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"Most dyed-in-the-wool Gibson people... their favourite pickup is a P-90": Joe Bonamassa introduces new Epiphone signature guitar with the 1955 Les Paul
By Rob Laing Published
"I can already tell you this one sounds better than one of my original '55s," says Joe. And there's a new Flying V too!

“You don't need a wall of Marshall stacks in order to be dark": Tom Morello on how acoustic music can be just as ‘hard’ as metal
By Will Simpson Published
Morello and Bonamassa dispense some sage advice

Watch Joe Bonamassa play slide on Rory Gallagher’s ’59 Esquire and explain why Gallagher was an icon
By Jonathan Horsley Published
“Here was this guy with long hair and a flannel shirt, and looked as if he just came out of an auto factory, and playing some some of the most gutbucket blues and rock you’d ever heard”

“I am sad and slightly pissed off that he didn't live to see it”: Joe Bonamassa on the Hall Of Fame’s treatment of John Mayall
By Will Simpson Published
Joe Bonamassa on the Hall Of Fame's shabby treatment of John Mayall

Joe Bonamassa talks vintage guitars and unfair accusations
By Rob Laing Published
"Anything in my collection, with the exception of maybe 20 pieces, you could source from somewhere else"

Joe Bonamassa says “perception of scarcity” drives up vintage gear prices, not actual scarcity
By Jonathan Horsley Published
The blues superstar says he could see someone spending more than a million on a '59 Les Paul, but argues a guitar is only worth what you are willing to pay for it

"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
By Matt Frost Published
"When I first heard it, I was really stricken by the guitar playing, and I was really taken by the whole vibe of it"

"This guitar is stunning to look at, a joy to play and has the tone to boot": Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1963 SG Custom review
By Daryl Robertson Published
An impeccably styled guitar that might seem pricey for some, is certainly worth the money

“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?
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Watch JoBo pit two Hendrix-inspired rigs against each other from the comfort of his living room, one with a Squier Strat, a Peavey Classic and Dunlop pedals, the other all megabucks vintage gear
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