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John Mayer’s signature guitar has been reimagined as the wild ‘Golden Sky’ – and it’s inspired by Jerry Garcia’s Tiger
By Phil Weller published
Eric Krasno is now the proud owner of what has been dubbed the world's first Golden Sky conversion

All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including a watershed plugin that the internet can’t stop talking about
By Matt Owen published
Who needs a Dumble when you have Archetype: John Mayer X?

John Mayer explains what finally convinced him that modeling tech was up to scratch in newly shared signature plugin test footage
By Jonathan Horsley published
Mayer teamed up with Neural DSP for an Archetype plugin that modeled his prized guitar gear in digital form

25 reasons why 2025 was a great year for guitar
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Historic shows, a once-in-a-lifetime reunion, generational guitar talents, tonal revolutions, watershed gear drops… we won’t spoil it at all here, but a lot has happened

“I just want to keep playing it” - Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review
By Pete Emery published
John Mayer teams up with Neural DSP to bring guitar tones from a modern icon to the masses

Neural DSP unveils Archetype: John Mayer X – a landmark signature plugin that brings the guitar great’s tones to the masses
By Matt Owen published
In a milestone moment for modeling, the new plugin offers models of Mayer's go-to amps, pedals and effects – Dumbles, Two Rocks and Klons included

“It’s like a sports car that can hug a turn at 100 mph”: John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith on the making of the Silver Sky
By Andrew Daly published
John Mayer talks GW through his acclaimed PRS Silver Sky, while its maker – Paul Reed Smith – reveals the science that went into the guitar’s development

John Mayer names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air
By Matt Owen published
Mayer was asked the question during his Life with John Mayer SiriusXM show, and he just so happened to have a Silver Sky in hand to answer it

The nylon-string guitar riff that has taken TikTok by storm – and been covered by John Mayer
By Jackson Maxwell published
Filmed in a field in Southern Indiana, a video of singer/songwriter Hudson Freeman's off-the-cuff performance of his song, If You Know Me, has racked up 1.5 million views, and caught the attention of one of guitar's biggest names

Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass
By Andrew Daly published
One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran
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