Rig Rundown - Joe Bonamassa: Amplifiers
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- www.premierguit... PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Des Moines, IA, where he catches up with blues guitarist extraordinaire Joe Bonamassa. In this portion, Joe talks and demos his current lineup of amps for the ongoing tour.
In this video segment, Joe shows off his amplifier setup during the 2009 tour. The four amp collection includes a 20 year old custom Bogner, a Marshall Jubilee, a JB-100 Carol-Ann (1 of 10) and a Van Weelden Twinkleland, which according to Joe is the only one in the US.
Be sure to check out the other Rig Rundowns with Joe Bonamassa as he walks us through his lineup of guitars and demos several of his pedals on his pedalboard. And as always, be sure to visit www.premierguit... for more gear news and the COMPLETELY FREE digital edition of Premier Guitar magazine.
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His livegig/guitars/effects together is more worth than a house!!
how can you have anything but praise for a man who loves his job and is so NICE and humble AND who produces such amazing music and atmosphere makes me want to play :)
everytime i see his rig rundowns (there are many) his amp setups all changed except for the Marshall Jubilee.
I don't I've ever heard Joe play a bad note on his guitar. Completely at the top of his game. Hats off JB.
Great vid! Love JB's work. Graet player, all around nice guy, and a great sense of humor too :)
love the tone from those old Marshall's.
Like how he actually plays so you can hear the tone
I am getting my Silver Jubilee at the end of February 2023!!Straight from Marshall to Sweetwater sound to me!Built by order!!!!
Ooh! That tone with the Jubilee and Van Weelden played together starting at 5:38 is sweet!
he and eric johnson both use pentatonic runs, as does everyone. they only thing similar between them other than delay and not liking treble is that they're both damn good enough to hear every note perfectly.
If you missed him...he has tons of great vids and music out..Awesome tone, a great player, singer and writer too.
I love how much Joe loves gear.
I love how much you love how much Joe loves gear.
TenThousandTacos
I love how much you love how much he loves how much Joe loves gear.
saheltaja i love how much you love how much he loves how much joe loves gear.
Man, GREAT lead tone!!!
just might be the coolist dude ever
i would kill for setup like this, so nice, love the subtle yet major differences between amp tones
Love his humor...seems like a genuine professional without the ego.
Tak that wasn't humor. he just likes bitching. I've seen it time and again.
StrongStrummin' what's that?
I was just watching Joe go through his rig at guitar center and preaching about how it's best not to build your sound over "one-of-a-kind" pieces of equipment.
Fast forward 10 minutes: I'm now watching this video and he claims that he prefers the 1987 version of the jubilee and that the Van Weelden is one of 15 in existence.
Way to throw us off, Mr. Bonamassa :D .
Tony C What’s wrong with one of a kind if you like it? That’s terrible advice lol
@9reasy5am he's referring to preamp distortion. The plexis are non-master-volume, which means they have to be cranked to get the real dirt. The Jubilee is a master volume amp, and has diode clipping in the preamp section. In other words, it has a ton of preamp gain on tap.
"It's like using a space shuttle to go down the street for milk"
hahaha
one of the theatres in my town has a marshall jubilee and they are beautiful !
people have been playing scale sequences for hundreds of years. ej learned the pentatonic scale sequences from his jazz fusion background. he is also a piano player and was before guitar so he probably learned many scale patterns on piano and applied them to guitar. all i'm trying to say is there is way more to EJ's style than fast pentatonic sequences. he pulls off stuff joe would even admit he could never think of also, his chords are beyond many people's i think.
seein this guy march 15th meet and greets, im freakin excited
that amps cleans up SOOOOOO nice
love his tone
This kind of power is why two string chords sound monsterously good.
love his sound. I need this Jubilee ^^
Eric Johnson looks different in this vid.
That tone is great in my ears......I wonder though is the silver jubilee or the Bogner the primary tone master offering the dynamic and buffered with the second tone ....together. Really a tone I would like to use. If I can find how to get it personally on the normal human buget.
Lol who doesn't want to sound a little ej. Nice tones for sure
he's correct. I have the 1987 Jubilee. best Marshall ever
I love how Joe just gets to the point
@timmy47 he really is quite a modest guy. and i love that he's a gear junkie, kinda like the rest of us.
ej has some reallly sparkly tones and then some downright filthy ones. but yah for the most part jb has a solid rockin mid range
hmmm.. you can get it sorta, But I recommend seeing a show of his and stand right in front of the stage, you'll hear why he combines amps. Very articulate tone with lots of low mid growl. It's the purpose of creating more midrange, and a defined tone with lot's of smooth gain.
my old guitar teachers guitar teacher was joe stump. Yes the joe stump!
This guy is a great player.
@Tonycaveman I think he was reffereing to like effects and rack stuff etc etc. Probably wasn't talking about amps cause you cant get two-rocks and carrol anns at gc nor can you get category 5 amps. They might have a pre owned amp from one of those amps I just mentioned , but it would be rare.
Nothing wrong with sounding like Eric, he is the tone master.
@schlagdog and MAN !!! what a ride :-D
@Juaniguitarra86 It's the 2555 100w model.
His voice and delivery reminds me of Quentin Tarantino...
And his chin
i love the amp at the end gourgouse
Hooo. Man. Great tone.
Joe reads your comments!
LOL, I agree with you, but if Joe didn't beat everyone to the EJ quote, everyone would have said it. EJ may not have invented the pentatonic stuff, but it's the way that he does it that's like no other...very original. SRV isn't playing anything original if you listen to his idols, but the way he does it, timing/phrasing is amazing.
bet Joe would really dig a wizard amp!
My god... THE TONE
@someonesusingmyname aaahhhh, thank you for the clarification! that is JUST the answer I needed!
@9reasy5am i think its just his favorite preamp by marshall. at least thats what im getting from it
MY GOD THIS GUY CAN PLAY!!
thanks for that
I'll give you that... But I'm in it for the music, not the entertainment. That's why I go to a show, yes, I do like to be entertained, but as far as the music goes, EJ is miles ahead.
i was just about to say that his rig sounds like eric johnson..
he beat me to it @6:05.. damn lol..
this guy knows his tone..
Great tone. Sometimes a hint of Johnson. Great player
@9reasy5am el84 are not preamp tubes they are power tubes
@snotspooper ok, thanks, but that doesn't help me very much. is it just the EL84 preamp tubes, or does it also have power tubes?
So using the Lehle A/B/C Switcher Box he is able to use his diff. Heads at the same time. I thought he said he would run Two at the same time and still be able to use his pedalboard. I was trying to use my Splawn Quick Rod & my Mesa Rectifier Head & run it all through my pedalboard but I was wondering how others did this. It seems they use this Lehle A/B or A/B/C switcher :-) If that's all there is to it please let me know.
Run the cables from both amps into an A/B/Y pedal that switches between amps. Then you can play one amp (A), a second amp (B), or both at the same time (Y). There are switcher pedals that are triplers too, that allow you to switch between three different amps or use a combo of any two of the three at the same time. Look up "A/B/Y switches" on Amazon. There are a lot of good ones out there.
i dunno, i've heard al play stuff that sound very EJ or JB like. more JB because he tends to pick more notes while EJ actually does more pulloffs than people think. but really, for those three it's just the way they break up the scales into sequences. if you use the same ones, you're going to sound similar. personally i think they all sound different but have overlapping influences
@Blackoutwalkin no guitar snobbery just a guys a opinion and his friends and what we have discussed etc. i dont hate joe and still like his playing but wish he wouldnt do those pentatonic runs so much that came from eric johnson. i like everything else joe does i just think he does that too much. only reason im saying something is because i am a fan and i do go to shows and buy his records. i wish he would do the slower stuff more. im surprised he reads the comments. just the voice of a few fans
@coolguy4sho Okay so you seem to be judging his sound off of this one demonstration, but it doesn't seem like you've actually listened to his new albums lately because theres alot more than just the Eric Johnson sound that you talk about. Every guitarist is gonna have sounds drawn from others, and Joe is no exception. Atleast he's got the balls to admit when something sounds like someone else. Also don't make it sound like you're the voice of the fans, because it looks like people still dig him.
It's a word they use in books. It means "a lot", hope that helps.
no i'm not. joe sounds closer to the earlier eric johnson when he sounded more clapton like, but even so i can tell the difference right away. EJ has a lot more to his style than what joe does. joe's EJ style runs actually sound more like al di meola, who was actually an influence on EJ's style when he was with the electromagnets.
This always confuses me: is the jubilee a fully functional guitar amp, or just a guitar preamp? I have always heard joe refer to it as a preamp marshall, but I think I've heard of playing it straight to a cabinet without a separate power amp. any ideas?
@tazzboy77 Thanks! :-)
What scales are Joe using when he solos? I know he uses the pentatonics alright! But there is alot of notes out of the pentatonics aswell..
Yeah, you play open-voiced triads and myriad pentatonic pull-off runs through a Fuzz Face and Marshall, you'll sound like Johnson too.
I wonder did he buy that baffle, or make it?
Great for Joe being cool that he sounds like Eric Johnson. Imagine Yngwie saying he sounds like someone 😳
That tone, pphhhoaar!
fuck, never heard of this guy before! got the EJ tone fo sho!
eric johnson wants his rig back :)
Tonally he sounds like Eric Johnson especially in that last bit he played. But yeah hes a much different player.
good humor!!
what is the effect that he show in the minute 3:47?
Sounds a little bit like EJ, but its because of the scales he plays.
anyone know whetherr its his output master or lead master he sets at 10?
Joe Coffey. Like the drink, 'cept spelt different.
@ 4:49 does anyone know if that is part of a song or just a random diddy he did?
I want.
it's a theremin, look it up :)
Joe is freakin great,, I just wish he would play more guitar in own songs,,, I mean I want more ripping through out the whole song... Hes to much into ballads and sappy blues shit these days...... The stuff he did when was only 16,, on a cd called Bloodline,,, now thats what i'm talking about..that kind of playing.. but hes one freaking killer guitar player
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That would be lots Jimmy. Not often you get the chance to help out a deity!
Coffey... awesome last name.
Looks like the Bogner fling was short lived. Then again most of his amp flings (Jubilee aside) are short lived.
The jub is out of his current rig. He's solely using JCM2000 now.
nuttin wrong with sounding like eric johnson,,,,,,Id take that comment and run with it,lol,becuase I hear this eric johnson fellow is pretty good and has a decent tone
@judas68fr i need his carol ann. thats a great sounding amp. (they all are haha)
" The amp never broke - retubed it only 20 times " Loi
he has lost weight. i certainly hope he did it in a healthy way and not as a result of using drugs. hes stayed clean for this long, lets pray he stays that way. dont want to lose this great too soon.
Wicked player, "well, no duh" lol, because EJ has badass tone,......pretty sure that's what he meant. :-).
i feel like joe literally said in the vid it sounded like ej
he has been listening to "too much" Eric Johnson :)
sorry robert, at least i plugged you.. hahahahahahha
What did he call the orange thing plugged in the Keeley and volume pedal?
seems like a bit much, sounds good though
"sounds like eric johnson, well no duh"
lol. at least he admits his influences.
@RNRDOLL Yeah! Then he can O.D. and be lost to us forever! Just like Jimmy and Janis!
sounds nothing like di meola but he was definately influenced by him
Patterns are more so what make it EJ like.. that and being clean as shit... Ironically
"its like using the space shuttle to go down the street for milk"