Joe Bonamassa's Effects Pedals

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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On the Three Kings tour, Bonamassa is using a stripped down setup with this custom pedal (modelled after the Way Huge Green Rhino) made as a joke by Jeorge Tripps. It's meant to emulate a Dumble Overdrive Special amplifier.

According to his Instagram he also said, "Thank you @way.huge.electronics for making these reverse color ( black with silver fonts instead of silver with black fonts) Overrated Specials for the fall tour.. They sound awesome! @jtripps".

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The MXR Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa Pelham Blue FET Driver comes in a limited run of only 300 and is exclusively sold on the official Joe Bonamassa store. This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an op-amp gain stage into a FET stage. The Joe Bonamassa Pelham Blue FET Driver features a unique circuit design. Step on the FET Driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amp-like distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes. The FET Driver features true bypass switching and comes in a heavy duty metal housing that's ready for the road.

"This pedal glued the loose ends of my rig together," Joe says. "It's very focused and very fat, and it cuts through without being too bright. That's a hard sound to achieve."

Each purchase of the MXR Custom Shop Signature Joe Bonamassa Pelham Blue FET Driver comes with a free T-shirt.

Features:

• Item #: M265 Joe Bonamassa Fet Driver •Noise Floor* -88dBV •Bypass True Hardwire •CurrentDraw 26 mA •Input Impedance 1m? •Output Impedance 1m? •Power Supply 9 volts DC •Rich, tube-like overdrive and distortion •Active EQ section for the fine tonal sculpting •100% analog and true bypass •Joe Bonamassa Signature Paint Job •Measures: 6 (L) X 4.5 (W) X 2.75 (H) inches

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Shot of his very minimal "pedalboard" for 2018 is on Slide #18

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At 30:17 of this "Rig Rundown" with *Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey recalls the MXR Micro Flanger guitar effects pedal.

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During Bonamassa's 2009 tour, he used a Whirlwind phaser, which the company sent him. He likes how he can get a Pat Travers-esque sound. Bonamassa demos the pedal at 0:40

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"Nice 80's Tubescreamer find in Davenport today."

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In this picture on his instagram, on 27/07/2021, the POG nano can be seen on the first row of pedals.

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At 29:50 in this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey, Bonamassa's guitar tech, shows off his pedalboard where the Lehle 1at3 pedal is placed.

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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. An overhead still frame of Bonamassa's board shows the Ernie Ball Volume Pedal to the right.

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According to Instagram post, Bonamassa uses the Korg G4 rotary speaker simulator.

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In this photo, which shows some of Bonamassa's pedals, the Ibanez FP-777 flying pan can be seen.

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Developed in collaboration with Bonamassa.

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Jim Dunlop came up with a signature Joe Bonamassa copper top Cry Baby Wah and as well as a copper top Fuzz Face and a black Fuzz Face.

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In the YouTube video by jimdunlopusa titled "Joe Bonamassa Signature Series," Joe Bonamassa is associated with the Dunlop Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face JB-F3 Copper Top, highlighting its role in his signature gear collection.

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In the YouTube video by jimdunlopusa titled "Joe Bonamassa Signature Series," Joe Bonamassa is associated with the Dunlop Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face JB-F3 Black, a part of his signature series.

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The Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply pedal can be seen on Joe Bonamassa's pedalboard at 30:00 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar.

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In this photo, in the upper centre, Roland AF-110 BeeBaa fuzz pedal can be seen.

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Listed on Joe's official Dunlop artist page.

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Listed on Joe's official Dunlop artist page.

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Listed on Joe's official Dunlop artist page.

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