Joe Bonamassa's Tips On Dialing in Your Les Paul

Improve your Les Paul sound in 30 seconds with Joe Bonamassa's Gibson Les Paul Tone Tips .
Joe Bonamassa's Gibson Les Paul tone control tips and guitar lesson will help you get more sounds from your Les Paul. This is how to use your Gibson Les Paul tone & volume knobs!
WATCH: This is an excerpt from the Joe Bonamassa Guitar Tone Masterclass Watch the FULL video and interview HERE: • Joe Bonamassa Tone Mas...
▶ Guitars used in this video:
Dinesh is playing a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul: bit.ly/3T7tTiy
Joe is playing a Gibson Murphy Lab Les Paul: bit.ly/3IqYZwy
▶ Amps used:
Both Joe and Dinesh are playing a MESA/Boogie Fillmore 50 amplifier: bit.ly/3Tsx9Gv
Join Gibson Gear Guide host Dinesh Lekhraj and guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa as he shows you how to use your Les Paul™ tone knobs and controls to get more sounds out of your Gibson or Epiphone Les Paul. In this interview with Joe Bonamassa, Joe delves into the nuances of achieving a variety of sounds on your Les Paul simply by manipulating the volume and tone controls, from mellow rhythms to piercing solo sounds, without ever touching the amp or pedals.
Learn how he manipulates volume and tone knobs to produce sounds that are not just audibly different but also help you change the way your sound “feels”-it makes sense when you hear it. Joe shares his personal techniques for balancing the brightness of the bridge pickup, ensuring a tempered and even sound that’s perfect for live performances, as well as how to blend the bridge and neck pickups, basically getting ten or more sounds from your Les Paul simply by experimenting with the control knobs.
Whether you’ve been playing a Les Paul for decades or you’re a beginner to the Les Paul guitar, this video is a treasure trove of tips on using your Les Paul guitar’s tone pots effectively, straight from one of the masters of the craft.
Joe Bonamassa Shows You How to Use Your Les Paul Tone Controls - what's not to love!? We hope you enjoyed Joe Bonamassa's Advice For Les Paul Players.
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[@gibson]

WATCH: This is an excerpt from the Joe Bonamassa Guitar Tone Masterclass Watch the FULL video and interview HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2Swc4J_ZbSGitk

[@handle433]

It’s only when I go to a jam that I realize how many people just set it and forget. No swapping pickup positions, no adjusting guitar volume and tone or picking position, no damping. Just blasting it. Many people think nuance is for the drummer only, yet with a room of guitarists no one will turn down, it becomes an arms race. Theres so much to unlock in your guitar by just turning down, never mind switching pedals! It really defines a good player if they can also adjust their level on the fly, like swapping between rhythm and lead while trading solos or playing with a singer. Basic stuff people!!!

[@marksmalheer9626]

Right on! This is a sign of a mature player.

[@gibson]

Very good point. Someone commented recently that they set their amp up for the Neck position first so they can then have more power when hitting the bridge pickup. I thought that was really interesting.-Lee

[@handle433]

@@gibson ya that makes sense, especially if you adjust the bridge pickup height so there’s a volume difference. Oftentimes swapping to the bridge mid solo really gets things cooking, especially if you have a few bars to build things up with!

[@jkeating7906]

A lot of players might as well just have an “on/off” switch rather than a volume knob. Never mind tone knobs!

[@gibson]

Great idea!

[@jltrem]

One of my favorite Bonamassa quotes is when he pointed to the control knobs on a Les Paul and said, "These are on here for a reason." My other favorite is when he was holding a Fender Strat and said, "These don't have to be taken apart."

[@jayteesgear]

One of the things I love about Les Pauls

[@gibson]

So many tones in a Les Paul!

[@Funkybassuk]

The “widdly-widdlies” 😂😂😂 👏🏽 legend

[@gibson]

I thought that was funny too! -Lee

[@k2rocksstl]

AWESOME ADVICE!!!!!

[@RickMcCargar]

Okay..I just tried using my knobs...I don't sound like Joe...did he leave info out? 😇

[@gibson]

Instructions unclear. I am now locked in my car. haha - Lee ;) Hope you enjoyed the video Rick! Also - loving the sounds on your channel!

[@RickMcCargar]

@@gibson hahaha...I'm looking for one more Gibson...an ES-339 Figured, within the next 12 months. Any new colors on the way for those? I love the Cobalt Burst Gibson Les Paul Modern Figured AAA...but would rather have the AAA figured color on an ES-339. And I don't want to have to order a custom shop guitar to do it. I can buy more guitars when I buy production guitars....any chance you're going to try that color?

[@gibson]

I can neither deny nor confirm!...

[@tonibr7630]

Una excelente lección . Saludos.

[@whgusrb629]

genius!

[@shellsjoint]

Thank you…

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bello/Magnifico.😮😮😮😮😮😮👑

[@pipespeeps5349]

Amp used?

[@gibson]

▶ Amps used: Both Joe and Dinesh are playing a MESA/Boogie Fillmore 50 amplifier: bit.ly/3PN6L7s

[@johnfritzenjr.1240]

Listen kids

[@vnvtraining7203]

I'm curious if Joe swaps the pickups or keeps the originals ?

[@mr.bluenotedoobop]

I'm pretty sure he keeps them, I"m sure he's got some guitars that have after market, he's like like 500 guitars or something crazy like that.

[@gibson]

His guitar collection is impressive to say the least!

[@jeffnormandeau1833]

When it comes to vintage he likes them as factory as possible. Somewhere there is an interview where he talks about being offered greeny about a year before kirk bought it. And he basically says as vintage guitar greeny isn't worth more 100k because it is way too modified. The value is in it's history, but he doesn't collect band memorabilia.

[@Bourgeault]

Wow, Greenie isn’t band memorabilia. Between Peter Green and Gary Moore , it’s guitar/music history!

[@peter3922]

One louder.

[@gibson]

Always go one louder. ;)

[@mikehickey6256]

It's unfortunate that this approach has to be explained. Everyone runs their volume and tone dimed and then they complain about their tone. I'm constantly on my tone knob when I get play, next the volume, and last the selector switch.

[@adama4791]

People will say it is stupid for Joe to talk about this but then people will also go buy a Woman Tone pedal when Clapton himself very clearly explains the woman tone is just a manipulation of the tone knob and pickup selector switch

[@DonIsadick-mf3gv]

Years ago I bought a Ibanez glued neck Gibson scale guitar with same two pickup, 4 controls 2 way switch and I'm a fender guy so that was new to me. I don't know what I did with the controls but I had it in the middle position with something dialed back and I got the most incredible overdriven lead tone I ever heard. Then had to move, and had to much stuff sold guitars and have no idea how I got that sound anymore.

[@gibson]

I too have sold guitars that i dearly miss! -Lee

[@paternuin]

His playing is so unspiring. All muscle memory laziness, nothing exciting

[@azbluesdog]

This is a tone tips video, not a performance. If that doesn’t inspire you, don’t watch.

[@Ottophil]

I bet what you consider inspiring is some tiktok kid who slaps his guitar more than strumming it

[@paternuin]

wrong, a musician that put his feelings and works and his guitar parts instead of random noodeling like he always does. I never heard a good song nor catchy guitar part from him@@Ottophil

[@paternuin]

His songs are even worse, like IA creations of generic electric blues. I watch his videos just because of his vintage guitars, there is where all his taste is.@@azbluesdog

[@douglasalexander4348]

@@paternuin There’s a reason he’s so famous and highly regarded , and a reason why no one knows who you are or wants to interview you. Bet your mum thinks your great though 😂