Joe Bonamassa's Gibson Les Paul tone tips guitar lesson

Issue 384 of Guitarist magazine's cover star shows you how you can get a wide variety of tones from your Gibson Les Paul without the need for additional stompbox effects. Want to throw away your pedalboard, plug straight into your amp and use your guitar's onboard controls as tone-shaping tools? Joe shows you how...

For a private guitar lesson from Joe Bonamassa full of hot blues licks to learn, buy Guitarist magazine issue 384, on sale 25 July 2014.

[JxCloWniNx]

what he doesn't talk about here (but you should be able to notice) is that JB's picking attack changes with every style and tone change as well. Your fingers play an important role in tone also. good video

[manaras]

210 seconds. The best review ever. Pure wisdom

[musicman]

Thank you very much Joe Bonamassa for pointing out that guitars have more than two positions on the volume and tone controls. You can actually play all night and never change channels or hit an overdrive pedal with a good guitar and (in my opinion) tube amp. For many years I did not know this is how the guitar could actually work. Now it is so nice to work a job and not have to do the (pedal) dance. Everything that I needed was right in my hands all that time. Thank you again Joe.

[billducas]

I watched this video so many times, and come back to it and still watch it. I love my Les Paul's. Even though I can't play nearly as good as Joe, this demonstration shows how much you can get out of a guitar without any toys on the floor.

[wolfgang]

I have really grown to like him. He’s a smart guy that loves playing. He knows his shit

[gweeds]

it helps to be a beast on guitar, too.

[mrsconley]

No really into Joe Bonamassa's music too much, but I will say he is so old school in his tried and true methods and it is nice to see him share that information with a younger generation that watches youtube.  I see him on a lot of "virtual" magazines doing stuff like this.  It is just cool.  I dig it.

[aimfuldrifter]

So simple, yet remarkable tip for all players. Gotta like that natural approach from Joe.

[matthalo]

I like him a lot. He has a humbleness that is inviting. It makes me want to hear what he has to say and definitely makes me want to listen to him play.

[futurecorpse]

AUGUST 2021 and still nothing beats this video of Joe Bonamassa teaching us young guitarists that it depends on the guitar player and not on pricey effects pedals and amps. Yeah his guitar is pricey but very few can make those guitar tones using just the guitar and amp. 👌

[andrewbutcher]

One of the best videos I've seen. The country sounds were brilliant. Joe Bonamassa is a top man and great guitar player.

[midniterollercoaster]

this is an example of "50s wiring" in a les paul.
very very versatile and great job Joe.

[colintraveller]

That's the Best Guitar review I've seen on the net in a long time ..

[AlexAlexanderLIVE]

How did they get the amp sound in this one ? Room mic ?

[alexmurphy]

Watch his picking hand in this video. It's constantly changing, there is so much more to this playing than having a versatile guitar

[sorenahlback]

💯 thumbs up 👍 for this one. Using what’s in the fingers and the guitar is most important. Pedals can be a little add on but not the base.

[BITESIZEJONES]

And that's what makes a good guitar player a good guitar player. Being able to play with and without pedals and understanding how to get a variety of tones out of your instrument. For the most part the Strat works the same exact way. Love Goldtops too!! Right on Joe!!

[richbowen]

Joe is from my home town Utica ny..my dad played with his dad back in the day..there are some phenomenal players from this area..kudos joe..

[mikeschouten]

I love Joe’s passion and how active he is in sharing his deep expertise!

[AgavePiper]

This is one of my favorite Les Paul Tone videos on YT. ❤️❤️❤️