John Mayer

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John Mayer for Neural DSP
John Mayer has been using his plugin in the studio, and he doesn’t think you’ll notice

By Phil Weller Published

The tube amp purist joined the digital age with a Neural DSP plugin last year, and now it's found its way onto his records

Plugins & Apps
Buddy Guy performs at Stern Grove on August 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California
The guitar maverick is turning 90, and he's celebrating with a one-of-a-kind bonanza bringing together the top names in blues

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitar maverick is turning 90, and he's celebrating with what he does best – a one-of-a-kind bonanza bringing together the top names in blues

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Guitarists
John Mayer plays his PRS Silver Sky onstage
New guitar, who dis? John Mayer just debuted his stunning new boutique T-style on his new collab with Lainey Wilson

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Mayer has got his hands on a boutique Esquire-style custom build from a legend of Californian guitar making

Guitarists
Tom Misch en concert au Montreux Jazz Festival le 7 juillet 2019, Suisse / Singer/songwriter John Mayer performs on stage at Viejas Arena on September 11, 2019 in San Diego, California
Tom Misch on the time his guitar hero reached out of the blue and offered to join him on stage

By Matt Owen Published

The jazz-funk guitar star was on his way to play the Crossroads Guitar Festival when Mayer messaged him

Guitarists
JHS Fumble
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

By Phil Weller Published

A clone of John Mayer's elusive Dumble BBC-1 has been released after it was accidentally put in the Notadümblë

Guitar Pedals
Singer/songwriter John Mayer performs on stage at Viejas Arena on September 11, 2019 in San Diego, California.
The story of John Mayer’s Fender fallout – and how it gave birth to the Stratocaster’s biggest rival

By Matt Owen Published

Mayer left Fender after his wishes for an elevated S-style fell on deaf ears – and he found the perfect partner in PRS and the Silver Sky

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Guitarists
John Mayer
How to funk up your blues solos

By Richard Barrett Published

Taking cues from John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix and Nile Rodgers, this lesson offers three examples of phrases that add rhythm and movement to blues

Techniques
PRS Silver Sky and Fender Stratocaster
PRS has been hit by a cease-and-desist from Fender

By Matt Owen Published

This has now become the highest-profile case of the entire dispute, and could well be one of the most hotly contested

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Electric Guitars
Plini
Plini answers the call of the wild in search of instrumental guitar’s new frontier

By Gregory Adams Published

The Australian virtuoso on dream collabs with John Mayer, high-BPM workouts, and what happened when he imagined “a cello player in a huge, empty concert hall playing this difficult arpeggio”

Guitarists
Plini and John Mayer
Plini is manifesting a collaboration with John Mayer – and has issued an open call to make it happen

By Matt Owen Published

The prog metal virtuoso has a wild vision for what their joint single could potentially look like

Guitarists
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