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  • He sounds like Ej when he noodles around but on his albums he's Jb.

  • noisy rig,

  • why does it matter that he sounds like EJ?

  • Joe's super talented but there's already an Eric Johnson. I would avoid sounding so much like EJ if I were Joe.

  • @FlipsidesBand But youre not.... he is famous, while you just sit on youtube......

  • Its good that he sounds like Eric Johnson. I heard Eric Gales also playing tribute to Eric Johnson. Fact is, Johnson is a great guitar player and a worthy influence. Joe sounds like himself, but he has a lot of influences, as he should. I'd say he is one of our great blues players working in the popular circuit. I like his live perforance album he did in England.

  • He's one of those guitarists who's so good it's just overwhelming. Incredible tone and chops and just a very cool person.

  • It's funny how he sounds like Eric Johnson sometimes :-)

  • @sweepyjessica I think he's been practicing Cliffs of Dover and almost everything he plays in that style sounds like the end of the intro section.

  • Why are the floor monitors so far away from the egde of the stage. There will be a reason but it would annoy me live :-)

  • "simple" rig....lol.

  • Could be the crap microphone but the amps sound very muffled, like they are locked inside a wardrobe....

  • @GalaxyHorse Probably a combination of the mics, plus they're behind shielding.

  • There's a bunch of tours of his rig on YT by now, but I think this one's my favorite - nice and succinct. Good stuff.

  • His rig has SO MUCH NOISE. I would not be able to stand that.

  • @JaySon33883 Many of these great dudes have such a noisy rigs, check out Robert Randolph's rig rundown here on YT, way lot more hiss

  • He has some nice kicks.

  • is it me but a lot of the tones sound the same

  • @outtacastatv they may sound really similar but trust me, each one feels different for him and makes a big difference.

  • @JaySon33883 really my god look at hendrix his amp no master volume no effects loop no noise gate and he did ok quite a few different sounds, looks like a rich fat kid with too much money! lol

  • @outtacastatv Jimi had a different style and was out to prove an entirely different thing. When you put their skills, knowledge, and creative phrasing side by side, Joe is clearly more skilled. Jimi was sloppy, expressive, and sure, also inspirational and even paramount to the evolution of the rock guitarist, but he is by no means any better than Joe, nor did he have the harvest of gear available to him that Joe does. Because if he did, trust me, Jimi would use it... sloppily.

  • @batflash well mate you can keep him maybe your right but unless most muscians are lying the say hendrix is flat out the man! i dont think we will ever see a bbc documtry called "joe bonnamassa the man they made god" just seen a few vids when he was youn and no offense he was a fat rich kid fact lol x

  • @outtacastatv What's up with your obsession with his weight? Hendrix was a skinny black punk who dropped out of the army because he was lazy. Didn't matter because he one of rock guitar's greater influences, right? Well, Bonamassa, while I'm not a huge fan of the dude, is hailed as one of the greatest guitar players of our time. He's featured on countless music publications and holds clinics to teach other guitarists on the craft. He's not an idol, but a great influence.

  • @batflash ...Besides if you knew anything of the way the music industry worked nowadays, you'd know that there's no room to an all powerful influence anymore unless they're a pop act... which is what Jimi was. Unfortunately, today's pop is talentless garbage that pales in comparison to the pop of the 60's and 70's. Guitar gods don't exist anymore because the general listener cares nothing of the craft and is mainly focused on the lifestyle of the artist or ear candy of the production.

  • @batflash well said my friend

  • haha he seems annoyed all the time...

  • MY GOD THAT JUBILEE IS SEX

  • the VAN WEELDEN is DUTCH !, van Weelden, is a Dutch name and the colour Orange...

    is off-course the Dutch national colour.

    it's the family name of the Queen.

  • he sounds too much like eric johnson.

  • cant stand that he doesnt play strats anymore...i loved the 3 piece joe back in the early 2000s instead of now.

  • @mike8610 he played a strat when i saw him in october. Rory Gallagher's strat to be precise!

  • Joe Bonamassa's father showed me on his phone that he had three original 59s!

  • That Hughes and Kettner roto pedal sounds absolutely beautiful

  • Funny. Derek Trucks has one guitar, a cable, and a fender combo, and he sounds much better. Tone really is in the hands...

  • @Guitarwizard or in the ears.

  • @Guitarwizard or in the ears of the those listening.

  • Seems like a cool guy. Where's your rockstar ego Joe?

  • all sounds the same....one blown speaker....all that gear to sound like a blown speaker!

  • @dallettbowers Have you seen/heard him live?

  • Anyone noticed that he is using the Grolsh bottle rubber washers on his guitar? Atleast on the neck position he sems to be :) Go Grolsh! LOL.

  • Anyone notice that in every video he says something about the theremin and that he will show it later, but never does.

  • @WhiteMenJumping5 he's showed and talked about the theremin in the musiciansfriend gear tour series

  • we need a joe bonamassa cliffs of dover

  • It's those carpets again. Joe must take them everywhere with him.

  • omg its meee

  • a second eric johsnon

  • @Valeu I definitely hear an EJ influence! But the biggest difference between EJ & Bonamassa is that Joe is much more prolific of a composer. He's published like a dozen albums in the last 10 years. EJ publishes an album once every 5-7 years.

  • @ksmithdc Quality vs. Quantity. = Eric 1 vs. Joe 0 . Joe, the hitless wonder. Eric, the timeless master.

  • @BlueSpawnRecords That's not the dumbest comment I've ever heard, but it's close. I've been following EJ's career since 1984. He's awesome. But not all of his work is awesome. His latest album "Up Close" sucks. So does "Bloom". For all the OCD that goes on in his head, you figured when he actually did get around to produce another album it would be something as brilliant as Ah Via Musicom. Sadly, that didn't happen. He peaked 20 years ago.

  • Tarantino's kid brother

  • he put black tape in his pedal knob !?!?!?! somebody know how those babys work 6:07 ,, and he doesnt use microphone O_O someone explain me !

  • @anaranjadoelectrico He does the Black tape thing obviously just to keep the knobs from moving around and having to re find his tone. The mic's were replaced by a rack mount Speaker simulator and he sends them to the front of the house. He said it is the perfect representation of his amps straight to the front of the house. Mose of the knobs are probably near cranked. The TS808 would be set for a slight volume boost and gain boost. Maybe 12 o'clock for gain and 3 or more for volume.

  • @willeng84 thanks !!............. so those are like amp simulator?? ...but what are the functions of the 4 heads if you use a speaker simulation ?¿? dont understand

  • @anaranjadoelectrico No, they are SPEAKER simulators. They sound like a really good mic'd speaker and take the signal direct from the amp head itself. It sits between the Head and Speaker cab in the signal chain pretty much and just replaces having to mic the cabinets. That way he avoids coloring his signal with a mic. He just prefers the sound over a mic. For a while he did mic the cabs but finds this to be better. Its just a preference.

  • @anaranjadoelectrico No, they are just speaker SIMULATOR, they simulate a closely mic'd good speaker. They sit between the head and the speaker cabinets in the signal chain and just tap a signal from each amp and send it to the front of the house board for mixing direct to the PA. All it does is replace having to mic the cabinets. So your real question is why have speaker cabinets then..Well it definitely fills out his sound and supplies him stage volume for him to hear. Its just preference.

  • @anaranjadoelectrico Roll that treble out of the TS808 by turning the Tone to about 8 o'clock or off. I always though I liked a dark sound and Joe is the exact same way. Too much treble on a distorted amp sounds like a pissed off group of hornets and is not good to hear live. People get used to they're bad tone in a bad sound environment then step out to a show and sound horrible. ROLL OFF THAT TREBLE YO!

  • I really like the sound of that Van Weldon Twinkle land the best for sure. They're is just something about it. It's fat but it cuts without any shitty top end. It sounds amazing.

  • Jesus called. He wants His rig back now.

  • It's impressive but I can't imagine setting that up every gig. I'll stick to my simple Blues Deluxe and tube screamer set up, plugged into my 56 Strat. Easy breezy.

  • imma buy Joe an Ebtech Hum-X for his birthday

  • Hahaha "Eric is getting the bonus tour today, I'm in a good mood!"

  • forgot the damn amps, pedals and effects.... I dont dive a f--k.... look at an authentic gibson les paul standard from 1959.... one of the finest musical instruments ever made. for electric guitars, It´s what a stradivarius is for violins

  • Joe was the #1 musical act at the DPAC in Durham, NC this past year. Nobody was close to his presentation.

  • great video

  • @Zhaggysfaction Actually, it's not. He did an interview stating that it wasn't. It's a reissue that's been loved on.

  • 6:05.....those amps look lonely lemme get one!!!

  • sounds like he has some hum issues, probably ground loop in the rack or a bad preamp tube. +1 for gear and playing. -1 for the technician. 

  • @TheKassie1987 I'm pretty certain it's just because he insists on everything running at full tilt. He said in a few interviews that he'd always go for higher wattage and rocked up to a high volume so that he can clean up with volume control.

  • @danbrazier

    Yeah can be, although I own a Jubilee, and it doesn't have that much noise problems running at full tilt. Plus I don't see a proper power supply for the amps in the rack. He goes through all the trouble shielding his pedals and his guitar signal from ground loops, why not the amps too? The hum levels can seriously be decreased in my humble opinion.

  • Boy, do I wish I was Eric from San Francisco....

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  • He should buy an Axe fx and throw all that shit out =)

  • what is the point of "speaker simulators" if you already have 2 4x12 cabs? I don't get it.

  • @ts808heaven Because you don't need to have microphones.

  • @tazzboy77

    what is the advantage 'speaker rack mount sims" vs microphones over speaker cabs? Edumacate me..

  • @ts808heaven Different stages sound different and react a lot differently with cabs and mics. Some are really bright with loads of bad frequencies some are just dead. Using a speaker sim means that no-matter where you are playing from your local pub to playing Wembley Arena your rig will sound pretty much the same when it comes out the PA. It also means you have an out to the mixing desk that is completely free from from spill like drums, bass ect. It also makes things easier for the sound guy.

  • I bet that Jubilee gives him Slash Tone.

  • high voltage buzz

  • "Its cool cause it's very shiny." Love it.

  • 3:21 = :O

  • That's the REAL 59 Les Paul he's got.

  • @Zhaggysfaction yeah! it is,but you don't need to lay down 15000 dollar to sound good.I play a 2009 Lespaul traditional through a R 20 watt Hook amp,boosted with a JT-pedals valveboy,and that gives me 99,9 ´% of this sound.(wish i had his skills)

  • the rig is very simple?

  • He never demo's the Fulltone Supa Tremolo

  • @tazzboy77 the supa trem is aiways on when he plays

  • he must get fed up showing off his rig I must have seen 10 different vids of the same demo. But i'd like to know if like the rest of us mortals he could only afford to play 1 amp maybe 2 at a push what would he stick with!

  • @trigmachine Cabinets have change from Cat 5 to Van Weldens and he has add few things effects wise and sound wise. Amps are pretty much the same.

  • @trigmachine i agree thats hwta we want to know ..what would ya play or buy if ya only can play one or 2 ...good question

  • @trigmachine i think he said the marshall jubilee is his favorite

  • @NintendoSinceBirth1 i asked the same question on the joe bonamassa forum and joe replyed saying that if he had to stick with 1 amp he'd use a marshall jcm2000 dsl100 and a tube screamer!

  • @trigmachine wait your saying he personally replied to you? thats the shit!

  • @NintendoSinceBirth1 if you look on the joe bonamassa forum he regulary replys to posts... look in the gear page and its there somewhere under the thread 'regular joe set up'..... i was shocked when i saw his name

  • @trigmachine The Marshall Silver Jubilee would be my guess. That's the only amp in his rig that is always "on". His second must be either a Dumble type or a Plexi type. I have the Silver Jubilee 2558 and I can almost get the JB tone out of it. Great amp :-)

  • @cfrii90 I posted the same question on the JB forum and his reply was a Marshall DSL 100! Yes I was shocked aswell

  • @trigmachine His number 1 amp is the jubilee, for a 2nd id wager hed use his dumble clone.

  • @birdiejoehoaks suprisingly no I asked the same question on the joe bonamassa forum and joe replyed saying he uses a marshall Jcm 2000 dsl 100!

  • @trigmachine thats weird, because everytime ive talked to him hes told me his main amp is his jubilee. Its also the only amp consistently in his chain of amps

  • @trigmachine I too have seen dozens of videos of him patiently explaining his amps, effects, guitars. And unlike so many other players, I never ever get a sense that he's annoyed by it. I think he's genuinely appreciative of his fans - and realizes that they are who butters his bread. He's a classic example of somebody who can be a guitar god but without any hint of ego.

  • @trigmachine Well to answer your question of what guitar and amp Joe may use, if I were Joe I think I'd go with the Jubilee and either the Two Rock or Carol Ann. Joe seems to favor the old Marshall and Dumble ODS style amps. In all of his videos he seems to go with two of each, adding pedals in front of certain amps to achieve his tones. But if I had to go with only one I'd choose a Dumble based amp instead of the Marshalls purely for the reverb.

  • @trigmachine Guitar players never get tired of showing off their toys, duh! We're like 10 year olds talking about comic books with friends.

  • eric clapton+eric johnson in a bender = joe bonamassa

    awsome player people stop moaning about the eric johnson thing its really boaring!!!!

  • he's trying to copy eric johnson?? cmon find your style

  • @eveninthequietmoment yeah thats what i always thought ...when he was younger he was a straight clone of EJ but now hes playing just stock penatonic stuff i think its gonna be awhile before we hear whats really inside him but to play the blue you must live them i firmly believe that ...to connect people youve had to have been there an thats something this guy has not lived anyways just my opinion i think hes really talented just not a true bluesman or songwriter with soul of dispair

  • Why the heck does he need a reverb pedal? He already has bunches of reverb!

  • This guy is the shit

  • @scarabseer

    Pretty sure what you're hearing in the clip is it all through the PA as well.

  • @chooseyourblues Not through the PA in the least...just the amps. There was no one working the front of house sound during our interview

  • @Fret12Admin

    Really? Wow sounds huge. Was it overly loud on stage? Or was it fairly well controlled?

  • @chooseyourblues

    It was plenty loud but if you notice the plexi glass pieces in front of the cab help deflect a lot of it as well.

  • thanks as I play harp (for fourty years) and only recently played amped up I wonder what a p.a. would sound like through all this kit?Otherwise Thanks for the View...

  • Joe needs a noise gate in his rack

  • @RockvideoTube I agree but some people dont like gates.

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