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“It sounds way bigger than it is”: Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal

Joe Bonamassa with his Fender F53 Deluxe during an interview with Reverb.

Amp Week 2026: Gear-obsessive Joe Bonamassa has acquired guitars, amps, and pedals through some very strange means – but acquiring an amp via a Hollywood actor wasn't something that Guitar World had on its bingo card.

Over the past few years, Bonamassa has breathed new life into guitars collecting dust under staircases, carried out a bizarre exchange to get hold of a late guitar hero's axe, and even gone down the more traditional route of auctions, as was the case when he recently bought Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues amp.

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