Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is the most obsessive guitar collector in modern blues-rock. His home museum Nerdville West holds over 1,000 instruments including more than 600 guitars — among them numerous original Gibson Les Paul bursts, a 1958 Korina Flying V purchased for over $400,000, and his legendary Skinnerburst 1959 Les Paul. He began opening for BB King at age 12 and has accumulated more Billboard Blues Number Ones than any artist in history. His relationship with vintage gear is not incidental to his music — it is his music.