In the picture you can observe the following guitar pedals along with many others in John's effects collection. There were some old ads that showed him as a D'Addario user. In John shared a photo of his traveling practice guitar rig - it's really nice! He uses a Kemper Profiling amp plugged into a Dumble 1x12 cab.
Here are some good pictures of John mayer's guitar rig, taken by j4mie and licensed under Creative Commons. We interview and research famous musician's and show you the gear and equipment in their guitar rigs.
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What Plec use John Mayer??? MrBluesStrat Member. Messages Maybe anyone knows what Plec use John Mayer??? Many thanks in advance for your help!!!! All the best and god bless!!! Messages 19, Be Mr. Blues Strat, don't be John Mayer. What may be comfortable for him and his enormous hands will probably not be for you. It should be clear from the above photo how basic the controls are compared to other amps.
The key to getting a John Mayer guitar tone is to use a clean tube amp with a lot of headroom. Then you can use drive and boost pedals to saturate your tone when needed covered later. Any small Fender tube amp will be perfect as they produce fantastic clean tones for home use. John has used so many different Fender amps over the years, so if you find any Fender amp you like the sound of, go for it. Check out different Fender amp models here link to Amazon or at Sweetwater here.
The fact that John Mayer has used such a wide range of guitar amps over the years and that he regularly combines multiple amps at once should tell you that searching for amp settings he uses is a waste of time. The settings he likely uses on a Fender amp will be completely different than what he uses on a Dumble amp or his PRS.
In this Guide to Guitar Amp Settings , I explain why searching for amp settings and presets online is a waste of time. I also explain everything you need to know about dialing in a great guitar amp tone without needing to rely on presets.
Read the above guide if you want to learn how to dial in a John Mayer tone using your guitar amp. The guitar pedals John Mayer uses plays a crucial part in his tone. As explained earlier, John uses clean single-channel guitar amps. It seems as if most of the pedals completely change in every tour. While this looks complicated, the basic idea is that all of the pedals on the left and right pedalboards feed into the middle foot controller.
The middle foot controller provides John with an easy way to toggle different effects or toggle multiple pedals at once as he likes. By comparing his pedalboard over time, you can get an idea of which pedals are interchangeable and which ones are crucial to his rig.
It goes without saying that this is a lot of pedals. This time there are fewer pedals, but many of the pedals have stayed the same compared to the pedalboard.
Comparing the above two pedalboards is a great way to learn about how John uses pedals and how his preferences change over time. Here are a couple of the pedals that were changed out between the and pedalboards and a few thoughts on each one:. Either pedal will produce similar sounds. Pete Cornish Tape Echo Simulator and Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine : John is known for experimenting with different echo effects and other pedalboards show him using other echo simulators.
My guess is that he switches out the type of echo and delay pedals based on what songs he wants to play. His preferences on echo may change over time or he may just like mixing things up with different pedals. Having a boost pedal combined with a clean tube amp goes hand-in-hand. A boost pedal is designed to push the tubes harder while minimally changing the tone. Boost pedals are great for solo parts or any sections when you want to squeeze a bit more out of your amp without changing your tone.
You can definitely buy the Keeley Katana boost pedal if you want, but any other boost pedal will achieve similar results. If you want to build a pedalboard inspired by John Mayer, you will definitely need a Tubescreamer. While he has used a wide range of Tubescreamers both original models and clones , even he says they all do basically the same thing.
All Tubescreamer clones and boutique models are based on the same Tubescreamer circuit, but each one usually puts a slightly different spin on the tone. The key point to keep in mind is that while you should consider getting a Tubescreamer if you want to get a John Mayer tone, you can choose from a wide range of Tubescreamer-based pedals and find one that suits you best.
The below photos show the settings John Mayer uses on his TS at three different points in time:. You can see that sometimes he has the knobs set all straight up and other times he turns the Drive and Level knobs up higher. The way a Tubescreamer interacts with an amp will vary depending on the amp.
So if you buy a Tubescreamer, play around with the settings to find what works for you and your rig. His plectrum journey is one that is not that simple and needs some ironing out and explaining which I will do below. In order to explain this, let us take a look at the guitar picks separately which will hopefully help piece together the puzzle and answer some questions surrounding John Mayer's plectrum use.
The green Tortex guitar pick by Jim Dunlop is the first plectrum we know Mayer to have used. This green guitar pick has been seen on multiple live recordings as well as picks that fans have caught at concerts. However, There seems to be much confusion surrounding which gauge guitar pick John Mayer used.
We see that he uses a green tortex pick which one would assume is the 0. Because, that is the color that corresponds to the Tortex gauge. The problem is that because John Mayer gets custom printed guitar picks from Dunlop, we have also seen examples of his picks in blue, black, purple and yellow which would suggest other gauges of the Tortex being used.
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