do any of you guys know how to get the bluesy john mayer sound aside from his guitar. like the sound he used in he's song GRAVITY ? .. is it the bluesbreaker 2 pedal ? or the bluesdriver pedal ? that makes it ??
suggestions would be ...use your neck pickup, kung tipong texas specials mas ok. kasi doon based ang nasa signature strat ni JM...his strat on the "any given thursday" dvd is actually a SRV strat, with a different pickguard.
get 10s, i read at guitar player that's what he uses. d'addarios xl 10s. that was 2-3 yrs ago..he could be using something different now.
for amps... two rock ang gamit nya, JM signature ang gamit which is not manufactured any more...i could be wrong. but two rocks are boutique amps sort of based on dumble amps.
JM actually was trying to approach alexander dumble to have an amp made...mr dumble simply didn't care much for celebrities like JM...you can imagine this would affect mr mayer.
so nag two rock na lang sya. this from a close friend of alexander dumble.
dahil di natin afford mag dumble or two rock amps....closes thing you could go would be a zendrive or a clone...zendrive by hermida audio is very close to being dumbly....think robben ford, carlton ish.
but for JM's tone, kunin mo yung mid scoop nya na tunog....adjust the highs and lows to your liking, but keep the mids low...this is compensated by JM's big dipper pups.....which are based on texas specials but with dip in the mids.
i find that i can get pretty close with a ts808, cascading with a ts9dx...all stock. get the round sound by being delicate with the pick, also try using your fingers