Joe Bonamassa 1963/64 Gibson Firebird III at Norman's Rare Guitars

Joe Bonamassa came by to grab this gorgeous 1963/64 Gibson Firebird III from Norm at #NormansRareGuitars! This guitar has been in Norm's warehouse for over 30 years, and now its going to a great home! Enjoy it Joe!!!
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[@MrTexasDan]

Love that people in the background in a GUITAR SHOP are oblivious to the fact that one of the greatest ever is playing right next to them.

[@joeacebo9633]

They must have been told to “act natural”. Or they think Joe must just work there.

[@CentaurusRelax314]

It’s Los Angeles. We’ve seen bigger ‘stars’ before. I once pulled into the Hollywood Guitar Center as Joe was arriving and parking his mammoth Ford Fairlane convertible. I was aware of him, and it was a ‘cute moment,’ given how much people obsess over him on TGP, but come on-what would you expect to happen? Nothing to get giddy about.

[@SIXSTRING63]

I used to go in music stores on 48th street in NYC back in the 80’s like Manny’s, Sam Ash……. We used to catch some cool well known players in there. Sadly those iconic stores are all gone now. No place in the east except The House of Guitars in Rochester NY. I’ve been going there since I was a senior in high school. Joe stops in there quite a bit too. Twice I have just missed him by an hour or two. He buys every decent tweed Fender amp they get in. I think the store manager Curt keeps them set aside for Joe. I missed Joe at Rumble Seat in Ithaca NY when they had a store right next to the state theater back in 2011. He was playing the State that night so my wife and I swung by Rumble Seat to check out some guitars. They informed me Joe had just left.

[@RiotBadger]

Oblivious or just respectful?

[@Bestjamminjj]

You used to be able to meet Larry hartke in a Sam ash in New York. Not to mention he kept jacos real amp there

[@RexCars1]

Joe B. RULES.. Great Player.. VERY Hard worker.. and Just an overall great guy.. Got to meet him a few times.. Super personable

[@robertparsons5295]

Love Norm. Love Joe. Impossible to watch a video of these two without having a big grin on your face.

[@jerrygeist1677]

Joe is just magic he makes the guitar glow! He's such a nice man!😊

[@cdbrown30]

That phrase Norm said about selling peace and love is something to think about. Sick firebird!

[@jongZhao-e8q]

I bet he votes democrat

[@ingridnetherlands]

Such a great video and I agree with everything you say about Joe, Norm! 🧡🎶🍀🌷🎶🧡

[@dsfhuiweaoge]

The amount of joy just one of these guitars could bring a person... and this pos just hoards them all. Sad af.

[@ELWOOD..]

He doesn't have all of them.

[@JBarbarosa]

Norm is a Teddy bear. God bless you friend. Joe is a legend. What a pleasure to watch

[@erikmeyer2323]

Ok ... On the adjacent-warehouse-guitar-swap-proposition: When I was 12, about a year before that guitar was made, my father took me to New York for a day and we toured the vault at the New York Federal Reserve Bank where his fraternity brother just happened to be the Director. At that time, the vault held small stores of solid gold bars from the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa and other countries. These deposits were housed in separate "cells" arranged around the perimeter of a central room of the larger vault. The vault and the "cells" were built in the nineteenth century for this express purpose (by the commercial bank that owned the property at that time). The Vault was constructed of Bricks and each cell had a door made of steel bars, just like a jail cell. Pallet Loads of gold bars were stored in each cell and in the central room of the vault. In those days, currencies around the world were still on the Gold Standard meaning that if commercial entities in Great Britain made purchases in the United States, the Government of Britain would facilitate the transfer of funds by moving gold bars from their cell to the central room where the store of US Gold was kept. The process was a little more complicated than that, involving a lot of math to determine what the actual balance of payments and rates of exchange were, etc, but essentially, International Finance was conducted by having a forty-something year old black guy load a few of the Queen's gold bars onto a heavy duty wooden platform truck and wheel it into the central room where he would stack it on top of a pile of US Gold. As part of the tour, I got to sit on top of a pallet of US Gold about 4ft x 4ft x 3ft and they let me hold a bar in my hands to feel the weight. Then we went to the RBB&B Circus at Madison Square Garden. Anyway, Norm and Joe may be the last exemplars of this ancient method of value transfer. Only in this case we might conjecture that Michael Lemmo is the Mighty Grand Shlepper of Value!

[@rockokirock5789]

ジョーは小さい頃からギター弾いてたんだよね。 そのギターを操ってトップスターになったんだから祝福するよ！ ファイヤー・バードはジョーにとっての特別のモデルだからね✨ ノーマンとの音楽を通じた友情も特別ダ👍

[@RickMichaelis63]

Definitely without a doubt…. My all-time favorite blues guitar player & the greatest alive🙏👍👍😎✌️❤️

[@audiophileman7047]

Joe is definitely one of the very best guitarists playing guitar today and a humble guy. Just listen to him be quick to say how many really good guitarists are out there playing these days. 👍👍👍

[@surf247365]

Great to see the passion & joy from these two gentlemen. We all could be so fortunate to become players grade or roadworn without a broken headstock in the path of life.🙏🤘🏽🤙🏽

[@roberts6053]

Norm: “Joe Bonamassa is the best of the best”, I remember when A New Day Yesterday first came out and me and a bunch of friends put it on, and it was like a covers album of all our heroes, which split the room. The arguments of whether it was right or wrong went on for weeks. I remember saying “He’s been brought up on his Dad’s records”. It was then that I knew he was one of us, and that he was just the one of us in the room that could play like that. I’ve never felt differently, and I’ve never felt such a kindred spirit to any other player. What I want to say is, as I was on Joe’s side in 2000, would he possibly consider swapping the Nocaster for my 2005 CS ’51 Nocaster as a thank you? Haha. Love you guys. Feels like family.

[@kevinmartin4634]

Norm’s “player grade”. Love it!

[@Stephen_M.]

Then just put a revolving door between the lockers! LOL! I was fortunate enough to catch one of Joe's shows at the Blue Hills Pavilion, in Boston, MA. Awesome show with Non Stop, No Nonsense, Rock & Roll. Thanks again Joe! And Thank you Norm! And remember, "You're only as old as you feel"!

[@Mr.D34]

That Firebird really has a special flavor.

[@clickster1883]

“Special flavor” Very well put. It does.

[@paulneeds]

Sounds great. Who needs an LP anyway? ;)

[@TheChadPad]

@@paulneeds Who needs a house??

[@harbonip]

I seen Joe B. In Kiel Germany . He was smoking !

[@DanLeRoy]

So good to see norm looking good and being happy!

[@bdogjr7779]

Awesome Norm🎸《☆》Joe Kool👍🏾🤳very Down to Earth guy✌😎☯️

[@FreekSlot]

Joe is a supertalent, who keeps on developing, greetings from Holland.

[@samhill3496]

Great vid he is on top of his game. Joe's doing pretty well too.

[@therealdoug1000]

Real talent is when you're as great as Joe B AND ALSO as humble as Joe B. Great guy!

[@bobwalker200]

So if a guitar was unable to be played for 35 years is that a good thing? 🤔🤔

[@don911donny9]

Joe is phenomenal, watched him last year at the RAH, such a great show, then lemmo at Brixton, how lucky am I, two great mega talents but so humble with it.

[@BillyMac812]

Joe, you should let Trogoly Curate your guitar collection.🐉🐲

[@punsonthecob]

Hes player grade 😂 Good one Jen!!!

[@alkennedy1124]

Love the people in the store ,nice vlog great that Joe and norm are so good for each other and the guitar world, go get you a guitar at Norms rare guitars, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏

[@jeffholliday8304]

Love you guys, man Joe Bonamassa, one of the best blues players ever God bless everyone at norms. Norm is looking great. I know he was sick for a while. I hope he continues to stay well.

[@mikemattera6724]

So I guess they're not going to talk about the guitar.

[@walther9161]

I made a huge mistake and sold my Firebird 15 years ago.. don’t want to pay 3500-5000 for one today so I built one.. it’s all about the player though … love joe’s work!

[@leobender2910]

We love you, Joe. Keep up the good work!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Joe please start playing the guitar

[@gtrplayer1000]

Awesome musician, guitar, and store owner😊. I almost went to Norm’s last Saturday, if I had I wouldn’t bother anyone but would have been transfixed by the playing I heard.

[@gogonog]

i became a fan of these guitars after i saw my favorite guitar player playing one THE LATE GREAT ALLEN COLLINS !

[@LazerSparks]

I saw Joe in Leeds UK this year. He is definitely the best.

[@StandbyCymbalist]

Someone pls make a compilation of Norm saying he's "had this guitar for 30-something yrs." how has he never had a guitar for 10 yrs? Haha love you Norm, just joking with ya.

[@jonnybeck6723]

"Joe's Rare Guitars" (?)

[@waitaminute7257]

Norm is looking great!!

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

This recorded earlier? I know Joe played with Ringo I didn't know if it was playing with him again or not

[@abaddonbolero9605]

This Man......this PLACE!!! When I walked in there in the early 80's as a starry-eyed rocker, I remember seeing a picture of ROBIN (yes, That Robin....) and I KNEW I was Home. Nowadays it's more just to Drool, of course. By I'm GLAD he (Norman) was the Steward of our Musical Haritage that he IS (and Joe B. is Too!) so this stuff doesn't get cut up for PARTS for some greedy jagoff bloodsucker out there JUST to make a few shekels, at the EXPENSE of Priceless Musical History, or SOLD to some Big-Wig in some foreign country to bolster his portfolio.!

[@davidpotsdam]

what a joy to hear and see JOE and NORM

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

'Norman's Rare Guitars'........... Nothing more rarefied than the price tags.

[@f.duranleau4416]

Another nice guitar for an awesome player! That's cool! It seems that Joe still has G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) pretty bad! ;-)

[@ultimatebasses]

Norm is speaking from the heart. Joe is a treasure. Love Jen's giggles too.

[@OldIzergil]

2:57 «Oh Stop It, You». So nice ♥

[@Twirlyhead]

Scratching my head here about the puzzling sight of the folk browsing in the background not looking around when Joe is playing or even just because Joe is there. Must be more to them than meets the eye.

[@anthonyc1883]

There is a strong possibility the store customers were told, something along the lines of, "Hey everybody, we've got a video to shoot here so please just carry on and Joe will be around for a while after we're done shooting."

[@doc_matter]

What model Rivera is that that they are using? Is that the Rivera 1x10 that normal saying is based off a champ with more features?

[@横澤聖也]

Thank you very much. Mr. joe, guitarist is fighting now. Please,after me. Ok?

[@YetiOnSnowboard]

Oh the ignorance...how ALL people in the background do not realize (or care) that they happen to be in the same room with one of today's greatest guitar players of the world. Facepalm.

[@fluxtroy7444]

1:45

[@eric_in_florida]

See Joe won't sit on that low ass couch, I don't blame him. Put some 4" blocks under it maybe.

[@u4ea2m2]

I was slow to come to the party but ... his choice of material and arrangements along with the musicians he surrounds himself with really shows me he deserves the accolades. A true musician.

[@jimjim7008]

I would've bought it but only if the pickguard was black. Anyway pass from my end.

[@Jimbob-hp6ud]

Looks like if Joe biden worked in a guitar store

[@mohamedtlass3842]

Oh yes! This guy was major on the jabs and muzzles!

[@john564holloway]

Nice to see Joe back at Norm's...Norm, you had Lemmo demo this Firebird two weeks ago and you called it a 1964.

[@caleb4687]

Pretty sure that was Jay Buchanan (singer of Rival Sons) in the background in the start of the video…

[@ohpotatoesandmolasses]

gear hoarding sucks

[@sixslinger9951]

waaa waaa

[@snapfinger1]

Casual name dropping at Norm’s. Expectations soar if you’re sporting a Firebird too.

[@anthonyc1883]

Norm is "player grade" lol. Jen scores big time with that comment!

[@Chiefsalltheway]

Went to the concert and felt like I saw real history. Have seen this only three times in my 63yrs. Joe Walsh with the Eagles, and Fleetwood Mac.

[@RiotBadger]

“Player grade” 😂 Jen with the zingers!

[@j1shot2]

These 2 legends should have a regular podcast/show so we can all enjoy the banter

[@terryskillin1720]

Moments like that are not to be wasted

[@dukeviking]

that Rivera amp❤

[@gordonanderson3111]

Big money Saturday and low cost Sunday. They are not open on Sunday. Exactly.

[@TheMRCHEEFY]

Is that the singer from Rival Sons in the background?

[@mrangryeyes4789]

I like Joes enthusiasm passion and dedication to being a musician, but everytime I click on one of these videos I can just tell what he’s going to play

[@chrisorth]

Norm, I was in line at Walgreens the other day and I was doing the same thing with the DOBs. Hang in there, your are a gem.... player grade, but a gem none the less !!!

[@whitebuffalo4904]

what's always funny about these videos to me is how someone can be jamming out at what seems to be a considerable volume and yet the patrons in the back go on about unfazed, as if nothing is going on haha. almost like the people in the foreground are in some closed-off cube.

[@localguy8]

It’s just a tax write off for Joe 🎸🎸🎸

[@kensettle3184]

Joe is an incredible player. His vocals have developed so much over the last couple years too. His singing ranks right up there now with some of the great blues shouters!

[@simonvanderheijden432]

Yeah, he's an amazing guitar player and an overall nice dude but let's not pretend he can hold a candle to the great blues singers.

[@sixslinger9951]

@@simonvanderheijden432 so what? he has his own style of singing and people enjoy it. Quit comparing him. This isn't a competition.

[@kensettle3184]

@@simonvanderheijden432 His singing has gotten a great deal more emotive, skilled, controlled and developed over the course of the last three years. He has obviously been working a great deal on it. And yes... in terms or vocal range, control and emotive ability, his vocals are capable of holding their own with respected blues shouters.

[@jeffshirkey3085]

@@kensettle3184 I find it overly affected, like he's self-consciously trying to be a blues singer. Great guy. Great chops. But I just can't get into his music.

[@kestutisbagusauskas8323]

Gibson making multi use Guitars Les Paul great as a canoe paddle or dur to its weight you can also use it as an anchor. This Firebird looks like it would make a decent plough!

[@billknudson7895]

Okay, Norm, enough chatting. Let Joe play!

[@stephenchadwick5852]

He is fantastic live ,puts on a show ,you certainly get your moneys worth

[@philbather6557]

This constant argument over who’s the best…each does it differently in my opinion 👍

[@leezo2123]

There's a real friendship and connection between Joe and norm and some of Joe's prized possessions came from norm including Amos.

[@allanmakela3011]

Very entertaining,and get to see guitars,that otherwise wouldn,t,Straturday Rules

[@RobertJohnson-yc8ov]

Someday I wanna just want to walk through …..

[@横澤聖也]

I’m so sorry. Other is guitar playing. I am. Please.

[@scottmartin356]

I'm getting up there in years too, I'll settle for 'player grade' any day of the week! You're looking great Norm, I'm glad that the condition scared the... guitars out of you

[@sunberst58]

Im a blues/rock gutarist from philly. That music wadnt as popular in clubs back when i was playing every night. Its exploded over the last 20 years or so. Joe is the best player p.o period. I have no doubt he could blow the best off stage including Clapton, or guys like Trower, or even SRV. Maybe not Rory Gallagher 😊 your the best joe, take care, continued success.

[@cuda426hemi]

Baloney. First of all the first big Blues Revival was 40 years ago in the 80s with guys like Stevie Ray (who would destroy Bonermasa). the Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. As far as the original 60s guitar heroes if there was no Clapton, Page, Hendrix and their sources like Buddy Guy (who could also destroy little Joe),T Bone Walker etc young pup Joe would have nothing to play!! Joe hasn't raised any bar. He plays too many notes without thought. See Peter Green for comparison. Joe is like the new age digital version of the Blues - all the correct clichés but less feel and heart. Trower's 1st 3 LPs were fantastic and nobody could sing better than Bass Jimmy Dewar but his abject rip of Hendrix style sort of put him a level below innovator same as Joe. Today you want innovation you gotta go see Matteo or Tosin. 🎸

[@mohamedtlass3842]

@@cuda426hemiand Buddy Guy still has it at 87!

[@cuda426hemi]

@@mohamedtlass3842 👍👍👍

[@BluesRockAcademy]

Gary Moore would eat Divamassa for breakfast.

[@waynemyers4455]

You can appreciate the total love and respect they have for each other. Joe is a one of one like Beck, Clapton, Page and a few others.

[@daviddalziel884]

Disagree

[@timzitzelsberger3200]

By far not and I like him like some of the local players in bars he is a good guitarist yet not that far above-average

[@billw8648]

Looking good Norm!

[@danielfritz954]

Joe´s eyes shine like when a little child enters a chocolate shop :D You can´t buy them all Joe !!

[@brianstatom9567]

Norm, you may be a little biased. But,hey, you've known some of the best musicians ever.

[@B-MO_]

I'm a drummer don't know a ton about guitars except to me this 1 is BEAUTIFUL! Ain't that similar to what Allen Collins played?

[@timwalsh715]

Oh c'mon JB, you got deep pockets. What's $8k or so gonna hurt? Ya KNOW ya gotta have it!! Wanna see it on tour too!

[@colinpadley1897]

And the rest!

[@curtiseverett1671]

I like the tremolo bar

[@ckelly5141]

I could carry Joe’s case....I mean.....I’d probably drop it after a couple of steps, but other than that I think I’d be O.K.🎸 😜

[@gabrielcallizaya7412]

I love when Joe plays while Norm talks😂😂

[@QEIIKC3rd_theCatTMpresents4NWU]

Nice FB good 2 see Joe, the cutting sound in epitome here.theCat.

[@glenkepic3208]

Great heart warming offering.

[@mattthompson7074]

Stop selling all of your nicest guitars to Joe and save some for the rest of us! ;)

[@Twinkie1960]

saw joe when he was breakin out (az a young adult)…thought he waz one of the best then….

[@joeacebo9633]

Seeing Joe at the Moody theater in Austin next month.

[@davidg-oo1ox]

J D Simo much more creative and innovative less rehash

[@riittahatinen4579]

Norm❤ and JOE❤ are amazing person😍👍

[@paulneeds]

How’s Norm doing these days?

[@robnamowicz8073]

Hard to sit and listen to that, but then, 'it ain't braggin' if you can do it,,,' 'and there were these two old guys,,' Yes, there were!! Thanks fellas,

[@mickeyh53]

Who’s going to argue with Norm’s views on Joe..I’d say he’s seen them all come & go at one time or another!