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i hope everyone say joe on letterman last night.  he really deserves the attention.  i hope they have him back as a performer and guest.

as usual, joe sounded great.  anyone know what rig he was using?  sounded incredible, but w/ joe's hands he could have been running a fender bullet and an sd-1.  i think i heard the pork loin.  anyone know?

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Re: joe letterman rig?

I would guess it was one of those Lazy J tweed amps and a TS808. That seems to be his go to "pick up and go" rig.

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I'm not sure how many of you have heard the Beano album that Clapton played on. I think Joes tone sounded a lot like Claptons on that album. I'm thinking however it was something rack mounted. Effects and all. Would be interesting to know because it was killer tone.

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I heard it was a 65 Fender Twin reissue from a credible source.

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He gets 'his' sound through everything he uses, it's insane!!!

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He gets 'his' sound through everything he uses, it's insane!!!

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Here was the set up...
Gibson Les  Paul   1959 9-1228 aka Sandy
SIR rental 65 twin Reverb Reissue
Maxon tubscreamer
TC stage tuner ( never used)
The amp was behind Anton with Ryder Truck Packing Blanket..

That is all...
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Cool !! What a simple rig... smile

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Re: joe letterman rig?

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Here was the set up...
Gibson Les  Paul   1959 9-1228 aka Sandy
SIR rental 65 twin Reverb Reissue
Maxon tubscreamer
TC stage tuner ( never used)
The amp was behind Anton with Ryder Truck Packing Blanket..

That is all...
Joe B

Thanks for sharing. A cranked twin! must have been loud.

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ACF wrote:

I'm not sure how many of you have heard the Beano album that Clapton played on. I think Joes tone sounded a lot like Claptons on that album. I'm thinking however it was something rack mounted. Effects and all. Would be interesting to know because it was killer tone.

I would hope everybody in here knows that album like the back of their hand lol.

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randall wrote:
Joe Bonamassa wrote:

Here was the set up...
Gibson Les  Paul   1959 9-1228 aka Sandy
SIR rental 65 twin Reverb Reissue
Maxon tubscreamer
TC stage tuner ( never used)
The amp was behind Anton with Ryder Truck Packing Blanket..

That is all...
Joe B

Thanks for sharing. A cranked twin! must have been loud.

lol That is the first thing I thought when I heard the first (and of course identifiable instantly as Joe Bonamassa) scorching note...Louder (dash of bad intent wink) than normal house band riff, ahhhhhhhhh yesssssssss, Joe! cool In the HOUSE!
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JBFan1 your probably right about everybody knowing Beano. I just thought maybe not the younger guys and also not everybody is into Clapton.
Thanks Joe for the rig info. Never would have figured it.

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Yeah, that amp was loud and you can hear it overwhelming the whole band sound when Dave mic is on.

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I asked my local guitar center for a Ryder truck blanket JB signature model, and one of their heads exploded. lol

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I asked my local guitar center for a Ryder truck blanket JB signature model, and one of their heads exploded. lol

Good one thet  kept me laughing for a while

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"Sandy" is getting so much use that Gibson is going to need to rescan and rephotograph it before they release the next Collectors Choice.

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they were very good performances and I agree that the tone was close considering the simplified rig.

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Joe could play a banjo upside down and he'd still sound like Joe. Two notes and I know it's him.