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Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a blue suit and polka-dotted shirt as he plays his green burst Strat onstage; Eric Clapton plays the 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Joe Bonamassa on Eric Clapton's sonic reinvention – and his favourite track from Slowhand's Strat era

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Ahead of his appearance at Crossroads 2026, Joe Bonamassa promises MusicRadar he's not stalking Clapton – but he has been paying close attention to his sound

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Fender Tone Master Joe Bonamassa High-Power Twin JB Edition
Fender unveils Joe Bonamassa’s Tone Master Twin – is it really better than the tube version?

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Tone Master '59 Twin-Amp JB Edition is here, and it's got some lungs on it. Joe Bonamassa tells us how it more than held its own in the Amp Shanty

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“Not a high crime or misdemeanour”: Joe Bonamassa has sympathy for up-and-coming artists using AI

By Beth Simpson Published

But AI ‘artists’ shouldn’t be in the same chart as humans, he says

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Joe Bonamassa demos his new signature Pawnshop Special P-90 pickups from Seymour Duncan.
How a miracle pawn shop purchase in the depths of winter made Joe Bonamassa fall in love with P-90s

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Seymour Duncan's collab with Bonamassa continues with a limited edition replica of the P-90S from his Polaris White '61 SG Special

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“My message is for peace”: Pink, Joe Bonamassa and Foo Fighters are all drawn into Macklemore kerfuffle

By Beth Simpson Published

Rapper had spoken out during Ed Sheeran support slot

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Joe Bonamassa and Tim Curry
How Joe Bonamassa and Kevin Shirley took an obscure Tim Curry track to a whole new level

By Matt Frost Published

Bonamassa was one of many who paid tribute to Curry after the actor's death was confirmed yesterday

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Joe Bonamassa with his two new signature Martin acoustics
Martin unveils a pair of Joe Bonamassa signature acoustics based on his 1937 pre-War vintage unicorn

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The 00-18 Joe Bonamassa and its more affordable 00-10E Retro are based on a '37 shade-top of incalculable mojo

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Joe Bonamassa wears a blue suit and plays his signature Epiphone Les Paul [left]; the late great Albert Collins with his Telecaster.
Joe Bonamassa on how Albert Collins taught him to wield his guitar as “a weapon”

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Bonamassa was just a young kid with great chops who had impressed Danny Gatton. Up onstage with the Iceman taught him how you could pin the audience to their seat with one note

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“It just sounds like me”: Why Joe Bonamassa’s tribute to Rory Gallagher didn’t turn out as expected

By Amit Sharma Published

“Getting Rory’s Strat from the National Museum would have taken an act of government!”

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Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a dark blue suit and shades as he performs with a Gibson Les Paul in 2024. BB King [right] has a mischevious look on his face as he performs seated with Lucille.
BB King was the undisputed King of the Blues – but Joe Bonamassa says he also taught him how to use an iPod

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Bonamassa pays tribute to the undisputed king of the blues as a road dog who "knew everything" and was pretty handy with newfangled technologies, too

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