+Adam Tarr joe does not belong on that list. youre gonna put him up with eric Johnson? please...

In my humble opinion had Joe been out in the 60's 70's or 80's, he definitely would have compared to any one of them at the time. Just because he's younger and wasn't around at the time doesn't mean he can't be compared to them. Actually guitar players of today have an advantage because they can learn from the earlier greats due to advances in learning resources. More out there today to learn from than just using your ears while putting the needle back on an old record, or pressing rewind and play over and over again. Granted the early guys had to figure all that without any help, so they get extra props for that. Joe remains an ambassador for guitar going into the future. He is thoroughly dedicated to it, and has the chops to prove it.

@@aguitarrman5867 He wouldn't have been known. He's not a good songwriter. Songwriting was and is the gateway to get people to hear your guitar playing. It's why people know Jack White but not anyone from Dream theater. Dream theater guitar nerds are way better technically but no one gives a shit bc technical prowess alone isn't fun to listen to.

Roy Buchanan, Peter Green , Guy Clark, David Gilmour

Trango Fast EJ is one of Joes biggest fans lol. There’s a reason why he’s so respected I’ve opened for him a few times he’s super nice and a legend

definitely Creamy tone!

+LeNi Pelekanos or maybe there is a reverb footswitch on the floor

+Flynn Hendry no, its def. the room you can hear it

+teddy d (songsmadeforyou) what if its both? O_o imagine playing in that situation haha awesome!

ASAC Schrader you can hear the reverb when he talks too, it's the room.

Lol

Knowing the right person or people can be beneficial. Who hasn't gotten a job thru knowing someone? But having Danny Gatton as your "mentor" at age 13 might be considered a slight advantage to some.

Someone once said; "A painting is a series of corrections." The same could be said of guitar soloing...

He's a little arrogant. But no more so than anyone else who has *mastered* something. Honestly, doing something is one thing; being really good at something is another thing; but I contend that if you spend the several hours per day for *decades* on end that's required to literally MASTER something, you've earned a small amount of arrogance when discussing that thing.

@@davecarsley8773 No. You don't know what you're talking about. Not an arrogant bone in his body. Met him. Let me play his guitar while he adjusted the bridge on mine to show me something we were talking about... That was 20-30 minutes after I met him- didn't know me from Adam and wouldn't likely even recognize me if I met him again. I had access before a show because a family member worked for a sponsor. I had brought my home made Strat for him to sign, and he just acted like we were old friends. Definitely NOT arrogant. Arrogance and confidence are two different things. Confident? Absolutely! He knows he's good. How could he not? He's got millions of fans and is highly respected by some of the greatest all time guitarists as a peer. But he's as humble as can be about it and loves to talk about guitars and music. God bless him, he's a genuinely good fellow.

@@davecarsley8773 if Joe really mastered the guitar he would probably take up golf...

He seems like a great guy. I'd love to meet him. He is a great guitar player. I'd love him to play my 73 les Paul or sign it for sure. Yes I bought it new.

@@samroney6644 Well said. I can see without meeting him he's a nice guy.

Same! This really sealed the deal for me.

What you practice and how you practice it is what matters.

michael noardo lol you said "for free"...

Guitar is fun. I'm a terrible guitarist but even I can make it sound glorious at times. And like you, I find Joe to be a tremendous source of encouragement.

Well, then jokes on you, because that's not Quentin Tarantino. That's Eric Johnson wearing a Quentin Tarantino mask.

Nano B you, sir, are a genius

Eric Tarantino with Slash Guitar

It's a custom Les Paul replica not by Gibson.

Better guitarist than movie maker!

Criticizing LeBron for not teaching you how to dunk. "Man, you suck at coaching!"

Who cares about the haters. They are just frustrated nobodies in their Mom's basement. Anyone who has carved out a career for themselves playing the guitar has my respect whether I like their playing or not.

I guess a zillion years of playing is plenty of time to iron out the kinks.

He may or may not know how to read sheet music (which doesn't matter to 99% of guitarists and certainly has no bearing on teaching ability), but from the way he talks, I certainly don't think he's the quintessential "ear" player. He talks a ton about notes, flats, sharps, modes, scales, etc... I definitely get the impression that he's got a real solid grasp on music theory-- something the vast majority of "ear" players know little or nothing about.

Danny Gatton one of the world's awesome best unknown guitar player who was Joe Bonamassa teacher and good friend I believe so Joe was taught bye an incredible guitar player and he was a very quick learner a whiz kid you at the age of 9 past his father who is also a guitar player in a band

SRV

+ahfint good point, but joe's got a completely different style

+Laodamas Dimopoulos Minor pentatonic scales didn't originate from metal so your point is invalid

+Flynn Hendry Of course they didn't, who said they did? I said about shredding.

+Flynn Hendry Your comment is just pointless, your just hating for no reason! your telling me that metal guitarist never uses minor pentatonic! joes amazing

agree.....accentuates evry note clearer. there is a time and place for hammers and pulls though but with his style of musicality , picked notes really do sound appropriate and punchy....

His speed relies on his picking technique which is a lot like Eric Johnson or Eric Gales. Check out Troy Grady and pickslanting. If you choose notes for the left hand based on the right hand approach( 2 or 3 notes per string) then the long flowing runs become very natural feeling and they all flow together using the ‘block’ approach to the fretboard. Good eye noticing that right hand.

Yeah, that's what's always fascinated me about him as well. When he does those runs, he picks almost every single note. I have to hammer and pull because I become more and more inaccurate as I try to build speed. Lol! He blows my mind with his capabilities. It's nice see someone else noticing that on here.

@GretschDog you want some toast with that jelly?

GretschDog Jesus Christ do you ever not bitch

first, I like Joe. he's one of the best and one of my favorite players. But saying someone can't criticize something because they don't have success in the field is a logical error. What about a car? Do I have to like every car ever made because I can't engineer and build one myself? What about Justin Bieber? I have to like his music because I've never charted?

Apparently, they couldn't have...

😅 You are very observant.

Ha! was thinking the same. I hate sitting on the edge to play

Hahaha that is just cruel.

Hello!

Everyone has that one lick/riff that you love so much. There's this riff from Jimmy Page I love, And I play it every single time I pick up my guitar. There's nothing wrong with that.

+NightPanda which Jimmy page riff? Lol cuz I do it too

***** One from dazed and confused live version TSRTS. go to this video /watch?v=ZQgYn23Xvck And skip to 5:52

Yeah... We should all have been that smart and gotten our inspiration from the likes of Eric Johnson in our youth and not Kirk Hammet...

I know exactly what you mean lmao. He really does

Apart from at 2:01.. He's still proper though.

niptodstan Anyone who knocks Joe B. doesn't know shit about playing guitar. I've seen him live a number of times and he is a virtuoso. Period.

Matthew Bradley I personally don't like his stuff much. But he's a great player. You can find videos on here of interviews that he plays in. They show how articulate he is.

***** I agree. I don't think he's a great songwriter and even though he's great at what he does, he doesn't seem to be able to venture outside of that genre. People that say he's bad are kidding themselves though. Just watch some of his interview/lesson videos. He's such a competent player.

David W I've always felt the same way about his playing and could never understand why he is put up there,He is a Uninteresting player to me and I am a guitar player who needs to listen to players that are original and unique.

39 if you're referring to his age.

39

Agreed !

‘JB’ and I*

Brilliant as he may be, honestly, JB is far from an authority in "heavy".

My guitar..i will never stop wanting..

Excellent Productive Instruction! Cool!

RandomJammer well said mate

RandomJammer He also has a Blues cube,,, sound fantastic,,,

Agreed. Room acoustics makes a big difference in these instrument lesson/demo KZfaq videos. Difference between a well recorded video and one where we're hearing too much of the room (e.g. www.sax.co.uk instrument demos). First time I noticed Joe was this video. Then I heard him sing blues-rock. Then I saw his music videos. AMAZING!! :) He's willing to give tips. And he is giving away 12 tracks from his website. Generous.

Sinai Stuff he’s been doing this for so long. I don’t you have seen him perform but him and Eric have played together a lot that’s where I first saw him

AOB "firstly"... Makes me want to pull my hair out.

Actually was only a mistake in terms of not being what he apparently meant to do. The note he went to accidentally was entirely appropriate and not wrong in any way.

I had the same thing with ‘don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good’. It’s particularly relevant to me personally at the moment - karma’s way of reminding me not to overthink things and just get on with it!

+Ernest hooper No. It's just hard to buy his "blues" when he's wearing a $5,000 suit, and playing a $400,000 guitar through a $50,000 amp.

+Soham Bhattacharya agreed.. Joes only blues is he will never be regarded as great like his idols.. he is like the blues equivalent of a custom made mcdonalds burger with prime beef

+Soham Bhattacharya Yeah, any blues musician who becomes successful in their music career must not really know the blues. You know, the yuppies like Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, B.B. King.

Bob Sacamano Except those guys lived through the hard times. Especially through decades of very overt and aggressive racial abuse. A middle-class, suburban, white boy of the '80s? Not so much.

I don't like his style. I like his Clapton stuff, but i hate it when he just runs the scales up and down

Also I want to add, I don't mean you should be able to look at him and instantly know what he's playing, but you can get an idea based on his hands, then figure it out exactly by ear

Wow don't break your arm patting yourself on the back ! You must be one of those Prodigy's . My great grandfather taught me how to play the blues when I was 5 years old . I think everyone needs or has been taught to play at some point . I saw an interview and Joe said his father taught him to play when he was very young and by the time he was 12 his father couldn't keep up . I'm 45 and I will never know everything and Joe will be the first to admit the same thing . I own a Les Paul that Joe sold at his garage sale many years ago ! Also Who Cut Your Hair Man ?

Ray Garcia I'm sorry but uh... That comment makes no sense..? I'm just saying that people shouldn't call him a bad teacher. What does that have to do with anything you said?

Who cares what Les Paul you own? And what does the whole hair cutting thing mean?

There's no patting on the back or prodigy stuff, or whatever. It's just using your eyes and ears. If you can play what Joe is playing skill wise, you can probably figure it out with your eyes and ears

That'll get you 5% there, the rest is practice!

exactly. ALL rock & blues guitarists, including JB, do it that way and always have.

Kinda yeah. Every guitarist is the summary of their influences

Great advice here

Amen to that

@@tubeamp2872 I've been a thief for years. First, both Jimi and Jimmy

John Belser Music "No, you do! "-John C Reilly

Hahaha. After all the Eric Johnson comments this was perfect.

Walk Hard 😂

Jb Brady You should look a little deeper into the blues, man, you seem to be overlooking a lot.

What does that mean?

@@davidhinson5467 pentatonic minor with pentatonic major

You're not the only one!

I see what you did there.

A440 is the frequency those notes and tuneings are found. Eb standard is also A440 lol

joe diehl I totally agree with you. My SRV strat resonates more and comes alive in E flat than in E. So i leave it in E flat. And since I float my bridge, it easy on the springs and vibrato...

les pauls sound better in standard tuning. Strats sound better 1/2 step down. Eb

Syn Zoxre Quentin Bonamassa......Man!! That is cool.✌🏻️

G major is the relative major of E minor, that may be the source of your confusion. Play some licks in G major (E minor) and G minor, see if that helps

....that lick was for sure in G

"MAYBE IF YOU WORE THAT G-STRING I BOUGHT YOU WE WOULDNT BE IN THIS SITUATION!!!" "I CANT WEAR A GUITAR G-STRING, JOE!!!!!!! THATS NOT WHAT A LINGERIE G-STRING IS!!"

your argument is invalid

he just buy this apartment for this video lesson only..

I bet this room is just for the natural reverb. :)

Joseph Mile lol! I voted! fuck trump!

I voted fuck Hillary and she was well and truly fucked at the election lol

That's what all the Gibsons are for.

metronome my dear friend

Downward pick slanting and double down technique

Is there a lesson on this kind of thing ? I think I am doing the slanting wrong lol

yap.. Troy Grady has some.. cracking the code it's called.. did wonders for my view angle and some for skill.. a lot of practice is unavoidable

Turboslang oh in yes watched that before myself. it just didn't quit make sense when trying to do it. I guess I just have to spend a lot if time doing it and it may

Did you say he has Clapton's HAIR?

+jay That is like saying the Paco DeLucia sounds like that girl on open mike playing and singing her songs. In your zeal to diminish Joe, you have only killed your own credibility as nothing more than a troll. Self proclamations of your trolling as "the truth" is what all trolls say when people call you on your BS. That misapplied cliche doesn't work. If you cannot tell the difference, maybe you should listen to someone who is more at your speed instead of embarrassing yourself by advertising your ignorance.

Yes, the pentatonic five's are very EJ and he credits him in this video. Bonamassa sure is accomplished. Great live tone and an amazing arsenal of guitars/amps

First thing on my mind!