FENDER’S RECENT RELEASE of the reissue Dual Professional guitar amplifier — a late-’40s combo designed for use in larger venues — began with a request by Joe Bonamassa to re-create his original ’48 model, a prized piece in his vast collection that is so intact it’s like a time capsule from Fender’s past. “I bought it 15 years ago from a guy in San Francisco, who also sold me a ’54 Strat and a mint-condition tweed Deluxe,” the guitarist tells Guitar Player. “When I got the Dual Pro, it was just for the collection. And then I plugged into it, and I was like, ‘Holy shit, is this thing good!’
“So I told Stan Cotey [] about it and said, ‘Can you replicate the tone?’ Stan took the amp and worked on it
