Latest articles by Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa shows you his tips and tricks for soloing over a minor blues
One of today’s biggest blues guitarists reveals how to structure a solo for maximum expressive effect
Joe Bonamassa shares the blues lessons he learned from Peter Green
Today's biggest-selling bluesman takes you inside the style of the late, great Bluesbreaker and Fleetwood Mac guitarist, and explains why it's all about the phrasing
Learn how to cover the entire fretboard with Joe Bonamassa’s soloing scale secret
By memorizing scales as blocks, the notes will come to you and let your lead playing take flight
Joe Bonamassa reflects on his playing 20 years ago and what you can learn from it
The blues superstar looks back to his best-selling album, Blues Deluxe, for a lesson in phrasing, dividing by two and making his playing more economical
Joe Bonamassa shares the string bending lessons he learned from blues great Larry McCray
One blues great pays dues to another in this lesson that unpacks McCray's unique style of marrying bends together
Joe Bonamassa shows you how to connect pentatonic boxes to find new musical ideas
The latest lesson from the blues-rock maestro will open up new fretboard paths between familiar shapes and to help bust you out of a rut
Joe Bonamassa shows you how to “connect the dots” to break out of a rut
We have all been there, bored of our own playing, in the doldrums and playing the same tired licks to death. Who better than JoBo to lead us back on the right path, and see the fretboard anew?
Joe Bonamassa teaches you how to play The Ballad of John Henry
John Henry is a a setlist favorite that even Bonamassa himself sometimes plays incorrectly, but this, the blues-rock maestro promises, is the definitive way to play it
How to devise creative blues turnarounds
Joe Bonamassa offers some strategies for gaming out your blues jams and holding the audience's attention
Joe Bonamassa teaches you Paul Kossoff's signature guitar style
The Free guitarist is one of Bonamassa's heroes, and in this GW lesson, he unpacks Kossoff's tone and technique
Joe Bonamassa shows you how to get 10 different sounds from a Gibson Les Paul using just the knobs and pickups
The blues-rock superstar demonstrates how the Les Paul offers powerful EQ options before you touch your amp, and how this can dramatically change the character of your tone – and playing
