“It’s the most money I’ve ever paid for a guitar in my life: over $400,000. But what’s a Flying V worth? It’s worth what someone’s willing to pay for it”: Joe Bonamassa opens the gates to Nerdville and shows off the most prized guitars in his collection

Joe Bonamassa at Nerdville.

If we’re talking vintage guitar, Joe Bonamassa has one of the finest collections on the planet, so when an invite was extended to Guitarist that we should visit the Mayor of Nerdville’s HQ at Laurel Canyon, there was no way we were going to refuse.

It was an interview. Bonamassa has a new album out now. During our visit, Bonamassa discussed a remarkable career at the coal face of blues guitar, why he had to record release a sequel to the album that saved his career, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, and why he plans to go out at the top.