Lee Ritenour – 6 String Theory

July 7th 2010

Joe Bonamassa Rig Part 3

June 25th 2010

Here is the final chapter of this series on Joe Bonamassa’s live rig. Here we see some of the extra items tucked away in a rack, and also he shows us his new found infatuation with the Theremin. Theremin Moog Etherwave Theremin Keeley Delay Effects Rack Palmer Speaker Simulator Beyer Wireless System TC Electronics Chorus [...]

Joe Bonamassa Rig Part 2

June 23rd 2010

In part two of this three part series, Joe Bonamassa walks us through his touring line up of guitars. Unfortunately one of these guitars, his #52, was damaged on the recent tour to Australia. Gibson 80′s Era Gibson Explorer ’58 Re-issue Gibson Flying V 90′s Re-issue Gibson Firebird I 1973 Gibson ES-355 ’59 Re-issue Gibson [...]

Joe Bonamassa Rig Part 1

June 21st 2010

Awesome gear explanation video : Check Awesome gear video from Joe Bonamassa : PRICELESS I love how casual he is about the whole setup. This is the sort of rig we would all kill for, but for Bonamass, it gets a massive “meh”! I love the comment that “It’s just a very, very, very expensive [...]

I’d donate a liver to go see this: Crossroads 2010

February 17th 2010

For those who don’t know, Crossroads is more than a crappy Britney Spears movie. It was also a movie with “The Karate Kid” and Steve Vai as the Devil’s axe-slinger. But above all else, it’s a giant celebration of guitar and a fund raiser for Eric Clapton’s own rehab facility for exceedingly rich junkies and [...]

2009 Top 10 Albums

December 31st 2009

As I do every year, it’s time to give you my Top 10 albums. I have to say, this year again it was hard for me to find 10 stand out albums. As it is, I short listed 15, and the remaining five will be in the honourable mentions. Also keep in mind this s [...]

Joe Bonamassa

December 28th 2008

Awesome. The guitarist whose surname I can never remember how to spell, Joe Bonamassa, has a new album coming out February 24, 2009. The new album is titled “The Ballad of John Henry” and if the video below is anything to go by, then this is going to be the most amazing thing he has [...]

Don’t call me SRV: Joe Bonamassa

August 18th 2008

I have been on a huge Joe Bonamassa kick after reading this quote. “One night, I was doing this classical thing I do using the volume control, and I was playing it on a Strat,” Bonamassa said. “When I finished the show someone came up to me and told that I sounded like Stevie Ray [...]