1955 Fender Stratocaster with Joe Bonamassa at Norman's Rare Guitars | Dec 5, 2018

[@scottrgood]

That is the most iconic Strat in my opinion, the ‘55-‘56 two-tone is perfect. That one is particularly nice.

[@davidwile1277]

I'd have to say 59-62 slabboards thats when they were top notch

[@limoncr5205]

@@davidwile1277 they are all different eras, different feel and sound and all great.

[@bose95able]

Fat 50s baby

[@scottrgood]

david king I’d say generally most people would agree with you.

[@igo2054]

its hard to bend on 9'5 fretboard radius.

[@scottmackey4182]

Thank you for finally publishing this event from 2018. Epic quality. Joe, as always, is fantastic! Beautiful guitar with great sound in the hands of a master.

[@prospectnyc]

I know Joe is known for bursts mostly but he sounds awesome on Strats.

[@545Zagor]

It's awesome and so sweet that a star like Joe still sounds like a total guitar nerd! Go Joe :)

[@anthonyc1883]

Yeah, we certainly love the wear marks in between the frets on a maple neck but Leo wasn't happy, and understandably so (from the point of view of a manufacturer).

[@TheWelhaven]

Six years ago my dream guitar was a Gibson goldtop with p90. Now it’s a 55-56 two-tone sunburst. Wish I knew that 15 yrs ago :)

[@ertreri]

bonamassa talking about guitars is cool.

[@gordondyer1]

Listening to you guys mull over guitar features and music knowledge is very informative for a pedestrian and must seem to be common place for professionals. Thanks for giving me a peek into the musician scene from a perspective other than Hollywood or MTV Norm

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

Genuinely beginning to love Joe Bonamassa.

[@kaicottrell1560]

That's exactly how a strat should sound

[@thomasvannatter6361]

It's amazing how humble Joe is.. he's probably one of the best guitarist of all time.. he can play anything a true (prodigy) his line.. yeah it's a guitar... lol classic..like Bruce Lee a punch is just a punch then your learn all the intricacies and it's more than a punch after mastery it's just a punch again. That's Joe Bonamassa lol... yeah it's a guitar..

[@winteroutside7014]

jew joe is just a jew and because he is a jew he got to be famous

[@Relayer6a]

Love the way Joe gets all those player's tones straight into an old fender amp. No pedals, no different guitars. Mostly just select the right pickup and right hand technique.

[@RevMishka]

Relayer6a ...but according to Jessi above, He knows nothing about Fender gear....

[@nickroyalprince2163]

Actually the amp that Joe plugged that Strat into was actually a brand new Fender 64’ Custom Deluxe Reverb.It sounds like a vintage amp even though it’s brand new when Mark was the guitar of the day host he first used a Fender Hot Rod Deville 4x10 and sometimes a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12. But he would always use an overdrive pedal all the time. Then he used a 65’ Deluxe Reverb and before he left Norman’s to go to Gibson he used the ‘64 custom Deluxe Reverb which you hear on this video.

[@Relayer6a]

@@nickroyalprince2163 The age of the amp wasn't my point. But thanks for pointing that out.

[@Trial212]

Nice video!! I love JB's respect for the history of our favorite guitars!!

[@sangkyukim8553]

The voices talking about the guitar sounded great.

[@boss123400]

Beautiful Strat, ready to solo without effects, just add fingers....y'all be safe out there this weekend! You're responsible for those on your boat and in the water around you, watch your intake, Captains...

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

60's strats have nothing on a good 50's strat, thats the sound man and it's a really addictive sound. The new fender american 50's strat is REALLY GOOD.

[@djfedezaza]

This.. sounds.. fucking AMAZING

[@sgcl2276]

That Fender Champ 600 I had one, changed the cloth to something thinner and tubes, the tone was so nice after that I even had a Jensen speaker to go in although did not want to ruin the tone. Never heard it with that speaker as sold both to a harmonica player...

[@colintraveller]

And after it was filmed it was bought ..... No Doubt . Faster than winning the lotto

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

THESE ARE GREAT GUITARS WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? I HAVE A 56 STRATOCASTER LEO FENDER GOT IT RIGHT CARLOS GUITARLOS 90942

[@classicartfoundation639]

Norm has dollar signs in his eyes when Joe turns up

[@chaimgael2740]

i guess Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a method to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me

[@mylessilas5141]

@Chaim Gael instablaster :)

[@MZU-P]

Wow this guitar sounds really nice it reminds me of my Legend, a beautiful instrument

[@paulsharp6559]

There’s not a better sounding guitar in the world. For me.

[@ΟΟύτις]

Try a squier bullet.Its the same.

[@joemorrow8411]

That sound came through my phone distinctive👍👍

[@blues6782]

The different sounds are fantastic.

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

Joe is such a humble, down to earth guy for being such a badass guitarist.

[@amritjanardhanan]

Real playing starts at 6:24 and ends 7:29

[@TheGuitarHistorian]

Joe’s love of guitar history rivals even my own... not quite, but close! 😂 He just has more funds than I do 🤣😂🤣😂

[@p6x2]

I wonder how much a guitar in such good state sells for... most likely around the 50k mark?

[@Za7a7aZ]

I thought agnesy did not work with norm anymore.. Anyways,.. I see a lot of beautiful guitars in the background. Give us people in Europe a quick tour someday ...please?

[@otaviorocha4156]

more reverb!

[@bluesysamurainao4557]

This 58 Ash is a good condition. I'm quite sure some of Fender CS must already have made similar tone.

[@lauramoore9659]

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!THANK YOU!!!!

[@nolanr7679]

Let the guitar talk for itself. It would be interesting to see a video where joe plays.

[@MissChrissyM1]

God do I LOVE JOE. I NOW HV HMMM LETS SEE, 6 OF HIS CDs. awestruck by him. He has a unique feel for music. Imagine the world 🌎 without him. I don’t want to. I love Happier Times at the royal albert Hall and many more. His collaborations with Beth Hart are brilliant 🤎🖤💜🎸

[@bruceleemagomaev9157]

ups! I am afraid he is mistaken. they discontinued swamp ash bodies aprox in the 2d half of 1955. anyway since 1956 it was alder all the way, except Mary Kay

[@simpsimpson5175]

yep but will stay with my 1981 Tokai Strat.. unbelievable guitar.. like the 1st "custom shop" paid 375USD$ off a Manila rich kid - showroom condition..

[@paulcowart3174]

Yeah they made good stuff back them Had a Tele from them I dearly miss

[@p6x2]

Norman, you are dead wrong on Joe's girl friend; she was sitting on his lap all the time during the video...

[@frankiecalabro2617]

There goes another vintage guitar never to be seen again

[@anthony-me1wu]

Joe is seriously the unspoken king....Next to Norm of course hehehe

[@anthonymoore1705]

nice that hank marvin and mark knopfler get a mention.

[@photopicker]

"How many guitars does anyone need?" - Norm Harris

[@drtap1477]

For real!

[@gabrielcande2527]

If you passionate about guitars ,and playing well and want to explore more your guitar knowledge in all aspects of course you can have as many you can afford.

[@rcpilot2007]

Just one more....

[@absolving]

@@gabrielcande2527 I agree. As many as you like, as many as you can afford.

[@lesterpaul9657]

Ten. One Les Paul jr and nine Telecasters.😊

[@tramlad2]

The great Joe with the great Norm with a great Stratocaster, nice video, when guitars were built right, and not just overpriced tokens to hang on the wall.

[@biketouringusa4390]

Let Joe Bonamassa wear his throne with honor, since he proved to be one of the greatest guitarist of our time, remember? he played Further on up the Road live with Eric Clapton. Joe Bonamassa you rock the blues and made Eric Clapton look slow on the fretboard.

[@ebay9302]

You are tone deaf so please keep your ignorant thoughts to yourself. Clapton hated doing that show and hated Joes playing, this I know. Thanks

[@charlesjohnson166]

I think I'll buy it.

[@hamradiojunkie1561]

It is 👍 to see Joe just work that guitar. I'd bet that Joe bought the guitar. And, Joe, please be kind to those 65 y/o frets

[@Han0verfist.23]

An OG playing an OG!

[@JDMurphy997]

What’s the neck radius on that guitar ? Looks a bit flatter then a normal strat

[@kissfan003]

I miss Mark!

[@motokev2727]

what's with the REVERB. Over time, I prefer a little reverb. I really don't know why.

[@pavanatanaya]

Lemmo really has aged

[@anthonyc1883]

ha ha I see what you did there.

[@creationinspired200]

Joe i got 6 seconds left in my ebay auction you will be my good luck charm in winning this bid on a new les paul 😮

[@paulcowart3174]

I like the later V profile necks Alder bodies too Beautiful guitar How heavy is it ? Weight ? My friend has 55 that is heavier than I thought it would be Thanks

[@CarnivoreguyScott]

What does a Strat guitar of that vintage go for ? I’m a 55’ vintage too so really I should have it Norm .

[@hotdoglover1573]

This is for sure casting couch with a guitar. “Awww yeah look at those fucking pickups. Yeah strum that shit ughhh fawwkkk it’s so oldddd”

[@anthonybymallia7067]

It sounds beautiful fatty sound it's half fender haif gibson awesome stratocaster great joe , bonomassa I love joe great guitarist and great guy

[@johnl.6930]

It sounds like a strat! Say no more and Joe should know thanks!

[@davet.3587]

Do you sell fender guitar necks

[@MrUltraworld]

Is that the same as swamp ash?

[@jimmyjames9752]

Yep up until 56 early

[@denislemelin7653]

All freaken day !

[@markwathen975]

Hard at work having fun

[@twoshady518]

anyone else have a problem with knob placement on the strat? i love the sound of a strat to death, but playing one i find myself hitting the volume control too much. i switched to a les paul years ago and i just find it more comfortable with i guess what are my bad playing habits. just wondering if i'm the only psycho out there with this issue

[@primeDecomposition]

Once you get used to it though, making super quick volume adjustments on the fly to go from just barely breaking up Hendrixian chording to screaming fuzz lead tone with just a quick move of the pinky. Then I go to a Les Paul and it’s like, omfg I gotta move my entire hand away from the picking area just to do a quick volume adjustment! Pain in the ass.

[@0548SdR]

Joe's playing really shows the merit of this strat

[@blakjack3053]

Glad to find out JB actually has a girlfriend!

[@geoffrobson2493]

Anyone know how long ago this was filmed? I’m assuming Mark didn’t come back for a Covid special...

[@srvfan25]

2018

[@Turboy65]

There's literally no good reason for Mark Agnessi to be in this video. His presence drags the video down a notch. He contributes nothing. And him being the spokesman for Gibson's THREATS to us will never be forgotten.

[@bumblefritz]

The dude always rubbed me the wrong way. He just seems like the kind of shifty dude that would talk trash about you and hit on your girlfriend when you're not around.

[@carlaharrington5120]

Do we know who the "he" is that left those fret marks?

[@lesterpaul9657]

Why are the plastic parts of 50's strats not so creamy discolored like on 60's strats? Different kind of plastic?

[@paulcowart3174]

Yes for sure 50s had the Bakelite that didn't discolor

[@jr13227]

It’s freakin straturday

[@LowT_jc]

Mark always looks like he's about to cry

[@jacobscherlinger3953]

Bonamassa doing Knopfler would be amazing.

[@djfedezaza]

Oh god no

[@andreaschlapek780]

This 1955 Strat was played about 55 Times... Damn this thing is clean.. My strat now looks almost like Rory Gallaghers😂

[@andreaschlapek780]

@Justin Church I have a 1983 Stratocaster, black white one..

[@mikeringer1]

Gotta love Joe just noodling over Mark and Norm as they try to talk about the guitar...SO disrespectful.. He only stops playing when he wants to talk

[@peterristau8142]

We'll get through this together ...

[@onemorecowswag]

no we won’t, poor people will die in droves and the rich will take more and more money for themselves.

[@soofitnsexy]

lmaooooo

[@JimWalkerMusic]

NICE ASH!

[@normanmozley3659]

I have a 2014 Corvette stingray I would trade for a like value lespaul

[@harrisonkelly9964]

What amp was he using?

[@nickroyalprince2163]

Fender Deluxe Reverb

[@vernonhoover1387]

Nice ash!!!

[@SixStringflyboy]

Sounds like a Sean Connery pickup line. Pickup....see what I did there....

[@growfarbeyond]

I would choose 70s strat over this any day!!!

[@howlingwolf8441]

😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣

[@valentino3191]

It would have been funny if Mark would have started threatening small companies with copying Fender designs. lol

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

As they rightly say; "We are addicts" and nothing can cure it. Definitely not Nerds.

[@stephenallsman8913]

Right! The first reason we all wanted to play guitar was to be cool and not be a nerd.

[@angusseletto1511]

Is Mark back at Norms now?

[@zankyalbo2208]

Joe identifies this near the beginning as 2018

[@808zhu]

Keep those expensive vintage guitars away from Mark's jacket zippers!!!

[@vzeller]

Exactly. That's where guitar backs go to die. And the fronts go there to get killed by Lemmo's rings.

[@808zhu]

@@vzeller Good to know it's not just me.

[@808zhu]

@Arthur Morgan, Formerly 4th Chairman That's a fair point, but I imagine that some of the guitars mangled by his jacket were in mint condition prior to his handling. 🤔

[@vzeller]

@@808zhu It's cool if you are the one doing the damage and are aware. If the store that is selling it to you is causing damage while in their possession, that's not professional or desirable. Especially when it's just so he can look cool. He even has an entire rant about looking cool and how important it is. Please.

[@allstopblue5717]

How can you possibly enjoy playing guitar or shopping for one if this is the way your mind works. What a drag it must be to scan any persons entire body/wardrobe to find out how they may possibly be “damaging” a guitar. Scratches/dents/ etc do not instantly appear on a guitar at the slightest touch of something. You ever bought a new guitar? Went home and played it. Did it instantly have scratches and dents on it? The fucking guitar is from the 50s for Christ sakes. You gonna track down every person who’s played it over the years and see what jewelry or belts they wore and bitch about them scratching it. Every note Joe is playing here is “wearing down” the frets. Why not bitch about that too.

[@w13rdguy]

Wait...... WHAT?!!

[@samkampersal9134]

Brownie! That's so Dominoes.

[@anthonyc1883]

Gotta geek out just a bit on you here, Sam, but although Clapton's Brownie was two-tone sunburst, the wood was very plain visually, with nowhere near the grain of this '55. Side-by-side they'd look substantially different.

[@김기태-m2l]

@@anthonyc1883 Brownie was alder 56, era of tonewood transitioning from ash to alder.. so does Blackie. That guitar's ash.

[@tonyfordgolf9438]

Could watch and listen to Joe for hours, such a nice humble bloke!and he could play a piece of shit and make it sound great!

[@matthewgrimm5383]

He's only humble when the camera is rolling. Trust me he's a conceited dick

[@Flo-qw4jr]

Joe seriously needs to stop buying all the good guitars.

[@MrCgregd]

Joe is a nerd but he has good reason to be

[@bobtone101]

I hate you Joe! and I love you, my six string brother! You get all the good stuff

[@ebay9302]

And Robert Cray plays rosewood fingerboards, and is why his tone is different. Please do your home work Joe...

[@ansol68]

I can only wish. And, while I'm at it, I can wish that I had my 68 and 72 Tele's back etc, etc ...

[@Musicology1975]

Strat and Les Pauls are the best inventions in guitarworld.

[@kd4jvg]

Ehhhh, Leo got it right the first time. Telecasters for me!

[@mrtambourineman6107]

They're not 2 meters apart ffs! Setting such a bad example guys! Good to see Agnesi back in the shop all the same

[@bipbipletucha]

This is from 2018

[@mrtambourineman6107]

@@bipbipletucha we dont know that for sure...is all I'm saying, the optics look bad

[@rogermunro]

It’s 2 years old man.

[@soofitnsexy]

ass

[@JayTheLane]

Kinda miss Mark.

[@soofitnsexy]

yes

[@rowenlampe7426]

If L.A turns into Minneapolis, this is the first place I'm headed.

[@butchkeenan2257]

three skip ads in the first nine minutes...damn thats annoying

[@rkl08551]

play authentic aY...

[@Covid--ts5cw]

My real name is David and I just learned saying 9 in Russian sounds a lot like David.

[@self4autism333]

Its not polite to talk over someones strat,......just kidding. I was just thinking the other day that buddy guy was the earliest recording i have of the inbetween sounds. Do I win a free guitar? From Joe that is.

[@paul2602]

Beautiful guitar. If he didn't buy it, Joe should at least pay a usage fee for the wear he put on it.