Joe Bonamassa & Norman Harris - Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer (2016)

(Filmed by Natasha)
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Joe Bonamassa and Norm Harris, owner of Norman's Rare Guitars, doing a very informative and entertaining presentation on the history and acquisition of vintage guitars on the Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea Cruise 2016

[@RandyFricke]

Why do we love Joe B? He's so generous. With everything. And humble.

[@alejandroangeles8587]

He is a Guitar hero and a humble and nice guy... that's the secret

[@danteprimm]

Joe is extremely humble and his passion for the history of the guitars wonderful to see. Many collectors would just put there guitars in a vault and never play them, Joe realizes the true value in these instruments in in sharing them with the world on stage.

[@billhewlett1214]

I've meet joe several times over the years nicest person ever

[@sixstringcity3931]

This was a super great vid! I just bought a current era unburst from Norms online. Gorgeous guitar! They even included a Norms tshirt. Sales rep Brandon was great help!

[@patpatpat1969]

I love these two guys. Joe and Norm ....thanks guys.

[@MINIZoso]

That was awesome Natasha! For those who missed the cruise this year we are so glad you were there.

[@Umuliuz]

Thanks for filming and posting this. This is awesome stuff.

[@1allspub]

They don't come any more genuine (and genuinely cool) than Joe B. Great stuff... thanks for posting this! :)

[@EGlideKid]

I like both of these guys and watch their videos regularly. We love Joe's music and listen to everything he does. I know they're both millionaires by now, but you'd never know it. And both are very famous in the realms they travel in, but they both seem very approachable and more importantly, really likeable. I wish them both all the success they can handle.

[@crjacobs1313]

Love hearing conversations like this.

[@bluehornet6752]

I love Joe B, and am glad to see all the accolades he's getting here in the comments. But how about Norman Harris? That dude is a national treasure when it comes to the history of guitars. I get that he's in the business of buying cheap and selling high--but it's pretty clear that he's devoted his life to the instrument, and not just for the $$. I wish I would have been on this cruise!

[@shoominati23]

I think people listen to what Joe has to say, because he talks about relatable things.. It's not like some guy from a defunct glam metal band from the 80s boasting about doing a mountain of coke and then having an orgy with swedish swimsuit models and then crashing his ferrari, and other unattainable things.. Joe is the real deal.

[@Pentimenti]

Who needs to relate to the same old bullshit?

[@ricardofigueroa6754]

"defunct glam metal band from the 80s boasting about doing a mountain of coke and then having an orgy with swedish swimsuit models and then crashing his ferrari, and other unattainable things" Who's that?

[@TmcIIIvideo]

Well played!

[@gmlasam]

Great video. Thanks recording this video Natasha.

[@eternalme1016]

This was AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for posting this GEM......🎸💚

[@jerrymorganjr]

I really appreciate you taking the time to film these videos.

[@pedjailic782]

Really, really enjoyed this session with Norm and Joe. I hope to make to one of these Blues-Cruises soon enough.

[@brianntraceyrice3875]

Thank you, Natasha!!!

[@ryanfulldark2775]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing this! I hope to get on one of these cruises whenever they happen again

[@paulsimmons5726]

Loved the stories, laughed and nodded as both of them shared some tales. It's cool to listen to other guitar addicts talk about their collecting and find out that you're not the only person who wants a collection that Steve Howe and Keith Richards would be envious of! Great video, thanks for posting!!!

[@greghilinski6571]

Awesome video. Both guys are just down to earth guys.

[@skamok7]

DAMN! What a great video!! Thank you Natasha!!!

[@omegalast800]

...great chat,.. thanks Nat'! ;)

[@sylvainalain6637]

Thanks again for this awesome video.

[@mang3139]

Awesome! TY for posting

[@helenalexander7680]

thank you for sending me all your free downloads. love you helen

[@guitargeek3215]

this is a brilliant video, thanks for posting.

[@WatchesnguitarsDK]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@GordonTillmanTexas]

Really great video. Thank you for sharing this. Had to order Norm's book after watching this. :-)

[@StratTones]

So glad to see your work/this video was shared on Joe's newsletter! Too cool and Very Well deserved! Have been enjoying your work for years! Thank you so much

[@1AnitrasDance]

+Zack Rosicka Thanks. The magazine "Forgotten Guitar" is also sharing it. Nice that they give my channel credit for it.

[@Wabi-sabi8551]

Thank you for recording this footage. My nephew and I had a blast watching this! Thank you!

[@silvertoy_]

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[@sharky4310]

Great video ,great guys

[@billy38010]

Excellent, thanks!

[@arlenebrockmiller9256]

Thank you for sharing

[@mikebottiaux5850]

Fun video, thanks for posting!

[@riverisland111]

tx natasha really appreciate it

[@bjdenil]

I love this video !!!!

[@patrickrayl4149]

Thanks for sharing!

[@shauncox5209]

Great job Joe. Xxx

[@mkilner]

Brilliant!! 👍🏻🌟🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@FelixIsMyName]

Great video!

[@markwathen7642]

I've learned something, Thanks

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

31:29….that red Les Paul is the one in the recent Beatles documentary that falls and almost breaks while they were recording…was leaned up against something and fell…you could feel the air kind of come out of that room for a second until they saw it was damaged

[@davidhanson5851]

Does anyone know where I can get one of those "Straight out of Nerdville" t-shirts? I looked on Joe's web page and didn't see them. I need one of those.

[@sharkman4928]

I love it!!!!

[@winndell]

I can't believe the last two guys had a chance to ask Joe a question and instead they wasted everyone's time asking Norman how much their old guitars were worth!!!

[@aixpert291]

Winndell Powell idiots!!

[@szczerzo]

I love how Joe endorse Epiphone as a playing tool. You want to play? You don't need 5k$ Gibson.

[@metalmulisha0143]

SZCZERZO KŁY he'd never play them live

[@cromBumny]

The cooler, more beautiful the guitar, the more likely it will be in my hands. Thus the reason you buy a cool, expensive guitar.

[@leonardmichael6168]

Good Guys talkin good STUFFFFFFFF Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyy Count Me In

[@martylee5551]

You have what’s known as G.A.S. or (Guitar, Aquisition, Syndrome) I also have it and bad. However I don’t have the cash to do anything about it. Really dig your playing Joe!

[@adama4791]

The airport story always makes me laugh

[@holmes1978]

The Coolest !!!

[@wilson4180]

$1500 in 1971 is equal to $10k today. Still a hell of a deal compared to value today, but still expensive for 1971.

[@judee.baland6526]

what a guy!

[@JimiJam24]

FUCKING AWESOME STUFF! JUST "PURE" AWESOME STUFF WOW!!!

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

According to many "whole lotta love" is a tele not a 59? The story supposedly goes that Page bought the 59 from Joe walsh during the Led Zep II sessions? Can anyone verify this? I looked online to see if i could get anything from Page himself but found nothing?

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Kirk Hammett’s “GREENY”, the one Gary Moore used was sold to him for around a million

[@ryangunwitch-black]

I'm still waiting for that Italian shred gene to kick in, myself....

[@henribest4637]

what's the fleetwood mac song he plays at like the 39 min mark?

[@codykleinsmith]

henri best "Oh Well"

[@tarunkrishna8147]

A Peter Green guitar tune if my memory serves me well, from when Greenie was still functioning well and playing lead for F. Mac.

[@chadf1034]

bad thing is that when these artists with all these bursts die, the guitars get locked away in a museum to the artists and never get to live on stage again. bummer

[@mkianni2]

At least the artist owned guitars get played. Most of the 1958, 1959, and 1960 Les Paul standards are in private collections and never see the light of day. I would venture a guess that most of those private collectors aren't guitar players at all, but are in it more for the turn over in profit. $350,000 today, a cool million in ten years. They probably would be selling for a million by now if it wasn't for the 2008 recession.

[@dennisschell5543]

Not to mention, Gibson "break angle" design is prone to....BREAK! I would not chance having an outrageously expensive guitar knocked over accidentally at a live gig...

[@ElDuderino502]

I can't find that shirt anywhere. All I can find is "Straight Outta Needville" which is in TX. Screw that.

[@1AnitrasDance]

You won't be able to find that shirt. Joe made it up for just himself and a few of his friends.

[@lakibjornson281]

Don't clap it's a pain.

[@ryan.1357]

Did he call him "Phil"?

[@woody816]

Joe a huge Rory Gallagher fan 👍👍👍

[@MSStateBulldawg83]

Natasha, this is Bulldog... Does Joe mingle on the crush? Does he hang out during the day?

[@1AnitrasDance]

No, he doesn't really mingle. It is rare that you see Joe out and about on the cruise.

[@godtoHrD]

Are his ears fake?

[@samjp4]

What does his shirt say?

[@1AnitrasDance]

+samjp4 It says "Straight Outta Nerdville"

[@Elexmage]

+samjp4 Straight Outta Nerdville! Classic JoeB humor.

[@keithruddell1800]

are you sure it doesn't say Straight Outta Pleasantville? he loves that movie

[@Elexmage]

Straight out of Nerdville. Joe's theme.

[@samhurley180]

Joe: "I'll give you 350$ for it" 😂

[@BeansMaskSheen]

looks like joe is drinking a diet coke. Wouldnt you rather something without the high fructose corn syrup...lol! Awesome video. Thanks so much!

[@keithruddell1800]

lol Joe loves his high frucks man

[@judemisura4323]

Scott Cohen he is a self proclaimed aspartame addict.

[@metalmulisha0143]

What's the problem with it? That it's a possible carcinogen?

[@padGeT1902]

Why does it always look like JB is chewing something in his mouth? Is it a habit kind of a thing?

[@keithruddell1800]

hey man it's '59 gum

[@cerrito7806]

Anik yeah it's vintage gum. Very expensive.

[@willschaff969]

these people are so old

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Psalms 33:3 “play skillfully with a loud noise”…there’s a reason Jesus Christ grew his hair long…

[@kylestarfaux]

$300K for a guitar.. God damnit.

[@darianoechslermgp]

Million of Dollars for cars.

[@moseseseseses]

No guitar on earth is worth that much, almost every guitar on the planet only has about 300 dollars at the most of INTRINSIC VALUE. Only out of pure vanity do people pay that type of money for a guitar, and it is insane and a waste to do so.

[@moseseseseses]

At Pinkston music in biloxi, mississippi on pass road, there is a guitar in a glass case for sale for 925,000.00. it is the box guitar that astronaut Armstrong brought to the moon and played, has a bit of moon dust on it, and there will be some nut out there that will buy it.

[@kylestarfaux]

moseseseseses Yeah but it isn't that highly valued just because it's a guitar; it's because it not only contains traces of moon dust but is a one of a kind piece of one of the most significant moments in modern history. It's sort of similar to owning something like the steering wheel from the car JFK was killed in. The historical significance far outweighs it's value as a steering wheel. A portion of the value of, say a late 50s Les Paul, is derived from it's period-significance and pedigree of artists who played them but most people value them so highly based mainly on their rarity and the fact that they believe they were some of the greatest guitars ever made.

[@1AnitrasDance]

+theo retical Plus I believe it has something to do with the type of wood used in those guitars. Old growth trees that now don't exist.

[@contrabandjoe7974]

Sorry Joe, you are a FANTASTIC guitar player, one of the best.... but you ain't Clapton yet... Technical ability is one thing, and for Joe B, he's got that covered as one of the best. But he has yet to show the ability to write marketable original music at Eric Clapton's level. Eric has been writing top 10 hits for 6 decades. Eric has the technical ability AND song writing ability,. I hope Joe B can get there because I really admire what his does.....

[@fintanoclery2698]

ContraBand Joe True, but Eric Clapton is no Freddie King. And Freddie King's playing puts them both to shame.

[@contrabandjoe7974]

Freddie King was a blues Master... His playing was technically good, but I think his stardom was more articulation, phrasing and tone.. Joe and Eric are better technical players than Freddie, but the way Freddie phrased his notes was legendary......

[@fintanoclery2698]

ContraBand Joe I agree, I'm on vacation and cranking some Freddie King so I'm a tad biased this morning.Have a great day!

[@contrabandjoe7974]

Nice!! speaking of the Kings. my personal Favorite was Albert King!! that dude could smoke that flying v and talk about phrasing? He was Stevie Ray Vaughn's biggest influence. You can hear Albert in Stevie's licks......

[@fintanoclery2698]

ContraBand Joe I think I'm going to put on some Mr.Albert King now and then SRV live at the El Mocambo after! The amount of incredible footage to be found on KZbin is incredible.

[@moseseseseses]

Joe has been my man for a long long time, but this video and another one has him on them using a bit of bathroom wall Language, and his mom and dad are in this audience, so I'm really hurt and disappointed a bit to know he uses that type of language at all, especially in front of his mom in the audience.

[@helenalexander7680]

yeal his concert in houston, he surprised me with some of the sam.

[@jackmehoffer2724]

I agree.. This is supposed to be a kids show. What tha fuck

[@darianoechslermgp]

+Jack Mehoffer Kids Show? yeah i guess on the Cruise were hundreds of Blues loving ten years olds... Lol

[@allstopblue5717]

GTFO

[@woutkoopman]

Just imagine people growing up in the real world where people say bad things some times. Or maybe you shelter them from that for 18 years and you get the weird state America is in now. It's time you as a country grow up, it's getting a bit pathetic.

[@justinandrews5084]

I think Eric Johnson can collect royalties for EVERY TIME Joe has played his EXACT licks note for note... Eric should really have his entertainment lawyer look into that, for back royalties owed and due him...

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

There is a old original 59 burst for $485,000 for sale right now on reverb. it is known as the "Black Magic Burst" for its age it is in amazing condition and that makes it even more collectible! Has full documentation and has only been owned by 2 people, the original and the seller. I would buy it if i could!

[@renrewmurgh]

Hi Joe I´ve got a Guitar for you that you don´t have!!!!!!!!! a original 1954 Gibson SJ 200 sunburst original condition with the best sound that you can find.............but it is in Europe.................. and recently you was there, and you don´t visit me................................

[@mikebottiaux5850]

Fun video, thanks for posting!