Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa explains his use of the Silver Jubilee at around 4:20 in the source video. He says, "This particular amp has been on tour with me for 15 years and it's never broken down."

As shown on his Instagram, he strings his guitars with Ernie Ball Burly Slinky .11-.52 strings.

At 33:13 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, who is the guitar tech for Joe Bonamassa shows off the Marshall JCM2000 Dual Super Lead 100 watt amp. Mike describes this as "the secret" to Joe's tone.

On the Joe forum a guy asked : "I wanted to ask if anyone knows which speakers Joe is using in his Victoria 80212 model or his Fender HP tweed twins..."

Joe answered : "Hey Guys, A high power twin is 4 ohms. I use two 8 ohms to make 4. Celestion 80 watt speakers sound great right outta the box. Joe B"

At 30:23 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, points out the Boss DD-3 Digital Delay guitar effects pedal.

In "Joe Bonamassa on tone – and how to sound like Clapton, Page and Beck" 2:11 joe talks about his rig and the couples of twins and bassman that he's using

At 30:30 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Joe Bonamassa's guitar tech, points out that the Hughes & Kettner Tube Tools Tube Rotosphere MKII is in the loop of the system.

At 34:40 Mike Hickey, Bonamassa's tech, and Rebecca Dirks of Premier Guitar talk about the pedals that Bonamassa uses with the Category 5 amp.

At 30:14 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Bonamassa's tech, recalls the Way Huge Pork Loin Overdrive guitar effects pedal.

In the video you can see Joe Bonamassa playing Albert King's brown Lucy Guitar. e.g. 0:06

At 31:59 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Bonamassa's guitar tech, recalls the use of the John Suhr SL-68 Hand Wired amp.

A Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive pedal can be seen on Joe's pedalboard at 4:06 in this gear rundown video.

"1969 Grammer Johnny Cash model. This is the rarest guitar I own. I bought this guitar from Rumbleseat Music before (store owner) Eliot had the opportunity to even see it. There were only about 100 made in total. This guitar played a prominent role on the “Driving Towards the Daylight” CD and the “An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House” DVD (where you can see it in all of its glory). Anyone that plays the guitar says they want to buy it but it’s NOT for sale… Ever!!" Joe Bonamassa says, on his website.

In few videos he is promoting Marshall Class 5 which was one of the last amps produced before moving production to Vietnam. The series was huge succes.

At 29:51 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Joe Bonamassa's tech, points out the Fulltone Supa-Trem pedal.

For the Three Kings tour, Bonamassa is using a simplified pedalboard with the Stereo Chorus/Flanger behind his amps on a subtle setting.

At 1:19 in this video, Bonamassa can be seen playing an Alvarez Yairi WY-1.

Joe Bonamassa uses a variety of Dunlop Jazz III's including red, silver and gold ones which usually got his name on it.

Bonamassa played this at the Rockpalast DVD and later gave it to Eric Clapton who auctioned it off for the third Crossroads Centre Guitar & Amps Auction held by Bonhams in 2011.

"1964 Fender Jazzmaster. Fender’s flagship model over the Telecaster and the Stratocaster. The Jazzmaster was made famous by the band The Ventures and is synonymous with surf music out of southern California. I bought this guitar in Columbus Ohio at a small shop. Love mom and pop shops!" says Joe Bonomasssa, on his website.

At 30:15 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Joe Bonamassa's guitar tech, points out the Ibanez Tube Screamer which is a re-issue TS808 Vintage model.

At 32:43 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey recalls the use of the 1968 Marshall cabinets and why they are used by Joe Bonamassa.

At 1:24 into this video, Bonamassa talks about when he received this guitar in 1988.

In this pic Joe Bonamassa shows off his rig for a couple of UK shows. The pick shows 2 Marshall JTM halfstacks.

"Also not to exclude the Gibson fans out of the mid to late 60's party we are having on this fine Friday afternoon. Here is a quartet of custom color Gibson guitars from 1965 thru 1968. Left to Right: 67 Black Trini Lopez, 65 Pelham Blue EB-OF, 68 SG in unfaded Pelham Blue and thanks to my friends Trevor and Jay a killer 68 sparkling Burgundy unfaded as well ES-335 TD. Enjoy!"

At 31:03 of this Rig Rundown with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Bonamassa's guitar tech talks about the FET driver which was at that time just a prototype and is now available through the MXR Custom Shop.

According to Joe Bonamassa on his website...

"This is a 1954 Fender Telecaster. Made in April of 54. This is the last of the legendary blackguard series. These guitars are special and sound like no other Telecasters made since. This one came with a lovely original poodle case which made the Canadian border patrol / guitar geek freak out. Of course he got to play it and I avoided a full cavity search!"

"1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior in a sunburst finish… Gibson offered these guitars from 1954 thru early 1959 in two colors, sunburst and TV yellow (There are a few black ones out there that are double cutaways). The TV yellow being the most desirable and designed to show up on a standard black and white television of the era. A straight blonde color would blend in too much and not showcase the looks of the guitar. Les Paul Juniors came into the spotlight being used by my friend and yours Leslie West in the late 60?s and early 70’s (you can see Leslie on the Live at the Beacon Theater DVD sitting with his wife next to Kevin Shirley). Bare bones and simple the P-90 pickup was a killer combination of brightness but enough power to achieve overdrive from the amps of the day. So go out and find an old Sunn Coliseum or a 100 watt Stramp amp, crank up “Never in My Life” or “Theme from an Imaginary Western” and the rest will sort itself," Joe Bonamassa says, on his website.

Joe at 4:51 playing a Fender Bassman

"1970 Martin D-28. First year using Indian Rosewood. This guitar was my main acoustic guitar for the early part of my career. You can really hear it on the Studio Verion of 'India,'" says Joe Bonomassa, on his website.