“You don’t want your favorite tone. The secret is to set your gain, roll your volume back and challenge yourself to play cleaner”: Joe Bonamassa on defying the blues police, his greatest tone discoveries and why you’re not a success until you’re a meme
Andrew Daly
created: Aug. 14, 2025, 10:14 a.m. | updated: Aug. 20, 2025, 9:38 a.m.
The tone secret is to set your gain, roll your volume back and challenge yourself to play cleaner.
“But even the people who get praised and championed by the blues police think the blues police are a joke.
You’re not doing it right until you’re polarizing.
You’re not doing it right until there’s a pile-on about some interview you did about pedals 10 years ago.
So, you’re not doing it right unless you’re somewhat polarizing.
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