Joe Bonamassa 1963/64 Gibson Firebird III at Norman's Rare Guitars

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Joe Bonamassa 1963/64 Gibson Firebird III at Norman's Rare Guitars

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11 ай бұрын

Joe Bonamassa came by to grab this gorgeous 1963/64 Gibson Firebird III from Norm at #NormansRareGuitars! This guitar has been in Norm's warehouse for over 30 years, and now its going to a great home! Enjoy it Joe!!!
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@ultimatebasses 11 ай бұрын

Norm is speaking from the heart. Joe is a treasure. Love Jen's giggles too.

@MrTexasDan 11 ай бұрын

Love that people in the background in a GUITAR SHOP are oblivious to the fact that one of the greatest ever is playing right next to them.

@joeacebo9633 11 ай бұрын

They must have been told to “act natural”. Or they think Joe must just work there.

@CentaurusRelax314 11 ай бұрын

It’s Los Angeles. We’ve seen bigger ‘stars’ before. I once pulled into the Hollywood Guitar Center as Joe was arriving and parking his mammoth Ford Fairlane convertible. I was aware of him, and it was a ‘cute moment,’ given how much people obsess over him on TGP, but come on-what would you expect to happen? Nothing to get giddy about.

@SIXSTRING63 11 ай бұрын

I used to go in music stores on 48th street in NYC back in the 80’s like Manny’s, Sam Ash……. We used to catch some cool well known players in there. Sadly those iconic stores are all gone now. No place in the east except The House of Guitars in Rochester NY. I’ve been going there since I was a senior in high school. Joe stops in there quite a bit too. Twice I have just missed him by an hour or two. He buys every decent tweed Fender amp they get in. I think the store manager Curt keeps them set aside for Joe. I missed Joe at Rumble Seat in Ithaca NY when they had a store right next to the state theater back in 2011. He was playing the State that night so my wife and I swung by Rumble Seat to check out some guitars. They informed me Joe had just left.

@RiotBadger 11 ай бұрын

Oblivious or just respectful?

@Bestjamminjj 11 ай бұрын

You used to be able to meet Larry hartke in a Sam ash in New York. Not to mention he kept jacos real amp there

@cdbrown30 11 ай бұрын

That phrase Norm said about selling peace and love is something to think about. Sick firebird!

@user-nt5wp5st7h 5 ай бұрын

I bet he votes democrat

@RexCars1 11 ай бұрын

Joe B. RULES.. Great Player.. VERY Hard worker.. and Just an overall great guy.. Got to meet him a few times.. Super personable

@robertparsons5295 11 ай бұрын

Love Norm. Love Joe. Impossible to watch a video of these two without having a big grin on your face.

@roberts6053 11 ай бұрын

Norm: “Joe Bonamassa is the best of the best”, I remember when A New Day Yesterday first came out and me and a bunch of friends put it on, and it was like a covers album of all our heroes, which split the room. The arguments of whether it was right or wrong went on for weeks. I remember saying “He’s been brought up on his Dad’s records”. It was then that I knew he was one of us, and that he was just the one of us in the room that could play like that. I’ve never felt differently, and I’ve never felt such a kindred spirit to any other player. What I want to say is, as I was on Joe’s side in 2000, would he possibly consider swapping the Nocaster for my 2005 CS ’51 Nocaster as a thank you? Haha. Love you guys. Feels like family.

@DanLeRoy 11 ай бұрын

So good to see norm looking good and being happy!

@jerrygeist1677 11 ай бұрын

Joe is just magic he makes the guitar glow! He's such a nice man!😊

@JBarbarosa 11 ай бұрын

Norm is a Teddy bear. God bless you friend. Joe is a legend. What a pleasure to watch

@audiophileman7047 11 ай бұрын

Joe is definitely one of the very best guitarists playing guitar today and a humble guy. Just listen to him be quick to say how many really good guitarists are out there playing these days. 👍👍👍

@Stephen_M. 11 ай бұрын

Then just put a revolving door between the lockers! LOL! I was fortunate enough to catch one of Joe's shows at the Blue Hills Pavilion, in Boston, MA. Awesome show with Non Stop, No Nonsense, Rock & Roll. Thanks again Joe! And Thank you Norm! And remember, "You're only as old as you feel"!

@Chiefsalltheway 5 ай бұрын

Went to the concert and felt like I saw real history. Have seen this only three times in my 63yrs. Joe Walsh with the Eagles, and Fleetwood Mac.

@LazerSparks 11 ай бұрын

I saw Joe in Leeds UK this year. He is definitely the best.

@therealdoug1000 11 ай бұрын

Real talent is when you're as great as Joe B AND ALSO as humble as Joe B. Great guy!

@Mr.D34 11 ай бұрын

That Firebird really has a special flavor.

@clickster1883 11 ай бұрын

“Special flavor” Very well put. It does.

@paulneeds 3 ай бұрын

Sounds great. Who needs an LP anyway? ;)

@TheChadPad 2 ай бұрын

@@paulneeds Who needs a house??

@kevinmartin4634 11 ай бұрын

Norm’s “player grade”. Love it!

@davidsparks6146 11 ай бұрын

I got a chance to meet Joe... got the photo to prove it....and I listened in as he talked to others and he was so generous with his time and patient with all of us Fan Boys who listen to every story and song,... study every bend and riff... thank you Joe for being so kind.

@terryskillin1720 11 ай бұрын

Moments like that are not to be wasted

@surf247365 11 ай бұрын

Great to see the passion & joy from these two gentlemen. We all could be so fortunate to become players grade or roadworn without a broken headstock in the path of life.🙏🤘🏽🤙🏽

@don911donny9 11 ай бұрын

Joe is phenomenal, watched him last year at the RAH, such a great show, then lemmo at Brixton, how lucky am I, two great mega talents but so humble with it.

@jeffholliday8304 11 ай бұрын

Love you guys, man Joe Bonamassa, one of the best blues players ever God bless everyone at norms. Norm is looking great. I know he was sick for a while. I hope he continues to stay well.

@leobender2910 11 ай бұрын

We love you, Joe. Keep up the good work!

@u4ea2m2 11 ай бұрын

I was slow to come to the party but ... his choice of material and arrangements along with the musicians he surrounds himself with really shows me he deserves the accolades. A true musician.

@RickMichaelis63 11 ай бұрын

Definitely without a doubt…. My all-time favorite blues guitar player & the greatest alive🙏👍👍😎✌️❤️

@Twirlyhead 11 ай бұрын

Scratching my head here about the puzzling sight of the folk browsing in the background not looking around when Joe is playing or even just because Joe is there. Must be more to them than meets the eye.

@anthonyc1883 11 ай бұрын

There is a strong possibility the store customers were told, something along the lines of, "Hey everybody, we've got a video to shoot here so please just carry on and Joe will be around for a while after we're done shooting."

@davidpotsdam 11 ай бұрын

what a joy to hear and see JOE and NORM

@waynemyers4455 11 ай бұрын

You can appreciate the total love and respect they have for each other. Joe is a one of one like Beck, Clapton, Page and a few others.

@daviddalziel884 11 ай бұрын

Disagree

@timzitzelsberger3200 11 ай бұрын

By far not and I like him like some of the local players in bars he is a good guitarist yet not that far above-average

@erikmeyer2323 11 ай бұрын

Ok ... On the adjacent-warehouse-guitar-swap-proposition: When I was 12, about a year before that guitar was made, my father took me to New York for a day and we toured the vault at the New York Federal Reserve Bank where his fraternity brother just happened to be the Director. At that time, the vault held small stores of solid gold bars from the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa and other countries. These deposits were housed in separate "cells" arranged around the perimeter of a central room of the larger vault. The vault and the "cells" were built in the nineteenth century for this express purpose (by the commercial bank that owned the property at that time). The Vault was constructed of Bricks and each cell had a door made of steel bars, just like a jail cell. Pallet Loads of gold bars were stored in each cell and in the central room of the vault. In those days, currencies around the world were still on the Gold Standard meaning that if commercial entities in Great Britain made purchases in the United States, the Government of Britain would facilitate the transfer of funds by moving gold bars from their cell to the central room where the store of US Gold was kept. The process was a little more complicated than that, involving a lot of math to determine what the actual balance of payments and rates of exchange were, etc, but essentially, International Finance was conducted by having a forty-something year old black guy load a few of the Queen's gold bars onto a heavy duty wooden platform truck and wheel it into the central room where he would stack it on top of a pile of US Gold. As part of the tour, I got to sit on top of a pallet of US Gold about 4ft x 4ft x 3ft and they let me hold a bar in my hands to feel the weight. Then we went to the RBB&B Circus at Madison Square Garden. Anyway, Norm and Joe may be the last exemplars of this ancient method of value transfer. Only in this case we might conjecture that Michael Lemmo is the Mighty Grand Shlepper of Value!

@FreekSlot 11 ай бұрын

Joe is a supertalent, who keeps on developing, greetings from Holland.

@mrangryeyes4789 6 ай бұрын

I like Joes enthusiasm passion and dedication to being a musician, but everytime I click on one of these videos I can just tell what he’s going to play

@waitaminute7257 11 ай бұрын

Norm is looking great!!

@kensettle3184 11 ай бұрын

Joe is an incredible player. His vocals have developed so much over the last couple years too. His singing ranks right up there now with some of the great blues shouters!

@simonvanderheijden432 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, he's an amazing guitar player and an overall nice dude but let's not pretend he can hold a candle to the great blues singers.

@sixslinger9951 11 ай бұрын

@@simonvanderheijden432 so what? he has his own style of singing and people enjoy it. Quit comparing him. This isn't a competition.

@kensettle3184 11 ай бұрын

@@simonvanderheijden432 His singing has gotten a great deal more emotive, skilled, controlled and developed over the course of the last three years. He has obviously been working a great deal on it. And yes... in terms or vocal range, control and emotive ability, his vocals are capable of holding their own with respected blues shouters.

@jeffshirkey3085 10 ай бұрын

@@kensettle3184 I find it overly affected, like he's self-consciously trying to be a blues singer. Great guy. Great chops. But I just can't get into his music.

@j1shot2 11 ай бұрын

These 2 legends should have a regular podcast/show so we can all enjoy the banter

@Job.Well.Done_01 11 ай бұрын

I always love how Joe just shreds - then immediately deflects any attention off of himself by re-entering the conversation with uncle Norm. Could listen to these two talk for hours.

@OldIzergil 11 ай бұрын

2:57 «Oh Stop It, You». So nice ♥

@stevehughes1510 11 ай бұрын

From Norms stash to Joe's collection....a natural organic occurrence !!

@robnamowicz8073 11 ай бұрын

Hard to sit and listen to that, but then, 'it ain't braggin' if you can do it,,,' 'and there were these two old guys,,' Yes, there were!! Thanks fellas,

@chrisorth 10 ай бұрын

Norm, I was in line at Walgreens the other day and I was doing the same thing with the DOBs. Hang in there, your are a gem.... player grade, but a gem none the less !!!

@lakervoxx597 11 ай бұрын

Aaaaaye.... not too long ago Joe said there's not going to be any more guitar stunt work in the store! What a champ! I'm with you Norm, in terms of blues/rock, Bonamassa is right up there! Riiiiight up there. What a legend.

@justchillin6599 11 ай бұрын

THAT WAS GOLD WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@snapfinger1 11 ай бұрын

Casual name dropping at Norm’s. Expectations soar if you’re sporting a Firebird too.

@CountryBoyShane 10 ай бұрын

How could everyone in the store not stop, turn around, and look at the magic that is happening?!

@gabrielcallizaya7412 5 ай бұрын

I love when Joe plays while Norm talks😂😂

@samhill3496 11 ай бұрын

Great vid he is on top of his game. Joe's doing pretty well too.

@sixslinger9951 11 ай бұрын

joe b will definitely be considered one of the greats in the history of blues/blues rock guitar playing. haters can hate all they want. He put in the work and continues to put in the work and it shows big time.

@ingridnetherlands 11 ай бұрын

Such a great video and I agree with everything you say about Joe, Norm! 🧡🎶🍀🌷🎶🧡

@charlenecheshire5804 4 ай бұрын

Love Joe!❤ Love Norm❤❤❤❤❤

@glenkepic3208 11 ай бұрын

Great heart warming offering.

@riittahatinen4579 11 ай бұрын

Norm❤ and JOE❤ are amazing person😍👍

@sunberst58 11 ай бұрын

Im a blues/rock gutarist from philly. That music wadnt as popular in clubs back when i was playing every night. Its exploded over the last 20 years or so. Joe is the best player p.o period. I have no doubt he could blow the best off stage including Clapton, or guys like Trower, or even SRV. Maybe not Rory Gallagher 😊 your the best joe, take care, continued success.

@cuda426hemi 11 ай бұрын

Baloney. First of all the first big Blues Revival was 40 years ago in the 80s with guys like Stevie Ray (who would destroy Bonermasa). the Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. As far as the original 60s guitar heroes if there was no Clapton, Page, Hendrix and their sources like Buddy Guy (who could also destroy little Joe),T Bone Walker etc young pup Joe would have nothing to play!! Joe hasn't raised any bar. He plays too many notes without thought. See Peter Green for comparison. Joe is like the new age digital version of the Blues - all the correct clichés but less feel and heart. Trower's 1st 3 LPs were fantastic and nobody could sing better than Bass Jimmy Dewar but his abject rip of Hendrix style sort of put him a level below innovator same as Joe. Today you want innovation you gotta go see Matteo or Tosin. 🎸

@mohamedtlass3842 11 ай бұрын

@@cuda426hemiand Buddy Guy still has it at 87!

@cuda426hemi 11 ай бұрын

@@mohamedtlass3842 👍👍👍

@BluesRockAcademy 10 ай бұрын

Gary Moore would eat Divamassa for breakfast.

@alkennedy1124 11 ай бұрын

Love the people in the store ,nice vlog great that Joe and norm are so good for each other and the guitar world, go get you a guitar at Norms rare guitars, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏

@colinsmith4998 11 ай бұрын

Great to see you looking and sounding so much better, Norm.

@gogonog 11 ай бұрын

i became a fan of these guitars after i saw my favorite guitar player playing one THE LATE GREAT ALLEN COLLINS !

@user-kv1zf1hx7x 11 ай бұрын

the paint and finish design mind blowingly nice!!

@pakkelly 7 ай бұрын

Norm and Joe are always great together but who is that beautiful voice and delightful laugh behind the camera?

@charlenecheshire5804 4 ай бұрын

Love this Joe and you!

@bdogjr7779 11 ай бұрын

Awesome Norm🎸《☆》Joe Kool👍🏾🤳very Down to Earth guy✌😎☯️

@gtrplayer1000 11 ай бұрын

Awesome musician, guitar, and store owner😊. I almost went to Norm’s last Saturday, if I had I wouldn’t bother anyone but would have been transfixed by the playing I heard.

@katherinezaleski9332 11 ай бұрын

❤️bonamassa. Thank you Uncle Norman 🎸

@lauramoore9659 11 ай бұрын

Hi JOE & NORM & EVERYONE! THANK YOU!

@john564holloway 11 ай бұрын

Nice to see Joe back at Norm's...Norm, you had Lemmo demo this Firebird two weeks ago and you called it a 1964.

@JBarbarosa 11 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to see a new video up

@charleskelly2933 11 ай бұрын

I agree with Norm! Joe is the best!!!

@josephfemoyer7218 11 ай бұрын

Noman there’s no denying Joes THE MAN!!

@walther9161 11 ай бұрын

I made a huge mistake and sold my Firebird 15 years ago.. don’t want to pay 3500-5000 for one today so I built one.. it’s all about the player though … love joe’s work!

@ianmorrison554 11 ай бұрын

I don't usually covet a guitar, but that firebird is my dream guitar! Hopefully Joe will use it as a stage guitar and we will get to hear it roar and scream!

@stephenchadwick5852 11 ай бұрын

He is fantastic live ,puts on a show ,you certainly get your moneys worth

@dukeviking 11 ай бұрын

that Rivera amp❤

@stephenmiller5023 11 ай бұрын

Cool video & even Cooler to see Norm looking / sounding like his old self again here. Thanks Joe for obviously bringing Joy to Norm & crew . 😎👍

@davidallen346 11 ай бұрын

That Firebird sounds Phenomenal

@user-fp9di2pw5y 11 ай бұрын

Man the top guitaris in the world pops in norms .you couldn't make it up. Love to all x

@bnastali 11 ай бұрын

Super post. Love them both to pieces.

@joeacebo9633 11 ай бұрын

Seeing Joe at the Moody theater in Austin next month.

@billw8648 11 ай бұрын

Looking good Norm!

@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 11 ай бұрын

Seeing Joe in November here in Baltimore, can’t wait

@allanmakela3011 4 ай бұрын

Very entertaining,and get to see guitars,that otherwise wouldn,t,Straturday Rules

@doc_matter 11 ай бұрын

Joes great, cant wait to see him live!

@RiotBadger 11 ай бұрын

“Player grade” 😂 Jen with the zingers!

@svbarr 11 ай бұрын

Norm's leg breakers -- what a concept!!!

@royosborne849 11 ай бұрын

This is special. Thank you. Roy in Knoxville Tennessee

@leezo2123 11 ай бұрын

There's a real friendship and connection between Joe and norm and some of Joe's prized possessions came from norm including Amos.

@scottmartin356 11 ай бұрын

I'm getting up there in years too, I'll settle for 'player grade' any day of the week! You're looking great Norm, I'm glad that the condition scared the... guitars out of you

@forcytek1 11 ай бұрын

Joe the best 🎸🎶💥

@chrispuckett8855 11 ай бұрын

Norm is right joe bonamassa is really a great player

@SK__Guitar777 11 ай бұрын

Sweet Guitar and player.

@cancercancer7641 11 ай бұрын

JOE KING

@stevenbird1431 11 ай бұрын

I love that JB can’t help himself when it comes to Norms Special Deals!! I think the easiest option for Joe would be to buy Norms Business🎸🎼🎸 I also wish I could play like Joe!! These videos are awesome guys🥰

@B-MO_ 11 ай бұрын

I'm a drummer don't know a ton about guitars except to me this 1 is BEAUTIFUL! Ain't that similar to what Allen Collins played?

@rockokirock5789 11 ай бұрын

ジョーは小さい頃からギター弾いてたんだよね。そのギターを操ってトップスターになったんだから祝福するよ！ファイヤー・バードはジョーにとっての特別のモデルだからね✨ ノーマンとの音楽を通じた友情も特別ダ👍

@StandbyCymbalist 11 ай бұрын

Someone pls make a compilation of Norm saying he's "had this guitar for 30-something yrs." how has he never had a guitar for 10 yrs? Haha love you Norm, just joking with ya.

@harbonip 11 ай бұрын

I seen Joe B. In Kiel Germany . He was smoking !

@kestutisbagusauskas8323 11 ай бұрын

Gibson making multi use Guitars Les Paul great as a canoe paddle or dur to its weight you can also use it as an anchor. This Firebird looks like it would make a decent plough!