Joe Bonamassa

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.

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

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 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.

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".

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

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

Listed on Joe's official Dunlop artist page.

Listed on Joe's official Dunlop artist page.

In this video, Joe Bonamassa demonstrates his signature Klon-inspired Deep State overdrive from Way Huge.

He says:

How did the Deep State come about? I was using a Conspiracy Theory and Jeorge [Tripps] discovered a secret cache of secret secret diodes and capacitors and they opened up Area 51 and Jeorge was one of the first guys in there and helped himself to some parts. And he built this Deep State because he had help from the deep state to get these parts.

In an Instagram post by Joe Bonamassa, he shares his rig for the 2025 European tour, where the Way Huge Smalls Conspiracy Theory Professional Overdrive is visible on the pedalboard.