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Blues guitarists Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith at Montreux Jazz Festival 2025
Joe Bonamassa issues plea for the return of Josh Smith’s missing amp

By Phil Weller Published

Smith’s Two Rock amp head was last seen in Cologne, Germany

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Robin Davey and Greta Valenti of Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse [left]; and Joe Bonamassa wears a ball cap and plays an ES-335 at B.B. King's Blues Summit 100.
British Blues Hall of Famer Robin Davey slams Joe Bonamassa and accuses today’s blues players of lacking soul

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse guitarist is not a fan of contemporary blues and says his new album is his “vision of what the blues can be”

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A still from Joe Bonamassa's Guitar World video lesson comparing Les Paul Juniors.
“One pickup, two knobs – what more do you need? Well, some of us need a front pickup, too!” Joe Bonamassa compares Les Paul Juniors and demonstrates how they change his playing

By Joe Bonamassa Published

Joe Bonamassa explains how not all Juniors are created equal, but they all have something magical about them

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Joe Bonamassa performs at GRAMMY Museum Presents B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 at Grammy Museum on August 28, 2026 in Los Angeles, California
Joe Bonamassa’s nightmare string snap at Buddy Guy's 90th birthday bash

By Phil Weller Published

Bonamassa had to style it out at the biggest blues event of the year

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Fender Tone Master ‘59 Twin Amp JB Edition
Joe Bonamassa goes digital with the first ever Fender Tone Master signature amp

By Phil Weller Published

The tweed combo marries tube amp charm with modern convenience, in a new take on his beloved ’59 Fender Twin

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John Petrucci, Steve Lukather, Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa - GettyImages-2222147118 - GettyImages-2298618110 - GettyImages-166538348 - GettyImages-2292523349
The secret supergroup that once featured Eddie Van Halen has been resurrected

By Phil Weller Published

An updated crop of A-list guitarists will star in a new covers album under the elusive Biff Baby’s name

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Bobby Rush, from left, Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and John Mayer perform at Buddy's Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
Buddy Guy still stuns at 90 during star-studded, curfew-breaking birthday concert – live review

By Jackson Maxwell Published

A cavalcade of guitar heroes, including John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales and Billy Gibbons were on the bill, but there was no question that this show was all about Guy, one of the last original bluesmen

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Eric Clapton, Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy and John Mayer comp
John Mayer and Derek Trucks trade solos, Marcus King and Joe Bonamassa cover Led Zeppelin at Crossroads 2026

By Phil Weller Published

Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Sierra Hull, Susan Tedeschi and actor Bill Murray also played starring roles in the stacked lineup

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GWM608 Joe Bonamassa Lesson
Joe Bonamassa on how to saddle up a capo and get more out of your cowboy chords

By Joe Bonamassa Published

The blues maestro demonstrates how a change of key can change your perspective and give your chord work new life

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Eddie 9V plays Red Rocks in Colorado with a Fender Telecaster
From teenage rigs to stage disasters – the life and times of Eddie 9V – the player Bonamassa says can bend it like King

By Gregory Adams Published

The South Carolina guitar phenom was cooking up some barbecue when GW called to talk dream collabs, Strats vs Les Pauls, and all kinds of guitar stuff

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