Since then, Bonamassa hasn\u2019t slowed down his touring schedule and keeps finding new ways to make his shows unique\u2014whether it\u2019s a tribute concert to Muddy Waters and Howlin\u2019 Wolf, a tour honoring the Three Kings of Blues, or the British Blues Boom. He also records albums with singer Beth Hart and plays in bands like Black Country Communion (alongside bassist-singer Glenn Hughes) and Rock Candy Funk Party. At the same time, the gear obsession of someone born into guitars (his father ran a guitar shop) has only intensified to the point where he owns about ten Bursts, two Korina Flying Vs, and a mind-blowing number of rare instruments. That said, these guitars aren\u2019t kept in storage\u2014they hit the road with Joe. After all, that\u2019s what they were made for.<\/p>\n
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This guitar is one of the rare examples of a double signature model, a rarity that brings together Johnny A., session guitarist and current member of the Yardbirds, and blues prodigy Joe Bonamassa. Johnny A. has had his signature model with Gibson since 2003\u2014a radical design that remains to this day one of the most interesting and inventive guitars to come out of the Nashville factory since the 1970s.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a thinline semi-hollow (like an ES-335) but in a smaller format (similar to an ES-339), with distinctive f-holes reminiscent of Rickenbacker, a Bigsby, and most notably a double Florentine cutaway (like an SG). Even the pickguard is more angular than usual, echoing the sharp cutaways. The mix works beautifully, resulting in a characterful instrument that looks vintage without actually being vintage.<\/p>\n Joe Bonamassa entered the picture in 2017, when the idea emerged to create a solid body version of the Johnny A., with a carved spruce top\u2014the same wood used on ES-335s and the brand\u2019s acoustic guitars. The pickguard became more traditional, and the bridge was made fixed. Although introduced at NAMM, the Johnny A. Spruce Bonamassa remained a very limited edition with parallelogram inlays. On this prototype, you can spot the fingerboard logo that already adorned Joe\u2019s personal models like the Bonabyrd or the Blackburst, a guarantee that this guitar indeed comes from his collection. A Johnny A. Spruce would already be a rare bird, but this prototype is absolutely one of a kind.<\/p>\n Have questions about this product? Contact us!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[353],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16753","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sold","7":"pa_artiste-joe-bonamassa-en","8":"pa_disponibilite-sold","9":"pa_marque-gibson-en","11":"first","12":"outofstock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n