Joe Bonamassa

[urlovedbeetle]

Joe Bonamssa is the best blues/rock guitar player around. I went to one of his shows once, that was what made me want to play blues guitar.

[sbuba90]

when you arrive at 2.23 pause and press 1. then press play....

[CardioNP4]

JB is awesome. A true artist. I love you!

[byronbayoceanpaddler]

He is an amazing guitarist. I think he must've studied a fair amount of SRV. Alot of that stuff is reminiscent to my ears. I love how he has his own tone as well. On SRV there are some live clips out there and I have never heard anyone get the incredible juicy and spitting strat tone that he gets. Robben Ford is another one with great technique and feel. Love em all.

[Lotrfan99]

he is fucking amazing. true guitarist

[JoeBonamassaOfficial]

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[nflagg11]

lol joe is a bit chubby in this video, but i still love him

[chubbymosher700]

that top is making me drool :P

[Akurodam]

i really want to know which gibson he's using there

its beautiful.. any info?

[asgerms]

It's called a "Les Paul"...hehe...as if you didn't allready know that. Couldn't resist being an a-hole :-) I don't know the year, but considering it's *Joe* I wouldn't be surprised if it's a 59 or something in the rockstar pricerange. He also has his own (normally priced) Les Paul signature model out there...

[GibsonLesPaul1319]

@Akurodam That particular Les Paul is a 1959 Reissue, either aged or unaged by Tom Murphy. Most special about this one is it contains original PAF pickups, off a 1963 Gibson.

[BobJeep]

Талантище!!!

[AustinJT092794]

wow.i could listen to this tune all damn day,amazing!

[rocktunes]

Nice

[TManLatz]

I loved it JOE

Tallan Latz

[vince33450]

This guy is awesome. The son of jimmy Page.

[dirtjumpbandit]

He is, he must be, but actually his dad owned a guitar shop :)

[CommBreakDown]

the SUSTAIN man!

[IgenDjuret]

That C minor-thing reminds me of "Since I've Been Loving You". ;)

[CommBreakDown]

Clapton...

[JamesG335]

Because it is the first chord in the song.

[diazcamille]

i was thinkin that too.

[Fr3derick]

Splendid!!!

Grandma Mary

[brownbigb]

his tone here is actually better than his tone with his whole rig. too much dealay and reverb there.here it's just perfect

[claptonhendrix1]

1:25 to 1:28 sounds a lot like Derek Truks.

[burnsieboy44]

Ya because of that slide he did. He's awesome

[jakeblandjk47]

thats what i was about to say. its one of the niecst things i've heard ever... i love that sound... can't play it for shit tho ;)

[SebZoso]

Also I love the notion of "It's not what you play, it's how you play"

[SebZoso]

When I listen to Joe play it just makes me wanna grab my guitar; so much more than other players would. Weird.

I think Joe is definately a fresh breath of air when it comes to playing, even if he has been around for 20 years.

[brngs]

Guys, I want my guitar to sound at least close to Joe Bonamassa.

But I know that his set up is way too expensive.

So can someone help me?

I can only afford one amp (maybe a marshall one)

I already have a Gibson LP, so I think that's helpfull...thanks!!

[baseballnolie34]

hmm. Just one amp? Maybe a Silver Jubilee or Budda Superdrive alone would do it. Most of that tone is in his hands though, tbh, so don't expect it to be a total magic bullet unless you can really bend, pace, and vibrato well (where most of the unique tone comes from, imo).

[claptonhendrix1]

The amp on this is a $250 epiphone blues valve (something like that but it is not his live rig). It sounds good!

[JOHNNYG99X]

his sound is in his fingers.. that really it.. the amp and guitar are secondary to that..if you're good, you can get very close to this with any guitar/amp

[chad6124]

He has bad ass tone !!

[geojoey15]

You all'l hate me fer sher, but it seems Bonamassa has lotsa technique and no heart.

[reallifeguitarhero13]

i kinda agree. except he does have a little heart. and a LOT of technique.

[AmineTommylee]

that's sooo true

[holyrattlesnakes]

WHAT AMP IS HE USING!

[fixxer1988]

more than likly one of the Budda Superdrive Series amps.

[spameister]

He doesn't use a Budda anymore, but I guess it could be.

[eenhoopzever]

He uses two-rock, caroll-an, category 5, Van Weelden, Marshall and Hook amps these days..

[StowBurst]

Pure tone...its that simple!

[wilchbla68]

Smokin' Joe Bonamassa and The Vault. I saw them years ago. Joe was about 17 if I remember right. He's from Utica, NY.

[Mackeed0614]

again u retard hes from LA watch bloodline 1, 2, and 3 and you'll see

[wilchbla68]

He jackass, look it up on wikipedia. He was born 5/8/77 in UTICA, NY! He may live in LA now but you're to dense to grasp that.

[weirdotis]

no hes from ny... he even says so

[Nevarrus]

I saw him live yesterday and got his autograph! I even spoke with him abit!

Best gig of my life, he's a god! I got a autograph by a god! Ha!

[vaughanguy]

that little lick at about 1;29 1;30 sounds really derek trucks like

[chrohm]

exactly what I thought

[BM270musician]

Amen Joe

[elisamilana]

thats some crisp sounding shit

[kungfuruckus]

mmm, crispy and delicious

[SoloDallas]

Thank you Joe Bonamassa (and thank you, Gibson). The dream for us is still on thanks to you.

[JJK]

He's awesome, wow.

[somerandomassguy]

One Word! LEGEND!

[parklife101]

This is such an amazing video. Every single guitar player should be forced to watch this video. Idiots. thinking playing fast is all that matters. Whenever I show someone my playing I show them how easy it is to play fast, super fast shread. Then show them dynamics and the true power of a single note.

[Guitareben]

@parklife101 Yup, i agree, but speed is also very useful, when used correctly :).

[Niekenn]

@parklife101 Many times all of us see a player that play incredibly fast like Yngwie Malmsteen, Herman Li and many many others, but these players DON'T SAY ANYTHING in his music. Shredding all the time can be BORED!!!! That's the reason that many players must listen blues and jazz music to see for themselves that speed is JUST A TOOL. This video of Joe showing the importance of Dynamics in the phrasing is a right example of it.

[raskamas]

He's right~ B.B. CAN kill with one note~

Joe is awesome!

[coulsonsam87]

my favourite guitarist

[nando09]

what kinda scale is that? it's wicked :]

[MuppetJunior]

The major scale and/or the blues scale.

[evergreenrocks]

i think c minor

[SuaveGav89]

Its the C minor pentatonic then he is jumping to some 9th Chords I believe.

[Smokeater68]

That is one awesome sounding LP!!!

[pingo775]

Sweet lesson. Great player.

[parklife101]

SWEET!!