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John Mayer shares his number one overdrive pedal tip – and it works with any drive

By Phil Weller Published

The trick involves some nifty footwork and could help level up your leads

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John Mayer plays a Strat, Gibbons one of his custom gold Billy-Bo-style electrics, and Slash is on his Les Paul in this comped image of the three guitar superstars
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

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Iconic headgear, iconic players, a gnarly Texan blues-rock groove and a legendary all-star guitar jam came to Hollywood’s House of Blues in 2009

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Mike Dawes and John Mayer
Paul Reed Smith invited Mike Dawes to meet John Mayer after his Slow Dancing cover went viral – but he never made the rendezvous

By Phil Weller Published

Dawes reimagined one of Mayer’s biggest hits, but he later missed the opportunity to meet the man himself

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Left-Guitarist Mike Dawes performs at City Winery on August 16, 2018 in New York City; Right-John Mayer performs on his The Search for Everything World Tour at the AT&T Center on August 3, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas
Mike Dawes on the one John Mayer hit that every guitarist should learn

By Janelle Borg Published

Dawes recalls his John Mayer cover of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room that went mega viral – and what he'd tell Mayer if he had the chance to meet him

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Isaiah Sharkey performs at Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place on July 02, 2022 in Lewes, England.
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

By Andrew Daly Published

Rigs big and small feature in a career that’s seen Isaiah Sharkey become a master of jazz, R&B, gospel, blues – and he hopes his new Ibanez signatures mean session players will only need to carry two guitars

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Mk.gee at the 2025 Governors Ball Music Festival held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 06, 2025 in New York, New York.
Does ‘bad’ guitar tone even exist anymore?

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Guitarists are lusting after the sound of Portastudios and solid-state practice amps – tones that used to be derided in guitar circles. What changed?

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John Mayer JHS 424 Gain Stage
John Mayer posts surprise demo of JHS Pedals’ new Mk.gee-coded stompbox – and explains why it reflects a wider change in guitar music

By Phil Weller Published

Mayer – who has demoed the pedal while Josh Scott recovers from a serious bike accident – says the 424 Gain Stage has forced him to explore new ways of playing

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Gibson Tony Iommi signature pickup, Adrian Younge signature Fender Jazz Bass, John Mayer PRS SE Silver Sky, Third Man Hardware Roto-Echo, Boss PX-1
All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and is that a new Epiphone double-neck?

By Matt Owen Published

New launches from Boss, PRS, Fender and Third Man Hardware headline the biggest guitar gear drops this week

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Robbie McIntosh, Sean Hurley and John Mayer perform on stage at the Civic Hall on January 19, 2010 in Wolverhampton, England
Paul McCartney guitarist Robbie McIntosh on the time he mistook John Mayer’s guitar playing for Slowhand’s

By Matt Owen Published

McIntosh joined Mayer’s band and played a starring role on his acclaimed live album, Where the Light Is

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John Mayer performs on stage at The O2 Arena on October 13, 2019 in London, England
John Mayer reveals where things stand with his next album

By Janelle Borg Published

Mayer's most recent album, Sob Rock, was released in 2021, and was four years in the making

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