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Phil Weller

“Not a stitch. I can’t pull anything off!” Joe Bonamassa names the one technique he cannot nail – and reveals what prompted him to pivot from Strats to Les Pauls

Joe Bonamassa playing a Les Paul live.

Joe Bonamassa may be one of the greatest electric guitar players in the game, but it turns out he is human after all. 

Speaking recently to Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett, the typically besuited bluesman identified the one guitar playing technique he simply can't wrap his head around: legato.

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