Looking for great blues rock tone in 2026

[mentoneman]

When you hear that term blues rock what is the first player/tone that comes to mind?

my two faves are:


and


wanting to nail those sounds down in my rig once and for all without having to dime a fender combo or plexi!

 

[hammered]

 

[Nigel]

On the cheap: Rivera M100 with SRV suggested setting with JJ E34L’s. NAILS the tone!!

 

[CarlF]

 

[mentoneman]

nice stuff!

i love hendrix pushed clean tones on axis and think JM did justice to jimi on this one:

 

[mentoneman]

i dig joe’s playing and fire here, but i’ve never been a fan of silver jubilees. they always sound so stiff to me. i had my friend’s 50 watter at my place for a year.
but JB’s lead tone here was a motivator to pick up the Carol Ann OD2r i had and loved!

 

[mentoneman]

On the cheap: Rivera M100 with SRV suggested setting with JJ E34L’s. NAILS the tone!!

i had a Rivera TBR-1 which was a very cool amp but there didn’tseem to be any bluesy tones in it.

You reminded me of an amp i played about a year ago that really impressed me as one of the better blues rock amps i ever played;
the fuchs blackjack 21 mII. it was like the overdrive channel/tone all fender clean amps should have come with!

 

[Sick Michael]

Sorry, but this just owns everyone else.

 

[Sick Michael]

I totally dig this, and Im not a bonamassa fan, I might be more interested if he just stuck to one style - his own...for me he's one thing one day, another thing another day...at least with Hendrix and SRV and Gary Moore and Scott Henderson, and Johnny Winter...you know its them straight off the bat. Bonamassa is a chameleon. Granted a very good one.

 

[Sick Michael]

I think this is pretty sweet...I really like the Transformation Album