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."

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"

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 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.

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 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.

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

Joe at 4:51 playing a Fender Bassman

At 33:03 of this "Rig Rundown", Rebecca Dirks of *Premier Guitar and Mike Hickey talk about the Friedman 100 Watt Dirty Shirly prototype head.

The Dumble Overdrive Special can be seen at 2:27 in this video, and mentions it a few moments later saying, "for the attack in the face, you've got the Dumble."

Joe using a Head of Marshall JVM410 in cocnert of north sea Jazz festival in 2009

At 32:25 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Joe Bonamassa's tech recalls the use of the rare Diaz Reverb amp.

You can see in the corner of the video that he uses two Pro Juniors . One of them is from this limited series.

At 34:27 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Joe Bonamassa's guitar tech, talks about the Category 5 Joe Bonamassa Model amplifier.

As posted on Instagram, Joe Bonamassa owns a collection of 1962 and 1963 era Fender amps which he recalls have a chocolate color. Among the collection is a Super Reverb Combo Amp.

On the Clearsonic website, they write "This shield was built to Joe's specifications. It is the perfect size for cabinets and combos with 4-12' or 4-10" speakers, but works great with other sizes as well. Joe uses one of these shields to cover (2) 4x10 cabinets set up side-by-side."

A vintage Fender Twin Amp that Joe recent added to his collection

minute 0:51 he show the amps... is the red one

In an Instagram post, Joe Bonamassa showcases his '64 Fender Vibroverb alongside two black guitars: a '66 Trini Lopez and a '60 Les Paul Standard, known as the "Blackburst" 0-0162.

En el minuto 36:09 puede visualizarse el conjunto de amplificadores combos que usa en vivo

Blues-rock guitar hero Joe Bonamassa, also a collector of the world’s greatest vintage guitars and amplifiers, has toured and recorded with late ‘50s “high-powered” Fender Twin amps for many years. After testing several prototypes of a prospective Fender signature model, he pronounced them “great-sounding and torturetested” and gave his approval. The new ’59 TwinAmp JB Edition combines Joe’s favorite features in a wonderful new model that is sure to appeal to JB fans, collectors and professional guitarists everywhere.

According to 2021 Premier Guitar interview, a couple of Bonamassa's Twin amps were used for "Time Clocks" sessions.

For the Time Clocks sessions, Joe used a much leaner gear selection than you might expect, especially given his cavernous collection. "In New York City, you go with what you got. There were only three amps. I had a [JB signature] high-powered Twin sent from our inventory that's still in the spare bedroom in the apartment.

Featured in this April 29, 2019 Facebook post.

Broke out the Dean Markley K-20 circa 1980 for the backstage warm up. Best 30 dollar (euro) amp you can buy. 🤷‍♂️😎👍

I ended up using two Deluxes. I had one Deluxe Reverb and one brown Deluxe," says Joe. We wonder if Joe was referring to a reissue Deluxe Reverb that might have happened to be at the studio, or one of his rare closet classics. He immediately snaps, "Think about that critically and ask yourself again, 'Who are you talking to?'" Point taken, Joe! /.../ "When I was a kid, I had a black [panel] Deluxe Reverb. I think this is probably one of the ones that I had for 25 years," he clarifies. "The black and brown circuits are totally different, so you get that kind of sweet/salt mix. The brown Deluxe does the real thick midrange stuff and the black does the low and the high. That's kind of always been my M.O. It's never just one amp. You're mid-stacking with amps that don't necessarily do the same thing. The bigger, thicker tones you hear on the solo, that's the high-powered Twin. The more jangly stuff was the Deluxes."

At the launch event for the Marshall Class 5 Combo, Joe Bonamassa showcases the amplifier, as featured in a video by Marshall Amplification on YouTube.

In this video, Joe Bonamassa tells Jake Andrews at 12:37:

Here's one that's my secret weapon in the studio. Do you know what this is? 1956 Forrest White amp. It's a White. Forrest White was one of the founding fathers of Fender, along with Don Randall. In '55 and '56, Leo [Fender], was nice enough and made Forrest White an off-brand, so there's these White amps. What this is is nothing but a Fender Princeton. It's got an eight-inch speaker and a slightly wider box, volume, tone, and a different aesthetic. It's a Fender amp.

And the thing about this amp, I bring it to the studio and I was doing a track for Canned Heat about a year ago with Jimmy Vivino and my guy Rick Gould was like "Why are you bringing that?" And I said "Trust me." There's something about a healthy tweed amp, and some of them have an extra 5%, an extra bottom-end push. Maybe it's the condition of the tubes or something. Not all of them have it. I find that especially with amps with eight inch speakers, if you get the right one, they are devastatingly effective in the studio and they just fit in the track.

In this Rig Rundown video from 2009, Joe Bonamassa is seen touring with a Bogner Ecstasy 101B Amp Head in black. He explains the amp starting at 1:52 into the video.

In this video, Joe Bonamassa explains his amplifier rig and points out the Buddha Superdrive 80 Series II Head and its 30-watt version beginning at 0:21. He blends the amp with his Marshall Silver Jubilee.

In this Youtube video (https://youtu.be/pqoUo3OJQ1Y) of Oz Noy and Joe Bonamassa's 2025 residency at The Bitter End NYC, Bonamassa is seen throughout the video playing a Fuchs Overdrive Supreme Combo with a vintage Gibson Les Paul.