John Mayer: Equipment Analysis

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John MayerEquipment Analysis


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Fender Texas Special Pickups (bridge) (middle (neck).

Maple Thick Oval Shape Neck 12 radius.

5-way pickup selector.

Left-Handed Vintage Tremolo.

Alder body

Signature Fender Stratocaster

Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Fender Stratocaster

GuitarsJohn primarily is assosciated with his Black One Fender Stratocaster, but also has a signature line of Fender guitars coming in varied colors.The pickups feature a scooped midrange citing Stings voice as the inspiration for his unique tone in Rolling Stone Magazine. The Stevie Ray

Vaughan Stratocaster was the rst guitar that John loved, SRV being his biggest inuence.

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Custom Big Dipper pickups featuring a scooped midrange (bridge) (middle) (neck).

African Rosewood Thick C Shape Neck. 9.5 radius.

Dunlop 6105 frets.


Select Alder Body

Custom Relic Stratocaster The Black One

Custom Big Dipper pickups featuring a scooped midrange (bridge) (middle) (neck).

African Rosewood Thick C Shape Neck. 9.5 radius.

Dunlop 6105 frets.


Select Relicd Alder Body


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ender hand-wound fat pickups (bridge) (middle) (neck)

V Taper Maple 7.5 Radius Neck.

Vintage frets.

Alder body

custom painted by John CRASH Matos.


Fender Custom Hendrix Monterey Pop Stratocaster

50s Hand Wound Pickups (bridge) (middle) (neck).

Rosewood 1965 Strat C Shape Neck 9.5 Radius.


Masterbuilt Flemming Fender Strat/Tele Hybrid

GuitarsJimi Hendrix is also another signicant inuence of John Mayer and the Monterey Pop Strat as well as the Voodoo Stratocaster can be seenon the Where The Light Is DVD in songs Slow Dancing In A Burning Room and Everyday I have The Blues respectively. The Strat/Tele Hy-

brid was used during the Battle Studies Tour.

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Three Fender American vintage single-coil pickups

Separate laminated 9.5 radius neck

21 Medium-Jumbo frets

Alder body

Large 60s headstock

5-way pickup selector

Fender Custom Hendrix Voodoo Stratocaster


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Solid Mahogany Body

Two 57 Classic Humbucking pickups

1960s Slim Taper Neck (25.5)

12 Rosewood Fretboard

22 Medium-Jumbo Frets

3-way Pickup Selector

Gibson ES-335

Gibson L-5

Gibson SG 61

GuitarsThe Gibson ES-335 is used extensively for various blues sets, on songs such as Crossroads . The Gibson L-5 can be seen featured on songssuch as Gonna Find Another You on the Where The Light Is DVD. The Gibson SG is almost exclusively used for Edge of Desire during the

Battle Studies Tour.

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1960s Thin Taper Neck (25.5)

12 Rosewood Fretboard



Laminated Maple Semi-Hollow Body

Solid Spruce Top / Solid Maple sides and back


Five-pice Maple Neck (25.5)

12 Ebony Fretboard



Laminated Maple Semi-Hollow Body


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Strings Picks

Ernie Ball Regular Slinky .10-.46 Ernie Ball Power Slinky .11-.48 .73 mm Dunlop Tortex .60 mm Dunlop Tortex

Body Style: 14-Fret Dreadnought (D),

Series: Standard Series

Top Wood: Solid Spruce , Rosette: Abalone Pearl, Pickguard: Tortoise Color,

Side Wood: Solid Rosewood

Back Construction: 2-piece

Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony Binding: White, Bound Fingerboard: Yes,

Neck Width at Nut: 1-11/16 in.

Scale Length: 25.4 in., Frets Clear: 14, Frets Total: 20,

Martin J-40

GuitarsThe John Mayer signature Martin (OM-28JM) is the main acoustic guitar used for most sets. He opts for Daddario EXP-16 strings on hisacoustic.

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000-size, rosewood back & sides

Engelmann spruce top with Vintage Toner, scalloped 1/4 braces

bold herringbone top trim

Low prole neck

ebony fretboard (1-11/16 nut, 25.4 scale)

pearl dot inlays, pearl-outlined abalone triangle and double dots at 12th fret

Mayers signature at 20th fret.

Fishman GoldPlus Natural I pickup

Martin OM-28JM


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Teese Real Mc-Coy RMC-8

Keeley TS-808Tubescreamer

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Keeley TS-9Tubescreamer

Keeley BD-2Blues Driver

Marshall Blues-breaker

Korg G-4 Leslierotating speaker

Effects

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Drive 6/10

Tone 3/10

Level 4/10

Drive 6/10

Tone 3/10

Level 4/10

Level 4/10

Tone 5/10

Gain 6/10

Gain 7.5/10

Tone 7.5/10

Volume 7.5/10

Mix 5.5/10

Keeley Katanavolume boost

Way Huge AquaPuss

AnalogmanCompressor

Roger LinnAdrenalinn 3

Univox Univibe

Level 5/10

Delay 4/10

Feedback 2/10

Mix 3/10

Sustain 3/10

Attack 6.5/10

Volume 6.8/10

HeartBreak Warfare

Cant Trust Myself With

Loving You

Bigger Than My Body

Used With Expression

Pedal

Sweeped from 0 Bassto 5/10 Treble

Boss GraphicEqualizer

Band 1: 3/10 Band 2: 2/10

Band 3: 0/10

Band 4: 5/10

Band 5: 6/10

Band 6: 4/10

Zvex Fuzz Fac-tory

Gate 7/10 Comp 4/10

Drive 1/10

Stab 10/10


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100 watt output

Clean loud amp with no overdrive action

4 x 7025 high-mu twin triodes

1 x 5751 high-mu twin triode

4 x 6L6 Power tubes

Optional two tonestack tone lter

40 Watt all tube output

2ax7 tubes (phase inverter + preamp)

2 6L6 powertubes

2 80 Ohm speaker exits

Two-Rock John Mayer Signature

Dumble Steel String Singer

Fender Bandmaster

AmpliersTwo-Rock - Bass 4/10 Middle 3.5/10 Treble 7/10 Gain 6.5/10 Master 7.5/10

Dumble - Bass 10/10 Middle 3/10 Treble 3/10 High 4/10 Low 5/10

Bandmaster - Bass 5.5/10 Intensity 1/10 Treble 6.5/10 Volume 5.5/10 Bright switch off/ Plugged into vibrato input

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Gun Metal Gray Carbon Fiber Covering

Black Cane Grill with Silver Piping

100 watts, single channel, 4X6L6

4, 8, 16 ohm outputs

Controls: Treble, Middle, Bass, Bright, Mid, and Deep switches, Re-verb Send and Return, Gain, Master, and Contour

Dimensions: 20 L x 10 D x 12 H / Weight: 48 Lbs.


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A John Mayer Discussion Board. mystupidmouth.com. 2010.

http://johnmayer.yuku.com/topic/1369/t/UPDATED-JOHN-S-GEAR

-LIST-FROM-JOHN-HIMSELF.html

Two-Rock Boutique Guitar Amplication. 2010.

http://www.two-rock.com/

Fender. 2010.

http://www.fender.com

Martin & Co. 2010.

http://www.martinguitar.com/

Paul Joseph Stewart

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