Joe Bonamassa was recently provided the opportunity to play Rory Gallagher’s legendary 1961 Strat during a concert at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Here he is playing Gallagher’s “Cradle Rock” and his own “When the Fire Hits the Sea” on the guitar:

In the next video, Bonamassa plays Gallagher’s Strat on Gary Moore’s “Midnight Blues”:

Kenny Wayne Shepherd recently gave Music Radar a tour of his guitar gear. In the first video below, Shepherd talks about his collection of Strats:

In this next video, Shepherd gives us a tour of his effects:

(via fellow guitar blogger Jim)

Oz Noy recently released his new album Twisted Blues Volume 1. To help promote the album, Noy and crew have created a couple of videos from the studio sessions for the album. The first video is a teaser of a documentary that they are making of the studio sessions:

The second video is of the full song “Cissy Strut” from the new album:

Kenny Wayne Shepherd recently recorded a few videos for Total Guitar magazine. In one of the videos, Shepherd gave a lesson about how to play the intro and main riff to “Never Looking Back” from his latest album How I Go:

Dylan Higginbotham, who along with his wife Leah creates videos for inthegarage.tv, recently e-mailed me in response to my post about cigar-box guitar builder Dr. Kirk Withrow. Higginbotham let me know that one of their recent videos featured Sean Kochel, who creates guitars using antique woods and cigar boxes. Kochel’s guitars are unique in that he uses reclaimed wood from old barns and other antique buildings, and he also incorporates other antique touches, such as an antique key as a bridge or old bullet heads as fret markers. These touches create a cigar-box style guitar unlike any others I’ve seen before.

Check out the profile of Sean Kochel by inthegarage.tv below:

Nice find by Jon at GuitarNoize.com: Dunlop have created a couple of ads for their Jazz III pick featuring Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson. I’ve embedded the Joe Bonamassa ad below; check out Guitar Noize for the Eric Johnson ad.

If you are over 30, you probably remember Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies in the 80s. Throughout his career, Winslow has made a name for himself as the “Man of 10000 Sound Effects.” I haven’t heard much from Winslow until John Gruber pointed to the video below of Winslow “performing” Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”:

Fender have announced a new line of Eric Clapton Signature Amplifiers. The new line currently features three tweed models: the EC Vibro-Champ, the EC Tremolux, and the EC Twinolux. All three models are hand-made in Fender’s Corona, CA manufacturing plant.

The EC Vibro-Champ model is based on the late ’50s model Champ and puts out 5 watts of power. It has an 8-inch speaker and 6V6 output tubes. Also included is a power attenuator so you can adjust the output power.

The EC Tremolux model is based on the late ’50s Deluxe amps and puts out about 12 watts of power. It has a 12-inch speaker and 6V6 output tubes. With the Tremolux model, you can disconnect the internal speakers and use an external speaker cabinet. Like the Vibro-Champ, the Tremolux model also features a power attenuator.

The EC Twinolux model is based the late ’50s Twin amps and puts out about 40 watts of power. It has two 12-inch speakers and 6L6 output tubes. Like the other two models, the Twinolux features a power attenuator; additionally, you can turn off one speaker to lower the output volume further.

This is a short video of Buddy Guy testing out the new Twinolux model:

After watching these videos of Robben Ford during his summer session here in Nashville recording with Michael McDonald, I realized two things: 1) I wish I could play guitar like Robben Ford, and 2) I wish I could sing like Michael McDonald. I can do neither, but I can at least enjoy watching them doing what they do best.

This is an interesting three-part video interview by Harmony Central with guitarist Andy Timmons in which he talks about his upcoming album Andy Timmons Plays Sgt. Pepper, as well as his guitars, amps, effects, and how the Beatles have influenced him over the years:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Andy Timmons Plays Sgt. Pepper will be released on October 25, 2011.