Bonamassa's 'Bona-bird'

[sted]

Kinda weird looking thing!?! Suppose its no worse than that Buckethead thing they sell though!

 

[Dan]

When they were talking about trains and blues songs, I couldn't help but think about the Metalocalypse where Mashed Potato Johnson tells the band that all good blues songs are about trains.

Neat git. I'm a big Firebird fan also and absolutely love the Firebird I. I would love to have a FB I with either a P-90 or humbucker in the bridge with Steinberger tuners. That single humbucker LP sounds like Leslie West on steroids. Definitely a beefy, straightforward tone.

 

[lpstudiored]

.... but he dosen't have an orange.

but he does have an orange marshall

 

[planks]

but he does have an orange marshall

You beat me to it

 

[planks]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZMRVv5N7Ss]YouTube - Joe Bonamassa Gives A Rig Demo[/ame]

 

[nauc]

YouTube - Joe Bonamassa Gives A Rig Demo

cool vid! thanks!

 

[Sixty Watt Shaman]

That angry, growling, tone is awesome, although the guitar itself looks ugly. I usually associate Firebird tone with minibuckers...

 

[Hector Arcadius]

but he does have an orange marshall

They're Marshalls and Oranges man...




(you beat me to it as well!)

 

[jeffbeck]

A NEW ....Nice Color Bona Bird. Seafoam green with dbl humbuckers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1OyF1Gkz-A


Then go to 21:20 and its a Les Paul in the same color.
Anyone know the name of that color?

 

[brianbzed]

funky.......but whatever Bonamassa plays will sound good......

 

[Farquad]

Funky. I kinda like it and kinda dont. However, he wont have the G and B string tuning issues with the inline headstock. I think I'd like it better with a non reversed headstock.

 

[Ethereal]

I'm sorry but ... I know I'm exposing here my newbness but ... I ,really , really dont get what's the big deal with Joe Bonamassa. I truly dislike his tone ... and again, I know I'm opening up to be flamed and insulted but... I find his tone way too dark and ... Ok here goes something i might rgret writing here but ...muddy. Yes, I finally said it, I find bis tone incredibly MUDDY for my taste. Mind you, this has nuthin to do with his skill as a guitarrist, technically speaking the guy's a monster, a guitar god, no doubt about that. It's not that dislike blues either as actually, one of my favorite guitarrist is Nick Moss , a relatively unknown chicago blues guitarrist. Also I must admit that I dislike dark sounding guitars, I prefer them bright sounding LPs that dont enter into shrill territory. For example, I've never liked the famed "woman tone". But still, everytime I give it a go to listening to Bonamassa after a few minutes I can't help but think that this or that song would have sounded better with a less muddy, brighter with just a tad more midrange tone, I feel that his solos would have more definition and clarity this way.

Again, maybe its just me. Guitar tone preference is subjective. You know another guitarrist's tone that i dislike? Eddie Van Halen. I feel his too midrangey for my taste. So I guess this says alot about me? Maybe I'm just weird.

 

[VictorB]

It's you.

Post some links to JB's "muddy" tone.

I'm anxious to hear it.

 

[LPSPP]

Looks like he's got a new Bird

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1OyF1Gkz-A[/ame]

 

[jlb32]

Not a big fan of the Firebird headstock on a Les Paul.

However I would love to have a Les Paul with a Explorer headstock. Gibson has done a few before.