buy one of those guitars and mistreat it just so I can meet Joe!

[Taygoo15]

If he wouldnt wear those gay sunglasses when he plays he might get famous

[Gitarrendhans]

" It's basically a simple rig"...:D

[sportsportsport]

LMAO when he says about hunting you down and adopting the guitar back if you treat it wrong haha!

[TheRealErob]

why is he talking so fast?

[branch1234]

7:33 to 7:39

[rgbrin]

would love to have a Joe Bonamassa Les Paul but the price of over 6,000 bucks is a bit much for most of us.....

[Plocky241]

where does he gets his distortion? from pedals or the amp distortion?

[BradSpead7]

@Plocky241 both. He runs the amps really hot, and uses the pedals to give alittle extra push for solos

[Epiphonefan]

nice video :D, Joe , u in a hurry here?:D

[cegelis3]

I saw him at Crossroads saturday. My new favorite guitarist. So good live. I MUST see him again SOON!

[superlou1s]

good taste in guitars, good taste in suits.

[sportsportsport]

I this exact same set up. Jokes I have a line 6 spider.

[gelchert]

@sportsportsport So you're pretty close. lol

[braberdebrabel22]

ow yes i was hopping/dreaming for this