Joe Bonamassa

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."

"This is a 1960 Les Paul Jr. Probably the best sounding Les Paul I own according to some of my guitar buddies. I bought this guitar from my friend Dave Hinson last summer while on the BCC tour. Dave has wisely set up shop in the front of the Pageant in St Louis. The lure of fine guitars was too much to bear so I had a gander. One hour later it was mine and I was broke. I recall playing it on “The Great Divide” and “Sister Jane” weather providing. All in all, pound for pound one of the nicest Lesters around." As mentioned on Joe Bonamassa's website.

"A working mans guitar with a maestro tremelo arm. These make great rhythm guitars and are great studio tools. The absence of a solid block inside prevents them from being played too loud. All in all a fine piece of mid sixties American made Gibson craftsmanship," says Joe Bonamaassa, on his website.

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".

Joe Bonamassa uses Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Guitar Strings (10-46) to achieve his distinctive blues tone, as highlighted by Ernie Ball on Instagram.

In this video we can see Joe and his drummer using the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x.

In this video at 13:28, Bonamassa proceeds to play a '62-'65 Pelham Blue Gibson EB-0F, he goes on to explain he bought the instrument for $6500.

"This is a 1931 National Trilolian. The sound of the delta blues. I bought this in Indianapolis in 2001. I was priced lower than the reissues on the rack. Oh well, great buy!" Taken from Joe Bonamassa's website.

“The Adam Ant Flying V! Built in 1983, Not to be confused with the Royale V from the gig at Albert’s place back in 2009. This is a guitar I bought in London when I was there playing a show with Jack Bruce last year. Its from a shop called Vintage and Rare. Really nice people and when they showed me the Adam Ant letter, it was sold!” says Joe Bonomassa, on his website.

During part 3 of this Musician's Friend "gear interview" Joe refers to his Palmer PDI-03 as his "secret weapon" and proclaims all guitarists should own one.

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

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

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

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

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.

At 2:43 of the "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Mike Hickey shows off the rare single pickup Firebird 1 without the tremolo just like Eric Clapton played.

In this picture you can see Bonamassa with a custom double neck guitar. This diagram from Guitar Geek calls this a Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve Double-Neck Electric Guitar.

"For me to be myself, I have to play a Les Paul. I plug it in and it sounds like me—exactly the way I’m supposed to sound. Anything else just doesn’t make sense." — Joe Bonamassa from this Gibson Product Page.

On his website, Joe Bonamassa wrote this about his 1957 Gibson:

"1957 Gibson ES-175 with two sticker less PAFs. I bought this guitar from the late Dwight Mays from Georgia a week before his passing. He treasured this guitar and wanted it to go to a good home. He contacted me about it and I was happy to give it a new home and Dwight a little peace of mind. I named the guitar General Eisenhower in his honor. It is a fantastic ES-175 that I used on the Seesaw record with Beth Hart. A special thanks to Norm Harris of Normans Rare Guitars for giving me the proper brown Lifton case. A really great guitar and goes to the essence of guitar collecting. If you take care of them they will live on longer than we will."

"Two behind the flagship that is the J-200 this guitar has a very balanced sound and is great for recording. Very few maple back and side versions were made in this period that overlapped the Dove model. This guitar can be heard on the Sloe Gin album on a song called…'Around the Bend,'" Joe Bonomassa says, on his website.

“1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. My first of the four original sunburst Les Pauls that I own. This guitar serial #9-0829 is named “Magellan”. I named this guitar after the great explorer because I managed to circumnavigate the globe with it on a world tour in 2011 battling airlines (especially in Australia) all to get the guitar to London to do a show filling in for the late great Gary Moore with the legendary Jack Bruce at Royal Festival Hall. Unfortunately I will never do that again as it is too dangerous to do so. I love this guitar and will always treasure it and will always be grateful to my friend Eliot Michael at Rumbleseat Music for his trust and generosity," says Joe Bonomassa, about his 1959 Les Paul Standard, on his website.

There's also this 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard # 9-1951:

"This guitar is known as the Skinner burst and has been renamed Principal Skinner by me. This guitar was purchased in Appleton, Wisconsin and has had 4 owners in its lifetime. The Father from 1959 to 1980, the son from 1980 to 2006 (he sold it with Dad’s permission to buy a cabin on the lake in Benton, Minnesota), my friend Ronny Proler and myself 2011 to present. It is truly a special sunburst Les Paul and is the flagship of my collection. I love this guitar."

"1966 Rickenbacker 370: a great guitar for power chords. If you plug this up into a Marshall Superlead stack or a Vox AC-30 you will be transported to a Who gig at Leeds Community College. The guitar is in its original mapleglo finish. The most interesting fact about the Rickenbacker guitar company is that they made the first electric guitar lap steel in the 1920?s and despite being associated with British acts in the 60?s the company is as American as apple pie," says Joe Bonamassa, on his website.

"955 Gibson ES-295… Scotty Moore anyone? This a guitar that Danny Gatton turned me on to when I was just 12 years old. He had a similar model that was rumored to be Scotty Moore’s original Elvis guitar from back in the Sun Record days. These guitars have a great sound, very bright and open. Think of it as a gold ES-175. This model started in 1952 and was discontinued (the reissued them in the 90?s) in late 1959. Sadly most of the PAF equipped ES-295 have been pillaged for parts. The pickups and rings alone are worth more than the whole guitar itself… What a crazy world we live in," says Joe Bonamassa, on his website.

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

Since the very beginning, Joe Bonamassa and Gibson guitars have been inseparable. And, as Joe's career continues to skyrocket, the relationship continues to evolve, from replicas of some of the original vintage Gibsons from Joe's own growing collection, to new guitars designed in collaboration with Gibson's team of Custom Shop luthiers and craftspeople. The introduction of the new and limited edition Bonabyrd reflects as much of Joe's unique personality as a player as it does his incredible ear for tone. Like Joe, the Bonabyrd is steeped in legacy and in proven concepts of design that pay homage to the simple truth that some things don't need to be fixed: Custom Bucker PAF pickups and classic LP weight and feel, for example. Bonamassa approved tone and feel aside, Bonabyrd is also a triumph of style, combining the classic LP body shape, a stage grabbing Antique Pelham Blue nitro-cellulose finish, and a '60s retro Firebird headstock.

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

At about 14:06 in this video, Joe talks about how he got his 1962 Fender Fiesta Red Jaguar.

I give you “The Big Al Burst “ 1959 Gibson Les Paul 9-0917 purchased from the original owner Al Bosco this morning in Melbourne, Florida... Thank you Al ! I will give it a great loving home. ????????

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