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John Mayer of Dead & Company, and Honorees Mickey Hart and Bob Weir of Dead & Company and of the Grateful Dead perform onstage during the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
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

Guitarists
Screenshots of John Mayer (left) and Hudson Freeman playing the latter's song, If You Know Me
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

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Ernie Ball Music Man Pino Palladino StingRay
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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John Mayer on why fretboard radius doesn’t actually make that much of a difference

By Phil Weller Published

Before he developed his PRS Silver Sky signature guitar, Mayer didn't pay much attention to fretboard radius

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Jim Root holding up his Fender Telecaster signature
How Jim Root’s radical signature Telecaster updated a Fender mainstay for the 21st century

By Matt Owen Published

The Slipknot guitarist was originally pushed towards Charvel, but he had his sights set on reinventing a Fender classic

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Guitarist John Mayer appears at the Thelonius Monk Jazz Trumpet Competition and All Star Gala Concert at Dolby Theatre on November 9, 2014 in Hollywood, California
The unexpected discovery in John Mayer’s iconic ’64 Fender Strat that helped shape the sound of the Silver Sky

By Matt Owen Published

It took more than 2 years to retool and redesign the classic S-type template – and PRS made a significant discovery along the way

Electric Guitars
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John Mayer explains why he got hooked on PRS guitars

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist has also singled out two features of his signature Silver Sky that he believes make it special

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JHS Pedals founder Josh Scott
“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

By Andrew Daly Published

As he recovers from mountain biking injuries, Scott recalls how the NotaKlon irritated other pedal makers, how he underestimated success, the 424 gain stage and what’s coming once he’s fully recovered

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John Mayer and Matthew McConaughey
John Mayer lends his talents to Matthew McConaughey’s Hollywood book launch

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist accompanied readings of the actor’s poems for a one-of-a-kind event

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John Mayer performs onstage for day two of the 2025 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm on September 28, 2025 in Franklin, Tennessee
Josh Scott on how John Mayer ended up demoing JHS Pedals' new Mk.gee-coded pedal

By Janelle Borg Published

Scott reveals how Mayer’s surprise demo video – in which he spoke of an ongoing revolution in guitar playing – came about

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