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Podcast: The Johnny Beane Podcast
Episode: 🎸 Talking Guitars: MJ Juarez’s Emotional Joe Bonamassa Moment + LIVE Super Strat Build! 🔧🔥 11/12/25
Description: We’re kicking things off with exclusive footage I filmed this morning at Sylvan Music in Santa Cruz, California — then diving into an incredible story that’ll hit every guitarist right in the feels.
“I started crying. I never thought in these 42 years I’d see my work on the stage. I’m going, ‘Damn it, Joe!’” 💔
That’s Maricela “MJ” Juarez, the legendary pickup builder from the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, recalling the moment Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith gave her the ultimate onstage shoutout that brought her to tears of joy! 🙌
MJ’s built pickups for icons like Eddie Van Halen, Billy Gibbons...