<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in John-mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/john-mayer Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:01:59 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “My guess was it was the PRS NF. So cool to know it was this”: New guitar, who dis? John Mayer just debuted his stunning new boutique T-style on his new collab with Lainey Wilson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-boutique-t-style-lainey-wilson-collab XsDkvcqSUHifR2JCVzvx7e Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:01:59 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:23:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was on the way to Eric Clapton’s Crossroads festival and I got a DM from John Mayer…” Tom Misch on the time his guitar hero reached out of the blue and offered to join him on stage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-misch-playing-with-john-mayer-at-crossroads qzavsj9SB5yXPcCowLapmY Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:04:28 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:04:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the biggest mistake of my career”: JHS Pedals once mistakenly put an ultra-rare Dumble boost circuit into one of its DIY pedals – now it’s been launched as an $89 standalone stompbox ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/jhs-pedals-fumble-clean-boost xinxn5HWRDmRCMTk8rtAkm Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:36:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was like, ‘Let’s freshen up the electric guitar.’ 60 years later, you’re still putting out tributes to the station wagon”: The story of John Mayer’s Fender fallout – and how it gave birth to the Stratocaster’s biggest rival ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-john-mayer-left-fender-and-joined-prs-guitars 3kEp7Ak4E93vu9WT29yfan Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:36:33 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:54:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s possible to play a great solo without many notes if the rhythm is interesting”: How to funk up your blues solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/how-to-funk-up-your-blues-solos 5EMbPnirYwtMzbZYmpjRfG Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:44:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The company disagrees with Fender’s assessment”: PRS has been hit by a cease-and-desist from Fender – bringing John Mayer’s Silver Sky into the center of the S-style legal dispute ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/prs-fender-cease-and-desist vAbJxK4gyhL4pMM3f7paSV Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You go into a forest and you're like, ‘What am I going to see? What will be out here?’ That’s the same thing I try to put into the music”: Plini answers the call of the wild in search of instrumental guitar’s new frontier ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/plini-an-unnameable-desire UKjNDJjKQE3Gh2LpLcLps8 Thu, 21 May 2026 09:42:24 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2026 09:46:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My idea, John, if you’re reading this, would be to write an odd-time signature song”: Plini is manifesting a collaboration with John Mayer – and has issued an open call to make it happen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/plini-manifests-john-mayer-collaboration qqC5ZYhuTJfHkHA9pasx8R Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:25:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was 8 and Andy was my first guitar teacher – to me he was Mr. Summers with a funny accent!”Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/doug-pettibone-lucinda-williams-worlds-gone-wrong 3QPRsqt9Q6F636x95u4Gam Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:11:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He rolled up with his guitar on his back and his Fender Deluxe in his right hand”: Mark Lettieri on his jams with John Mayer, and how they ended up working together on one of the biggest PRS shows in history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mark-lettieri-on-his-relationship-with-john-mayer-and-the-prs-40th-anniversary-show PDxRDZ9yf85SUdP9hGVbR3 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:08:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I can't walk away, so I've come back to do the thing I know how to do best, which is play”: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/2026-eric-clapton-crossroads-festival-announced SuYnntMvQBPMB9uCMmtp4N Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:07:13 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was one of the strangest, most beautiful, serendipitous moments”: The John Mayer song that features a cameo from Prince’s guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-recording-with-princes-guitar d9Vt945kBPLwCisEEHX3un Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:16:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Instead of firing me and getting somebody who could really play, he would throw me solos every night”: How John Mayer helped Doug Pettibone sharpen his pedal steel skills ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-john-mayer-helped-doug-pettibone gtMf5Bzn83mGFfvkKu8MRo Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:10:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It went totally sour. After we did the album thing, it was like, ‘This isn’t happening’”: Why Nile Rodgers and John Mayer’s collaboration was derailed – because of a Rolling Stones album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/nile-rodgers-john-mayer-ill-fated-collaboration mQnhZJSvZhspCyBmrX3W4L Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:28:19 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:11:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I spent a lot of shows in the beginning wondering if he was upset”: John Mayer opens up on his early Dead & Company insecurities – and learning to share the stage with his hero, Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-early-dead-and-company-gigs frNcxoKmrkR7GstKYTUcwY Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:24:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/guitar-at-the-grammys-2026 fxdHNMtUcmmsqWshvf5NAb Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:23:54 +0000 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:58:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob took a chance on me. He staked his entire reputation”: John Mayer pays emotional tribute to Bob Weir at public memorial ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-bob-weir-tribute jbKLzFGLNZuowhSuk92R9H Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:47:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John's got this toolkit of unwritten rock riffs. I wouldn't say that he’s out and out, AC/DC rock – but he could easily do it”: How John Mayer, Ed Sheeran and Dave Grohl channeled Eddie Van Halen on the F1 soundtrack ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-story-behind-john-mayer-ed-sheeran-dave-grohl-collaboration-for-brad-pitt-f1-movie nRpUAuHsge4HyTi3uMm7uZ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:45:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Mayer’s mystery Grateful Dead PRS Silver Sky became one of his most sought-after signatures – now it’s been officially released ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/prs-john-mayer-silver-sky-2026-update zAxtU6sf6yzDwRpaUL2wAB Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:56:57 +0000 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:58:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d say, ‘Man, that guitar riff sounded killer.’ He’d respond, ‘Well, I’m sure I’ll mess it up next time’”: John Mayer, Trey Anastasio and Steve Vai lead tributes to Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tributes-to-bob-weir c8Wrc7pYChHFEXvXBe584T Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:01:58 +0000 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:21:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Finally, they both ran out of steam. Silence. Then Keith said, ‘Are you sure you want to be the meat in this sandwich?’” The making of Don Was, the über-producer trusted by the Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer (and who’s a pretty good bassist too) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/don-was-rolling-stones-bob-dylan-black-crowes nJGgEErP7qFPXBxSPWPskV Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:52:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It ain’t gonna sit well with people, but he might be better than George Harrison”: Why John Mayer might be better than a Beatle, according to producer Don Was ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-john-mayer-might-be-better-than-george-harrison 57GyqwizmA5TYf8QcP3xTV Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:47:55 +0000 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:52:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He mentioned he had a prototype SE Silver Sky that would be a fun platform to make something special”: John Mayer’s signature guitar has been reimagined as the wild ‘Golden Sky’ – and it’s inspired by Jerry Garcia’s Tiger ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/prs-golden-sky-mod-guitar SwsGhifHdTGscTAzy4cPHM Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:38:02 +0000 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:34:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We live in an age where John Mayer’s famed guitar tones can now be accessed by anyone with a laptop”: All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including a watershed plugin that the internet can’t stop talking about ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-gear-round-up-john-mayer-plugin-fender-baggy-stratocaster pxfjYjxRqF2JLBiVxX5J5P Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The engineer switched between them without my knowing. It fooled me”: John Mayer explains what finally convinced him that modeling tech was up to scratch in newly shared signature plugin test footage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-neural-dsp-video-archetype-cant-tell-difference-between-real-amps-and-plugin hnhpXx9oKbonFJ3Az2kFqR Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:18:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Buddy Guy isn’t just our last living line to the real origins of the blues – he’s a hell of an actor, too”: 25 reasons why 2025 was a great year for guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/25-reasons-why-2025-was-a-great-year-for-guitar ZaGx4bLGq7hopZFnQKu6dh Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:47:40 +0000 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:53:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just want to keep playing it” - Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/plugins-apps/neural-dsp-archetype-john-mayer-x-review qCikWwt95AfSAwDT3hgTDT Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:09:04 +0000 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:05:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He sent me a video of himself playing the Slow Dancing solo through the plugin. That’s when I knew we had it”: Neural DSP unveils Archetype: John Mayer X – a landmark signature plugin that brings the guitar great’s sought-after tones to the masses ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/plugins-apps/neural-dsp-archetype-john-mayer-x ixtSNdHLDvynad3NtJswhn Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:01:09 +0000 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:46:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I knew the Silver Sky would take years to take its place in the world. And I say this cautiously, but it feels like it’s become pretty widely accepted”: How John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith made the Silver Sky ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/john-mayer-paul-reed-smith-on-how-they-made-the-silver-sky FaxF4GtFKDaaTaSKahN9wi Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:35:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I step back and I’m like, ‘Don’t think about it. Maybe you nailed it, maybe you didn’t’”: John Mayer names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-favorite-dead-and-company-solo hrJwkg8m28SYBvaosnNkZM Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:18:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Country Nirvana, I’m here for it”: The nylon-string guitar riff that has taken TikTok by storm – and been covered by John Mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/hudson-freeman-john-mayer-if-you-know-me 3vCPLASnouUe2wxqyDRn5j Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:10:37 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:07:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/pino-palladino-ernie-ball-music-man-signature-stingray LAfcwTrh65zJhykF64JiaJ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:09:14 +0000 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:08:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s less significant than your guitar strap being an inch higher or lower”: John Mayer on why fretboard radius doesn’t actually make that much of a difference ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-on-fretboard-radius-when-building-the-prs-silver-sky wsrCmaBh9NR5uxbXG9ar9k Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:45:00 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Fender needed something to bring them into more modern times”: How Jim Root’s radical signature Telecaster updated a Fender mainstay for the 21st century ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/how-jim-root-helped-bring-fender-into-modern-times wfRkrRoAUVzevZVSbUabaY Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:43:12 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:02:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was something we’d never seen the likes of”: The unexpected discovery in John Mayer’s iconic ’64 Fender Strat that helped shape the sound of the Silver Sky ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/john-mayer-1964-strat-silver-sky-discovery uAq7T3ini2p8ZS2stoscJ4 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:32:56 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:04:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I started playing PRS, I never looked back”: John Mayer explains why he got hooked on PRS guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-on-his-love-affair-with-the-prs-silver-sky Nd7ssy8HoFkHRFRezZ2awD Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:32:56 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:23:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It irritated a few people! I saw a couple of other pedal builders who seemed to be annoyed by how toy-like and fun it was”: Josh Scott on the Notaklön’s wild success, recovering from his mountain bike crash – and his gratitude to John Mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/josh-scott-jhs-john-mayer zRZKZ4UFLCRhs7HweDZgab Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:54:23 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:55:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This was an instant yes”: John Mayer provides live soundtrack for Matthew McConaughey’s book reading in this year’s most unexpected artist crossover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-plays-as-matthew-mcconaughey-reads-at-his-book-launch SiorqhmvQfHsRRwtyqWUUo Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:02:08 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:52:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He knew I wasn’t able to film. He knew I was in a lot of pain”: Josh Scott on how John Mayer ended up demoing JHS Pedals’ new Mk.gee-coded pedal – following the firm founder’s serious biking injury ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/how-john-mayer-ended-up-demoing-gear-for-jhs-pedals JtVTnSUnuRwpZgPvoswf4L Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:57:29 +0000 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:10:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Playing with John is always a university of learning and experimenting”: John Mayer and Isaiah Sharkey impress at record-breaking concert – and Sharkey’s in-development signature Ibanez was along for the ride ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-isaiah-sharkey-record-breaking-concert-and-signature-ibanez-tease TTSaiPLMwXVk38gTisSRRU Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:20:26 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:45:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s kind of a trick”: John Mayer shares his number one overdrive pedal tip – and it works with any drive ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-overdrive-pedal-trick QHKiZA3i2kE8Z6NxpYxGCH Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:46:49 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:49:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m a big Slash fan but ya gotta admit John stole the show”: Remembering the night tres hombres by the name of John Mayer, Slash and Billy Gibbons gave ZZ Top’s La Grange a triple-guitar glow-up ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/zz-top-john-mayer-slash-la-grange-live-video x2tdGRLW6mxykBXrsa9Qra Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:36:29 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:31:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve never met you, John, if you’re watching...” Paul Reed Smith invited Mike Dawes to meet John Mayer after his Slow Dancing cover went viral – but he never made the rendezvous ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-mike-dawes-missed-the-chance-to-meet-john-mayer tqy3thdnQBfM4PtieWbmmb Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:01:44 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:32:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s so much tasty guitar playing that’s also pretty achievable for a lot of people as well. I think it should be in everyone’s repertoire”: Mike Dawes on the one John Mayer hit that every guitarist should learn ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-dawes-on-the-one-john-mayer-hit-that-every-guitarist-should-learn fDAMMU6qBN9BNbn9t2mdk9 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:00:13 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:49:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John Mayer ruined me with getting new guitars and vintage stuff. He’s always experimenting, so I had to expand my own rig”: Isaiah Sharkey is one of guitar’s most versatile talents. He lets us in on how he works with Mayer, D’Angelo and Miles Davis ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/isaiah-sharkey-talks-john-mayer-dangelo-george-benson DC9X4ffu5To9DgfEXxzseM Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:59:35 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:52:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Our definition of what makes a ‘good’ guitar tone has changed dramatically in the past 10 years”: Does ‘bad’ guitar tone even exist anymore? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/does-bad-guitar-tone-even-exist-anymore 2GtkU3oJzuQxUusyD69vuP Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:56:57 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:10:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is a revolution taking place right now in guitar playing”: John Mayer posts surprise demo of JHS Pedals’ new Mk.gee-coded stompbox – and explains why it reflects a wider change in guitar music ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/john-mayer-demos-the-jhs-424-gain-stage 3nQpApKiyk5XDtWaWJjN2Y Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:17:09 +0000 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:02:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Watching Tony Iommi play Iron Man to demo his signature pickup in person was a borderline biblical experience”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and is that a new Epiphone double-neck? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-gear-round-up-gibson-third-man-hardware-prs-boss iQ75NaQ42SNmnbQt97WAnf Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:35:00 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:49:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Oh, when did you get Eric Clapton to play on that?’ He said, ‘He’s not playing on it. That’s me’”: Paul McCartney guitarist Robbie McIntosh on the time he mistook John Mayer’s guitar playing for Slowhand’s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robbie-mcintosh-mistaking-john-mayer-for-eric-clapton AZnDW8iLPyesbGwH3MCiWC Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:12:17 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:29:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I have enough songs that I could put a record out right now”: John Mayer reveals where things stand with his next album – and why he's not rushing the process ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-reveals-where-things-stand-with-his-next-album hXpZM5qshJtaZD4oDR3bSk Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:13:59 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:18:16 +0000