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Bonamassa went Bolin for dollars
[Referring to the January 2023 issue’s biggest guitar news of the year] That 1960 Les Paul Standard that Joe Bonamassa added to his collection wasn’t just a valuable old Gibson. That guitar (with its added Bigsby and pickup changes) was altered and played by the late (and underappreciated) guitar legend Tommy Bolin.
While Tommy never owned the guitar, it was on loan to him while he recorded with Deep and. Joe didn’t acquire it because it was just another Les Paul (he has plenty of those); he got it because it was played by Bolin. As a collectable Gibson, it’s worth about $190,000. As a part of rock history, it’s priceless.
