Joe Bonamassa's 2024 Vintage Gear Collection Is Even Nerdier: Welcome Back To Nerdville 

Easily my favorite episode of Hoarders.

To say that vintage tweed amp availability has dried up while standing in his own manmade tweed ocean truly is a special kind of Nerd.

Joe's the Jay Leno of the guitar world!

When I die I hope I go to Nerdville.

While he may be a professional musician and astute businessman, I like the guitar collector side of Joe Bonamassa the most. It's easy to appreciate his enthusiasm and passion for this stuff. It's relatable for those of us who are vintage guitar collectors - but he's just at the highest levels of the game. Great watch here, and no shortage of good stories.

Please, can we do this at least every six months? This man’s just great for my serotonin levels. The gear is just an extra, to provide stuff for the stories. 😄

Reverb : Does it sound good? Joe : No Now that's Nerdville.. Amazing collection.. maybe the best..

He’s gonna be full blown nuts by the time he’s 60 and I’m here for every minute of it. If you read this Joe I love ya.

I do wish Joe would write a book or do a video series about his collection. He is such a great storyteller and has a great sense of humor. I'm always sad when I know the story has ended. So, I start the video over again 😂. Outstanding musician, thoughtful caretaker of history and an all-round great guy!

Joe back in the 90’s you went to the ny guitar show .. your dad approached us and asked if you could try a 60’s strat we had, at the time you were a teenager the guitar was maybe $850 .. we agreed and were floored by your playing. I’m glad you have not changed since then. Saw you in Cali when you bought a guitar from my pal Peter at the Mesa show but too many folks around to try to chat. Keep doing it!

Joe bought a rare lap steel from me in 2019. Nice and humble dude. Tough negotiator though, and he did not overpay. Anyway, I’d love to see his full collection of oddball steels. I’m pretty sure his lap steel collection the largest in the world.

Stop-tail cabinet pulls are a chefs kiss perfect bachelor pad touch. Place screams “stay away ladies”. Couldn’t love it more.

With all due respect to Joe, you have to be crazy to have all that historically significant gear store in CA, where fires and earthquakes are common. I nearly lost all my vintage guitars in the 2007 Witch Fire. Just managed to get them all out before the house went up in flames.

“The Pinwheel on that Vox sign ain’t working today” Heh . Too funny . You have to love this guy. Joe your my idol

Joe I could sit and watch your videos forever. They are the best. You should write a book about your adventures, and I bet it would be over a thousand pages long.

Why he is my favorite artist,guitar player. He is the whole pkg!!! Love his music! My wife and I go see him perform as often as we can and his live shows r EXPLOSIVE!! Love watching these interviews showcasing his collection!! He is funny,a great story teller and he gets better and better!! His knowledge of guitars and music history is UNPARALLELED!! God Bless u Joe!!!

There's so many ways a man can judge a collection like this, But for me im just blown away and pleased for him having achieved it.

I could watch a couple seasons of a show of him talking about the stories behind the guitars, amps, and everything else. Welcome to Nerdville!

I am not really a fan of Joe's music. I however watch EVERY video that involves him with his gear collection.

I could listen to these stories all night.

What a great bloke Joe is , so humble , great talent but humble with it. In my books that make a great human . Good luck to you mate. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🎸🎸🎸🎸 Cheers.

The Bolin burst story is actually insane! I’d never heard Joe elaborate to this degree on how he got it. It’s incredibly eerie that after David held a séance the subsequent fire at Joes afterward and his tragic passing shortly thereafter came about..

The rug really does tie the room together 😂

I love how Joe knows how absurd it is to own that big of a collection, but yet he knows that because of him, the collection will live on for future generations.

Joe is what we call a "Market Mover." Another amazing episode and thanks to Joe for allowing access. A truly awe inspiring collection.

"Photographic Memory" That explains a lot, but doesn't diminish the decades of his dedication to the guitar.

I love Joe! He’s a frigging legend.

Love these interviews with Joe. So many cool stories and great information. Very passionate and down to earth dude.

I love Joe even more after watching this. HE is a treasure.

Say what you want, but Joe is a) a great storyteller and b) dammit, he’s a GREAT guitar player!

Very cool of joe letting us into his world so we can ooh and ahh on all the goodies…thk you joe!!

Joes' 1950 Fender Broadcaster, serial # 0640, at one point Norm had 6 original Broadcasters in near mint condition.

Thanks for letting us into your world, Joe...

I always thought Joe was as cool as one can get. He's proven me wrong, as he keeps getting cooler and cooler every single year. I love his playing and singing as much as any of my heroes in da music biz. The fact that Joe is just Joe, take him or leave him is what's so awesome about him. He's going to need an addition soon for his "small" collection of awesome. Thanks Reverb, now drop your fees and let me talk to an actual human being for customer service and I got at least 40 guitars I'd sell on your site. I ain't joking

joe needs to set the world record for playing the most tweed amps at one time, all 130 of them ...

I'm a one guitar and one amp guy (a 335 and Bandmaster Reverb) but I have to say that I appreciate Joe's passion for collecting. Plus I too am Italian-American so I love his ability to sit around and tell stories.

Absolutely stunning collection and I do appreciate the immense knowledge and passion the man has. Those Fender Brown amps are to die for! WOW!!!! I also really love his attitude, when it comes to how he deals with all the online cretins trolling him, endlessly getting themselves worked up into a tizzy over, of all things, another person's collecting/purchasing habits. It's one of the most bizarre phenomenons I've ever witnessed. As if whatever and how much gear this one man buys would or could ever affect anyone else's lives in the slightest. That nonsensical mindset is just truly perplexing and disturbing, to say the least. But again, I love his sense of humor and how unapologetic and unfazed he is by it.. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

Dude that story about the guy in Utah is crazy. Definitely did something crazy with the séance.

Thanks for taking the time, Joe!!

IMO it's the best Nerdville doc. so far. I just love the stories...Joe is an American treasure. Peace from Montreal, Canada.

What a glorious collection. Please do a long series where Joe tells the story behind each and every artifact, guitar and amp in the house, one episode per item. Also Joe's house should probably have 24/7 armed security and state of the art fire suppression systems.

Most folks have 401(k)'s and pensions to fund their retirement, Joe has his amazing guitar and amplifier collection to fund his retirement. God Bless, Joe is a custodian of guitar music history!

I really dig how he just leaves the guitars more or less as he gets them (aside from necessary repairs).....I think that helps add to the story.

Well, hell - now I know what my new kitchen cabinets & pulls are gonna be....

love the KJAZZ shout out, listen to that everyday on the way to work. Don't listen to the haters Joe, you're a legend!

Sometimes I hate him just like many others do. Then the next day I realise I am just jealous. Two days later I realise I will never have the sort of money needed to get one of these, maybe someday, a custom shop ? ... we don't play on the same playground, so, well, he can buy every single vintage guitar and amp he wants, it won't change the course of my life nor my ability to buy a vintage instrument. So I rather have him sharing these stories, playing it live and on albums and so on ... than another nerd like there must be, who just hide them in a safe ... in the end, my message is : keep rocking Joe, keep buying, keep sharing with us ;)

Say whatever you will about Joe, but I could listen to these stories all day.

Thanks for the stories Joe! Thanks for posting Reverb! Right on and rock on! \m/

Some day, whether dead or alive, the estate of Joe Bonamassa will have a gear auction. And it will be EPIC.

Back in 2004, I worked with a guitar player whose wife stacked about 20 his vintage Les Paul's and Strats in a pile one day and burned them. They were all late, 50s and early 60s, and he had collected them over the years of playing professionally. I helped him salvage what we could, but it was a very sad sight. I can only imagine the values of those today.

I got goose bumps listening to the Tommy Bolin guitar story x My hubby and I saw Joe play live last year here in the UK, great night x

I hope that Joe will make a museum of his guitars and take all of his collection and put it under the same roof. People would pay to see the Bonamassa collection.

This collection warrants the invention of a new collective noun: an army of ants, a swarm of bees, a gaggle of geese, a Bonamassa of tweed amps.

Outstanding!

Again, Joe, what can you say. This guy is smart, as in SMART. Love him, love the transparency and the no-bullshit attitude towards what he is and what he wants in life. Way to go Joe, rootin' for ya.

"That rug really tied the room together dude."

I loved that vintage blonde 70s Strat he has! My dream guitar, but I will have to make do with my Vintera II version !! Which is actually a great guitar! Joe is living a guitar players dream!! Good on ya Joe!

Wow got a Tommy Bolin cd called Whirlwind and the cd cover has Tommy on it playing that guitar. So cool glad that guitar ended up with you.

been waiting too long for this

LOVE YOU JOE KEEP ON ROCKIN

I really like Joe. He's fun. This video could/should be 8 hours long.

Smaug of the guitar world

Thank you, Joe, for Nerdville!

I would buy a ticket to walk through there. Maybe it’s something he’ll do some day.

You're the best Joe!!!! A true Steward of the Guitar world. Keep up the great work. I'll keep buying tickets in Youngstown Oh!!!! Keep coming back!!!!! You're the best!!!

I saw this on IG and was like, “please let there be a full video up. “

GOOD GOD! I would love to just sit and talk to Joe for 1 hour!

Okay, We need a Nerdville compendium book (and/or website for updates & changes), that has all these pieces and wild stories in them! I understand it is so much more fun hearing them from the man himself, but I think that that would be a beautiful way to also celebrate the history of everything here.

Thank you for sharing your collection, and equally importantly, your enthusiasm!

Badass collection

King of guitarnerds! Hail the king!

A pro tip: ‘casually’ come across & watch these type of vids with your wife/girlfriend before going to buy a new piece of gear…helps soften the blow lol

That chair’s slope of an armrest is perfect for guitar.

How can anyone dislike JB? he is pure genuine joy. At least for me 🎸🤘🏻

The Flying 'V' case story was crazy. And the 'Shag Rug' conundrum? Classic Joe. All Hail Leo Fender~!!!

Just love it! Fun story about The Trashbag 🚀

Omg I enjoyed this so much. Joe is my absolute favorite. What a treasure.

I’m not really a Les Paul guy but whenever I hear Joe play one it makes me wanna sell all my guitars and get one 🤔

It ties the room together. I know what you did there. You rock Joseph.

Joe's living the dream. He answered the question that I've had, what happens if he wants to sell? Joe is the market.

Much love and respect for Joe!

Love this guys videos. Lover of old things, great, great, great.

What the heckkk Joey Bonamassi!!!! The glorious gear!!! EPIC

Wasn't expecting to talk about a Korina kitchen...but I'm here for it.

Gibson Needs To Do a Run Of The “Bolin Burst” to honor Tommy. He’s absolutely Lengthy!

Holy shit that Tommy Bolin Les Paul story is BONKERS. 100% haunted guitar. Someone should put some animation to it or something for Halloween.

I love those stories, the cursed guitar and the flying v in the bin liner, actual crazy history 😜👌

Love these stories!

I buried the money in the desert.HILLARIOUS.

I put a broadcaster blend circuit in a 40th anniversary blonde squier tele. You can also wedge the selector between the two neck positions and still get the dead tone with a little more treble that I find slightly more usable.

Thank you Joe! ❤

Awesome!

This guy has a problem and I love it!

I would love to see a weekly RU-vid video over an in depth story time over each piece of gear. The Tommy Bolin guitar story is great! I met Joe years ago during the Bloodline years when I was 15. He was incredible then too, great guy!

This was awesome, Joe. I know you have a million other things you could be doing. A monthly 10 or 20 minute RU-vid video telling the story of an amp and a guitar with some riffs should be on the list.

Met Joe twice and he was great, once after a gig of his and then again by great coincidence on almost the opposite side of the planet, both times just as friendly and chatty, no arrogance or self-importance. I just wish he’d write some great encyclopaedia of everything he’s learned about all this stuff cause a lot of his knowledge comes from people who are dead or at least will be in 20 years time. It’d be cool if it was tied to some kind of photo archive of the collection too, there’s so many crazy pieces in there that are truly unique. I’m happy to volunteer if he needs a ghost writer 😂

I can see it now, Joe's vintage guitars and amps....😎

Fabulous fabulous fabulous.

I am curious to how many tubes Joe has for replacement. Are they old stock or new. Does he have amp techs on staff like butler’s? This is the questions that keep me up at night.

Joe is one of those guys that always makes me pick up my guitar and play after watch. Thanks, Joe.