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“It doesn’t take a million dollars. You take this to any studio or venue, and you’re Band of Gypsys”: Joe Bonamassa attempts to recreate Jimi Hendrix’s iconic live rig on a budget – with a $319 Squier Strat and Peavey Classic

Joe Bonamassa.

In an exercise that would have no doubt deafened his neighbors, Joe Bonamassa has seemingly proved that you “don’t need a million dollars” to sound like Jimi Hendrix. 

The electric guitar titan recently teamed up with Reverb for an episode of For Real & For Less, which saw the gear guru pit two recreations of Hendrix’s iconic Band of Gypsys live rig against one another. While one sought to be as faithful as possible and could cost up to $60,000, the other weighed in at around the $1,200 mark.

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