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It’s the kindest, most satisfying distortion – it’s the best ‘loud’ I’ve heard. His guitar skills coupled with an undeniably sweet sounding tone gives him a very likeable sound. Your email address will not be published. The soul food really blends great with other pedals. This is a good chunk of his tone right there. User account menu. Shares (Image credit: VCG / Contributor / Getty) Look, we know we write a lot about John Mayer. Really, any strat will do the job, but if you want to nail his sound, then you want to install a set of Big Dipper pickups. You were absolutely right about the next closest thing being fender amps with reverb.
(Dan). 5. “get notes to sustain without a fake sounding distortion…”… To truly achieve this is via tube saturation which only happens when the amp is cranked.
By Michael Astley-Brown (Total Guitar, Guitarist) 13 June 2019. And I’ve always used a Marshall Bluesbreaker from the early nineties. Yes, I’ve seen the Klon on his pedalboard. But if you want to get this tone without shelling out a ton of money, then I would suggest a decent Fender tube amp that has spring reverb. Your email address will not be published. Archived. Also, he uses high-end Dumble and Fender amps in conjunction. Post 7:49 AM - Apr 20 #1 2020-04-20T07:49. The answer completely depends on your guitar and amp and your settings, so there's really no straight answer. This will make switching from clean to OD more pleasant. While John Mayer plays a variety of guitars, his mainstay is a Fender Stratocaster.
You take the tone and drive it down to a 6 and play it with the bridge pick up, you'll get a somewhat convicting Mayer one the you turn your gain settings on the pedal a bit up an you'll find the WTLI tone. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. t92780. Thanks! Couple that with the right amp/guitar, and you’ll be getting a lot of his tone right there. Share. A space where John Mayer fans can come together. Your amp setting will depend on the way your room/stage is. John Mayer’s Klon Centaur. Posted by 3 years ago. I like to use the soul food as more of a preamp lately. Does anyone know appropriate settings to give me a decent John mayer overdriven … Press J to jump to the feed. As for dialing in the amp, you want what I refer to as pushed cleans. John Mayer is known to play Two Rock amps, though they are quite expensive ($5000+ US for a Head!). So it could be like Tuner -> Katana -> Klon -> TS-10 -> Aqua Puss -> and maybe a Rotary sim from the Modfactor or something. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. This seems to be John’s favorite distortion pedal, and he uses it on his solo stuff, and while touring with Dead & Company. It’s great… I mean for all the new, little boutiquey clean boosts [puts on persnickety voice], like a boost-drive… [laughs] [Music Radar interview (original page seems to be down)]. So lets talk about how you can get John Mayer’s guitar tone. Chords play while a slight change in right hand attack and the strat will start barking. Experiment with your amp settings. I hardly ever see him use the 808 and others anymore. He even has a signature amp by Two Rock that you can get. Does anyone know appropriate settings to give me a decent John mayer overdriven sound? At this point, you can add a fuzz or OD or distortion to the mix and it will sound natural (as long as its not digital). Post Feb 17, 2015 #11 2015-02-17T08:22. So if you really wanted to do this on the cheap, a Fender Blues Junior could get you almost there. That was the last of the John Mayer line of Fender Stratocasters. Press J to jump to the feed. My thoughts on this would be first to switch the buffer on (open the back of the pedal). I keeo my EQ really high on the bass, about 2/3 capacity on treble, and keep the mids around 1/3 of the max. So learn the blues, some r’n’b licks, listen to some BB King and SRV, and you’ll get there! Part of Mayer’s tone is in his Fender-like cleans with a bit of verb for sweetness. Make sure to use position 4 if you're using a strat. Required fields are marked *. It’s the kindest, most satisfying distortion – it’s the best ‘loud’ I’ve heard. If you really want everything to be just like his strat, there is one available made by Fender. Playing The Blues There are certain guitars taken to the stage for one variety of songs over the other. 1,112. heyrobscott. Second, in a Fender type amp, I suggest Volume at 12:30, Treble a hair below noon and Drive a little below 9. When you think of amazing guitarists, it’s easy to think of the legends from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. But today, in this generation, a man by the name of John Mayer came onto the pop scene with real talent. If you can zoom in, from left to right: 10 o'clock, 11, 11, 7, 9:30, 12, last knob looks like 5 o'clock. But if you have a strat with strong pick ups 9+ kilo oms and drive the amp with the level settings of a overdrive, I use ts9, you will notice that you have a nice Stevie ray sounding strat, but here comes the interesting part. I never go higher than 9 oclock on the gain. This seems to be John’s favorite distortion pedal, and he uses it on his solo stuff, and while touring with Dead & Company. I found out that if you take any tube amp, take a strat with high output magnets and put a overdrive in front of it you can fake the Mayer sound really good. Log in sign up. John uses a ton of different pedals and they vary from song to song. Surprises and stalwarts in the dishy tonehound’s Dead And Company guitar rig . And I’ve always used a Marshall Bluesbreaker from the early nineties.
Ending with Fender One day after his 37th birthday he discontinued his relationship with Fender. If it's a tube amp, set the amp to just under the verge of breakup and use the soul food to push it into break up. He even has a signature amp by Two Rock that you can get. Bought a EHX soul food for a klon centaur sound (which john uses). EHX Soul food settings for mayer type overdriven sound. John Mayer > All > Musician Forum > More John Klon Discussion - old discussion revisited.
In the end, if you want John Mayer tone, then you got to play like him as well.
Gibson. Tone adjustable.
1960s Fender Stratocaster (Heavier Things), 2000s Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop (Stripe), Fender Stratocaster (Charcoal Frost Metallic), 2004 Fender Stratocaster (JM Strat Prototype), 2004 Fender SRV “Number One” Tribute Strat, 2005 Fender “Try” Stratocaster Custom Shop, Fender Custom Shop John Cruz 1962 Relic Stratocaster, 2005 Gibson ES-335 Eric Clapton Crossroads, Fender Time Machine ’50s Thinline Telecaster, Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster 'Heartbreak Warfare', Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster, Ernie Ball Acoustic 2146 Earthwood Medium Light Strings. He also uses a silver klon centaur and he specifically stated that it’s the “kindest overdrive he’s ever used.
Otherwise, even if you have all of his gear, it won’t sound like him if you aren’t employing his style. Then I use a tone bakery creme brulee or blues driver usually at 2 oclock on the volume, match the tone, and gain at 3. This is where the tone is very clean when attacked gently, but has great touch sensitivity and a slight distorted texture when picked hard.
If you look on YouTube of guys playing strats through two-rocks it’s like BOOM-instant John mayer tone. You want to use 11 guage or higher also. 57 posts 1; 2; 3; Next ; More John Klon Discussion - old discussion revisited. He really uses a ton of different ODs, and his board is constantly changing too. While he does use tubescreamers, he only uses the ts10 version now it seems like. 460 43. I use a strat usually in the 2,4, or 5 position. But if there is one to get, then I suggest the tubescreamer. I use it with the blues jr and get a very blackface tone with it. You know what I mean, it’s that bell-like strat tone with its glassy, piano-like texture. Throw some reverb on. 460 43. mole.
In case you notice anything wrong with the information posted on this page, or you have knowledge of something that you would like to share, be sure to leave a comment above. John doesn't use much gain with his Klon, it's relatively clean with just a little bit of dirt and a slight mid bump, but like I said, it totally depends on your guitar and amp as to how you'd want to set up the pedal. But essentially you're going to want to keep the gain turned down relatively low and use the volume on the soul food to push your amp a little harder. But if you want to get this tone without shelling out a ton of money, then I would suggest a decent Fender tube amp that has spring reverb. heyrobscott. The guys at the blues jams around have been using a EP Boost mini pedal. Was wondering if anyone had the settings for the T-Rex Replica John uses. Comes off pretty well. That is how you get great sustain with real sounding distortion. Influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughan and B.B King, Mayer naturally displays a very bluesy kind of playing. John Mayer’s 2019 pedalboard has been revealed. The you go to all your fiends and brag how you found the Mayer sound, then you realize that you should find your own tone and that's where the fun starts. GroundGuitar is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. mole. Simple and everything you'd really need! I use it with the volume at least at noon. 1,112. Close. Since his pedalboard changes often, some of signatures are an Ibanez Tubescreamer, a Marshall Bluesbreak 1 (Pedal no longer made), an RMC Wah, and many many others.
So just turn some knobs you never know what you might find :), New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Keepin it at noon on the volume and tone with no gain.
Right now it’s the Klon Centaur. It’s all in his style/fingers and that two-rock. More John Klon Discussion - old discussion revisited.
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