I'm more in the Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt camp myself, but a friend sent me a track of Joe's many years ago when I was still recovering from my rock mode :) Having said that, I love the stuff he does with Beth Hart and he has much more feeling in his playing than many modern guitarists.

trollfiddler seems they have been out of touch for a while.

Jealous is a powerful thing. Also I doubt he gives a flying fuck.

I agree. I would have held onto that guitar until my dying day.

Brent Harmon but he's been on the buying trading guitar stuff since a small kid , Ya seem to get not so emotionally attached till you reach you 60's. Then ya say , man I wish I had the gold top prototype right about now. I know , I do this to the 2nd girlfriend I had . Seen her the other week, do t look as good as I remember, But that's a diff story.

Big Mistake. One that will be highly regretted.

Gary Moseley he had a great prototype made for him. With that said it's hilarious that he doesn't use it at all. That guitar was the feature of the 1st royal Albert hall show. I believe this is the guitar he uses on the great flood in that show. I understand the allure of 59 les Paul's but when you have a guitar made for you, not using is just odd. I wholeheartedly agree with you that he will regret selling this. It's just so odd that he doesn't use his signature model at all.

It’s nice but it isn’t vintage

lmao

Pablo Escobar lmao

haha

It's Sly's Martin Luther King Day gift and you just ruined the surprise

You win the internet today. Lol

I bet a tear came to his eye when he read that. I just bet it did. Then he checked the sales numbers on his SG shaped backscratchers to see if he could hoard any more vintage gear.

He does.

Nah. He's gotta be better than Buckethead before he can take that title and he's not even better than Bucket. Buckethead can and does play about 25 different genres of music, all just as well as any of them. Blues, jazz, rock, metal, country, avant garde, whatever. Bucket does it all. Joe doesn't. That alone makes him not the best. Same reason why Duane Allman is better than Jimi. Duane could put down way more than Jimi. He was the more well-rounded player and was better than Jimi, too. He didn't need all the gimmicks like Jimi, either. Just look at the difference in their shows. You went to an Allman Brothers Band concert to HEAR the music. To FEEL the music. You went to a Hendrix concert to see Jimi do all the gimmicks. Joe may be one of the best blues guitarists of his generation. I can get on with that. But overall? Not a chance. And I'm no Joe B hater. I love Joe's music and Joe, too. He's a real a** dude. But he's not the best guitarist of his generation.

Cool story.

@@JC-11111 very well said! Buckethead is not human

I agree James, Joe's great. If you like guitars, what's not to like, he's a real fan as well as a great player & very knowledgeable. God bless Joe Bonamassa, he's important to the world of guitar.

Where does the hate for Joe come from? Everything I've seen of him he's, humble, intelligent, and extremely passionate about his work. Love the guy.

@@shmirginhymer1867 i’m asking myself the same thing. Why are there any Joe haters? If you don’t like him, just don’t listen to him.

TheMerryPup that was the name. I think that's where edge got his explorer.

Brother, we've all been there.

you must be kidding! the most self centered overrated wanna be superstar guitar player ever. Hey Joe, write a song that matters

I can assure you he is NOT self centered. I met him in 2014. He is so down to earth and appreciative of his fans. He was an absolute gentleman. And a song that matters? Listen to "Driving Towards The Daylight." So he doesn't have one of the 5 songs in rotation of pop radio. Big deal. The dude is the hardest working musician in the business. His tour schedule is staggering.

He's super humble and treats his fans like solid gold. How about you write a song that matters and uplifts people instead of talking shit?

I met him in Nashville and he is one hell of a nice guy. Had no ego and seemed appreciative that I wanted to shake his hand. Talked to me for a minute about amps. I was the one to cut off the conversation so I could let the man eat in peace. He most certainly DIDN’T act like some celebrity rockstar who was too good for me. Joe is a-ok in my book and an incredible guitar player.

Metal is actually rooted in the blues, the early Sabbath stuff comes from there, a lot of the heavy metal solos use the pentatonic scale as a basis.

I was there and seen Joe a few times for a redickuless price, like $5-$7. Watched him from about 6 feet away. Yes he was a very nice guy signed my tickets and would talk to anyone.

I agree and disagree with your point. I'm sure Norm has quality on point vintage instruments, that are overpriced, but like you said there nice well taken care of good sounding instruments. With that being said, i have been in vintage shops in my area, and have played many of the "nice" vintage guitars they have and can say without a doubt that the prices are sometimes a 1000$ over and the guitars are mostly crap.

I have no beef with Norm but I wouldn't pay a penny extra for a guitar just because it was owned by Joe Bonamassa (as good as he is, he's nowhere near iconic level)

Really? Nowhere near iconic level? Let's hear your playing, man. That's a bold thing to say. SHOW ME who is still alive and BETTER than Joe Bonamassa. A gentleman's bet. You can't...but if you do...cool!

I'm not denying that he's a great player but there's more to musicianship than technical ability, he has yet to produce any iconic work. I don't give a shit about the Ballad of Jim Henry (or whatever it's called)

Understood. But he's still incredible. Look at B.B. King: Great blues guitarist and singer, but really leaned on the same string-bend and neck-vibrato, and played that on many songs on his records and with other people. Heck, B.B. himself admitted years ago he didn't play rhythm guitar at all. The Ballad Of John Henry is a classic country-folk-blues song. Joe is also loved around the world and plays lots of live gigs. He is also not addicted to drugs or booze, which, in my opinion, means that he will be around for a long time. He's doing great so far!

Nomad Nomad shouldn’t it be weconic?

@@pault7280 I saw what you did there. LOL

Ha haaaa!!!!

Or ... "Steven Seagal decorates his lawn with it"

"Frank Stallone's brother Sly buys his brother a gold-top Les Paul."

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Lol

Steven Tuttle "I will have a psychedelic gleam in my eye.I will love everyone.I will love the police as they kick the sh......"----Frank Zappa

92742 Watchtower Lane.

hey joe, where you going with that test in your hand, I'm going to see my doctor, I might have to quarantine myself.

I’m gon down to trade it for something bad You know I caught her messing around with another band And that ain’t to cool

i have a prototype guitar, you can buy it for only $50,000 and i will even sign it

Apex Window Cleaning Services I think you forgot to remove the decimal point and place a 1 in front of the 3 hahaha

ill paint it for ya for 19.99

yeah, im sorry BS

He's humble, gracious & not ya typical music industry guitarist singer. He's very respectful, kind, funny & a very talented indivisible who worked his ass of for many years to be the musician he is today! Very proud I listened to him long ago! What an awesome dude!

And he even lets Norman tell everyone he's is nephew.

He was taught by the best too, RIP Telemaster

I honestly cannot comprehend "hating" on Joe B. He is, by any standard, a good human being.

can i "hate" him because he is luckier then me and im jealous he has gotten to play the beast and jam with marsden? but bare him no real ill will? you know the canadian way :P

anyone that hates on him either doesn't play guitar or can't play guitar as well as he can

It’s not like we HAVE to listen to you either. Thank God! Haters gonna’ hate, hate, hate.

*Peter Green's

No. Everything that Joe does is his own original idea.

Lefty Blues Joe yeah..from peter green..to gary moore..to kirk hammet.

Nudelwagen Poop and wah pedal!!

*Mick Ronson's

Dave Webster Hey, thought I was Alberta Dave?! ;-)

Someone call 911....there is a guy here that has lost his identity :)

Exactly.

Most guitars are never seen again once they're bought by someone.

You're telling me if you had the means you wouldn't buy that and keep it forever?

@Brian Landers Says the person whos probably never touched a guitar.

wow really