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“Man, I think that sounds better to me. So I used it on the gig, and it was punchier, clearer, tighter”
Joe Bonamassa, at 0:11 of “Joe Bonamassa Says the LAST THING Tube Amp Manufacturers Want to Hear” on John Nathan Cordy’s channel.
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- “Man, I think that sounds better to me. So I used it on the gig, and it was punchier, clearer, tighter, and what I didn't realize until having something to compare it to was the fact that over the course of the evening, the amp doesn't get super hot and start sagging even more.” — Joe Bonamassa
Around it
- 0:00 Mike, and I put the Tone Master, and we mic'd it up, and I can hear it through the wedge, I can hear it through the PA, and my production manager, guitar tech, and this front house guys all said, and
- 0:11 myself, all said, "Man, I think that sounds better to me." So I used it on the gig, and it was punchier, clearer, tighter, and what I didn't realize until having something to compare it to was the
- 0:22 fact that over the course of the evening, the amp doesn't get super hot and start sagging even more.
- 0:28 So it stays pretty stout all the way through. We're in anti-Joe B land, all the way, digital, solid-state, and it's got the Neo speakers, the Selection Neos, all of which I never used before, but
In the paper
- Headlines, week ending 23 October 2026
- The Creator Desk, week ending 23 October 2026