<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Joe-bonamassa ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/joe-bonamassa Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:17:54 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I was 28 or something and he was 80. He’s like, ‘Here, son, this is how you do it.’ How sad is that?” Joe Bonamassa on the time BB King taught him how to use an iPod (and what made him blues guitar’s GOAT) ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-bb-king-teaching-him-how-to-use-an-ipod gW2rLGxzx7c7d24Y7yqvKN Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:17:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I am extremely excited to see my Uncle Norm enter into this new chapter in his life and career”: Joe Bonamassa gives his blessing as Norman Harris sells Norman’s Rare Guitars and says the future of his iconic LA store has been secured ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/normans-rare-guitars-acquisition fkEyqWisALr7Ee2QuqEJNk Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:25:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Andy, I can you build me an amp? I’ll send you a speaker…’ he built me one of these ODS models, and, to be honest with you, it blew me away”: Joe Bonamassa teams up with Fuchs Audio for a signature amp offering Dumble tone without the price ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-fuchs-audio-jb-ods-signature-tube-amp J7YEU2iLkaCG7TskAArfhe Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:22:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Given the fact that this is all-mahogany with an ebony fingerboard and a Bigsby, it’s a little more hi-fi… but it will rock, it will roll”: Epiphone raids Joe Bonamassa’s Nerdville archive for another reproduction of a vintage unicorn ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/given-the-fact-that-this-is-all-mahogany-with-an-ebony-fingerboard-and-a-bigsby-its-a-little-more-hi-fi-but-it-will-rock-it-will-roll-epiphone-raids-joe-bonamassas-nerdville-archive-for-another-reproduction-of-a-vintage-unicorn gEFD3ishHAc58mYMFTW3XU Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:48:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can turn an Epiphone into the Tommy Bolin Burst!”: Seymour Duncan expands Joe Bonamassa signature pickup range with a humbucker set based on the PAFs from his 1960 ‘Bolin Burst’ Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/seymour-duncan-custom-shop-joe-bonamassa-bolin-burst-humbucker-pickup-set a7zaasBf5AtKXqsHZwbM3F Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:19:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was the sun which all planets rotated around”: Joe Bonamassa announces all-star album celebrating life of BB King on the King of the Blues’ 100th birthday ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-bb-king-blues-summit-100 Z2CcTPe5QSgSaeerJakEW9 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:56:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a great sound, and it doesn’t have to be overly complex”: Joe Bonamassa on how to choose the right amp for a gig ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-choosing-a-guitar-amp-for-a-gig kTYwvnPPPJzUVHzRzhQ3WY Wed, 28 May 2025 11:18:33 +0000 Wed, 28 May 2025 11:18:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He seems to access a different part of his vast library of music genre from the jukebox-in-his-head! This album is a round-the-world musical trip”: Joe Bonamassa announces new album, Breakthrough – listen to the title-track now ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-announces-new-studio-album-breakthrough E8wyja9hXpK7fLHBSNccU Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:12:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I am beyond blown away that this is now in my possession”: Joe Bonamassa is now the proud owner of the treble booster that blew a young Brian May’s mind and made Rory Gallagher’s Stratocaster sing ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/rory-gallagher-family-gives-joe-bonamassa-his-number-one-dallas-range-master-treble-booster jg8usX6UQgtsPpj5BhtJhc Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:58:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s just heartbreaking to see someone spend so much money on something that is fake”: YouTuber assembles team of guitar experts including Joe Bonamassa and Gibson's Tom Murphy to show you how to spot a fake Les Paul ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/all-star-pro-panel-on-how-to-spot-a-fake-gibson-les-paul RPZtiqKRh3YKZ82UwyL3sX Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:49:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The ‘gray bottoms’ have a little more high output – they have a punchier sound to them”: Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan put pre-CBS tones on the menu with “Greenburst” Stratocaster pickup set ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-seymour-duncan-greenburst-stratocaster-pickup-set K8JB4sGDVCP6nwuw8FJwKd Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:28:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Not a single person paid. No one came in. I think I got a Diet Coke out of it”: Joe Bonamassa dishes the dirt on his worst gig ever ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/not-a-single-person-paid-no-one-came-in-i-think-i-got-a-diet-coke-out-of-it-joe-bonamassa-dishes-the-dirt-on-his-worst-gig-ever 25WPD2744oLL2GYSbenbZF Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:48:26 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The thing came out good... the track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar team up for surprise single Fortune Teller Blues ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/the-thing-came-out-good-the-track-is-a-monster-joe-bonamassa-and-sammy-hagar-team-up-for-surprise-single-fortune-teller-blues qAyFTnzUALSrnw8xrh4NcE Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:22:15 +0000 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:27:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Forget the name on the headstock, at this price this Les Paul is a steal”: Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1955 Les Paul Standard review ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/electric-guitars/epiphone-joe-bonamassa-1955-les-paul-standard-review f6s5gBoFH2oYkagNh98zgn Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:58:38 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:11:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is still no power but we have survived”: Joe Bonamassa returns to Nerdville West, after LA wildfires threaten home and vintage gear collection ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-is-still-no-power-but-we-have-survived-joe-bonamassa-returns-to-nerdville-west-after-la-wildfires-threaten-home-and-vintage-gear-collection swGRsEgTai2kz2YuWCjwrj Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:07:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Look out!! Coming in hot! What an honour of a lifetime!!”: Martin is digging out the Brazilian rosewood for Joe Bonamassa as the blues superstar teases new holy grail signature acoustic ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/joe-bonamassa-teases-new-martin-000-45-brazilian-signature-acoustic kfvoJHGGuMuQmBKbwakaEe Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:43:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I see no reason for not playing Belfast”: What Rory Gallagher said about recording his greatest album ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/i-see-no-reason-for-not-playing-belfast-what-rory-gallagher-said-about-recording-his-greatest-album X6ae8ExUBc8qFfbgZMNiua Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:48:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You realise these things are designed for hospitals, and MRI machines?”: Joe Bonamassa reveals the secret to keeping his tube amps sounding their best night after night – and he “nicked it” from Angus Young ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/you-realise-these-things-are-designed-for-hospitals-and-mri-machines-joe-bonamassa-reveals-the-secret-to-keeping-his-tube-amps-sounding-their-best-night-after-night-and-he-nicked-it-from-angus-young aE9tWAa5isATcVxmmCgMYc Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:28:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “These are very touch-sensitive and very dynamic”: Give your Tele a tone makeover fit for a blues superstar with the Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa 1950 Broadcaster pickup set ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/these-are-very-touch-sensitive-and-very-dynamic-give-your-tele-a-tone-makeover-fit-for-a-blues-superstar-with-the-seymour-duncan-joe-bonamassa-1950-broadcaster-pickup-set tj2CZZyDW2mx2QRBftMuwe Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:49:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Most people who are real dyed-in-the-wool Gibson people, they'll say behind closed doors, when the internet's not watching, that their favourite pickup is a P-90": Joe Bonamassa introduces new Epiphone signature guitar with the 1955 Les Paul ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/electric-guitars/most-people-who-are-real-dyed-in-the-wool-gibson-people-they-ll-say-behind-closed-doors-when-the-internet-s-not-watching-that-their-favourite-pickup-is-a-p-90-joe-bonamassa-introduces-new-epiphone-signature-guitar-with-the-1955-les-paul 5KUTRTSZqU4X5tdNNfH9SD Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:05:00 +0000 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:35:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You don't need a wall of Marshall stacks in order to really be dark": Tom Morello on how acoustic music can be just as ‘hard’ as metal ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/tom-morello-bonamassa Mk44FWMxbTuHv7sSZMLN6Y Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:43:32 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a real honour to actually hold the man’s instruments and spend a few minutes playing them”: Watch Joe Bonamassa play throaty slide blues on Rory Gallagher’s Tele-modded ’59 Esquire and explain what made Gallagher a global guitar icon ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/watch-joe-bonamassa-play-rory-gallagher-1959-modded-fender-esquire-and-pay-tribute-to-the-late-blues-guitar-icon waMvbzhzmfkjd2M4KDi5UM Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:52:25 +0000 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:55:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I am sad and slightly pissed off that he didn't live to see it - he deserved to go in decades ago”: Joe Bonamassa on the Hall Of Fame’s treatment of John Mayall ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/i-am-sad-and-slightly-pissed-off-that-he-didnt-live-to-see-it-he-deserved-to-go-in-decades-ago-joe-bonamassa-on-the-hall-of-fames-treatment-of-john-mayall wMBGn6BL8x3gF4sDseZxdX Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:30:34 +0000 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:31:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There’s a contingent of people who somehow think I’m depriving the world and other players of gear": Joe Bonamassa talks vintage guitars and unfair accusations ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/theres-a-contingent-of-people-who-somehow-think-im-depriving-the-world-and-other-players-of-gear-joe-bonamassa-talks-vintage-guitars-and-unfair-accusations ffvwCJ2fLtxC22LJM28nKD Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:44:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know what I’m holding at this stage in my life, that I could tank that market”: Joe Bonamassa says it is not scarcity but the perception of scarcity that drives up prices for vintage gear ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-shares-insight-into-how-vintage-guitar-market-works VZkPFhP8toqJ9p5wLKh2fa Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:12:24 +0000 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:11:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "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 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-sloe-gin-interview ewwMKPxxwazjKfvgqEhhf8 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:20:13 +0000 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This guitar is stunning to look at, a joy to play and has the tone to boot": Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1963 SG Custom review ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/epiphone-joe-bonamassa-1963-sg-custom-review XQssaEL7uFrCPGPMy6rZCP Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:42:23 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:11:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s noisy, it’s wild, and I’m by no means Jimi Hendrix, but we’ll get the gist”: Can Joe Bonamassa make a $1000 Band Of Gypsys rig sound like its vintage equivalent? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/watch-joe-bonamassa-test-a-1000-dollar-hendrix-rig-against-a-super-expensive-vintage-version dV3fDrjPucM3ffzzX2BbgQ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:05:45 +0000 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:06:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you put those time limits on things, you're never gonna get to where you want to be": Joe Bonamassa has some solid advice for any musician working to be successful but doubting themselves ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-advice-for-musicians xbgXp59bLB65EHeM9Zba3W Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:01:12 +0000 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:02:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "For me it was either the beginning of the beginning or the beginning of the end": the night Eric Clapton guested with Joe Bonamassa at the Royal Albert Hall and changed his career ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-joe-bonamassa-albert-hall mimqXCNiMfpS7dz5vaK8hY Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:33:08 +0000 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:04:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The riffs are tougher, and there are hooks! Yes, hooks!”: Black Country Communion announce new album and Joe Bonamassa’s guitar is pure fire on the supergroup’s new single, Stay Free ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/black-country-communion-announce-new-album-v-share-new-single-stay-free-joe-bonamassa qzqt9aHEhNin2zfj7pzo9C Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:24:49 +0000 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:24:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ The cheapest tone upgrade ever or a myth: should you be top-wrapping your guitar bridge like Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-cheapest-tone-upgrade-ever-or-a-myth-should-you-be-top-wrapping-your-guitar-bridge-like-jimmy-page-billy-gibbons-derek-trucks-zakk-wylde-and-joe-bonamassa USQzJdPGE2PApe32hn5CDe Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:44:59 +0000 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:44:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Joe Bonamassa give Nerdville’s noisy neighbours a taste of their own medicine with a high-volume rendition of Smoke On The Water through a cranked Dumble ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-tackles-nerdville-noisy-neighbours-with-a-1959-gibson-les-paul 37doenztCmeYZVuVVrNzMW Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:59:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The thought of missing out on this guitar gave me the strength to do the gig”: Watch Joe Bonamassa demo the ’69 Hendrix spec Strat he calls ‘The Bronchitiscaster’ – and a super-rare ’67 Flying V ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-plays-his-hendrix-era-late-60s-gibson-flying-v-and-fender-stratocaster ubCUP8CTuzGqWY6zJtKcnm Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:24:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You don't have to spend a lot of money" – Joe Bonamassa explains the keys to more Telecaster tones ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/you-dont-have-to-spend-a-lot-of-money-joe-bonamassa-explains-the-keys-to-more-telecaster-tones gznx4T52d7PkHuoAP5ZXqi Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:51:35 +0000 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:09:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I treat the number 5 as if it were 10" – Joe Bonamassa shares Les Paul tips with his favourite '59 Burst ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/i-treat-the-number-5-as-if-it-were-10-joe-bonamassa-shares-les-paul-tips-with-his-favourite-59-burst DS3GMW3r3XSkaJh75EQbqG Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:49:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa explains why stopping warming up before shows helped to reinspire his guitar solos: "I'm much more lyrical as a soloist" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-explains-stopping-warming-up-before-shows-helped-to-reinspire-his-guitar-solos-this-year-ive-tried-a-new-approach jCqvxA2wynQ74WQSKujwgc Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:38:44 +0000 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:51:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa: "When I play live, I probably use the volume and tone pots 100 times in an evening" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-when-i-play-live-i-probably-use-the-volume-and-tone-pots-100-times-in-an-evening xMjR5kXn3FVe8sTEkq2uWD Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:57:17 +0000 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:05:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you’re going to recreate a guitar you’ve got to do it right and I think everyone is really gonna enjoy this”: Epiphone unveils the Joe Bonamassa 1963 Gibson SG Custom ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/epiphone-joe-bonamassa-1963-gibson-sg-custom wKBsMgMTaL8kPEdDpSbZf9 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:16:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa is one blues man under a groove as he takes a left turn into funk with Tower Of Power-inspired new single Hope You Realize It (Goodbye Again) ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-hope-you-realize-it-goodbye-again EJtiKNXyMCgBcozFLLMVE4 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:48:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s like the Blues Breakers meets Guitar Slim meets Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith and co” – Joe Bonamassa shares cover of Slim’s classic Well, Well, I Done Got Over It ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-guitar-slim-well-i-done-got-over-it Rc3EwZuuw4867JmyRHxkQL Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:26:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa announces new album Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 and asks: “Am I even good enough to pay tribute to my heroes all over again?” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-blues-deluxe-vol-2-album-twenty-four-hour-blues hZ7jZzBamBhyn9xEngFasf Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:56:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa explains why he isn't interested in being 'relevant': "I've never been and never will be" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-explains-why-he-isnt-interested-in-being-relevant-ive-never-been-and-never-will-be 6zsq9eEAsDWKzhva6sWfdC Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:43:18 +0000 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:46:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ See Joe Bonamassa tracking a feast of blazing guitar solos for the forthcoming Black Country Communion album ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/see-joe-bonamassa-tracking-a-feast-of-blazing-guitar-solos-for-the-forthcoming-black-country-communion-album QTQKUZkviZvb4uKSKgntU Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:25:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa tries Peter Green's Gretsch White Falcon: "You can play blues on anything" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-tries-peter-greens-guitars-you-can-play-blues-on-anything ytReR5R8sCddcejDMNMJFU Wed, 31 May 2023 13:52:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa pushes his voice and Stratocaster to the limit on up-tempo soul party single, I Want To Shout About It ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-i-want-to-shout-about-it DyEYA7FoovY2wXWiCdkUA6 Fri, 19 May 2023 13:04:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Joe Bonamassa sit in with Scary Pockets and Joanna Jones for a funkified cover of Back In Black ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-scary-pockets-back-in-black 3Lp7foGZHfWt2Yeh9dcbN8 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:55:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by watching Joe Bonamassa play Sloe Gin on Rory Gallagher’s ’61 Fender Stratocaster ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/st-patricks-day-joe-bonamassa-rory-gallagher-fender-strat DwoUsv5uqbZ66uEBwaRVpL Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:21:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa says his long-awaited Fender ’48 Dual Professional JB Edition amp is about to be released ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-fender-48-dual-professional XGYLbbXk8yS7AFqLus5ogG Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:27:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa plays his newly-bought 1964 Fender Strat in… Greenburst?! ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-plays-his-newly-bought-1964-fender-strat-in-greenburst E7wojPHsMAVy9U54bhLTSN Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:06:11 +0000 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:06:35 +0000