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“It’s kind of a trick”: John Mayer shares his number one overdrive pedal tip – and it works with any drive

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

Guitar World

“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

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

Guitar World

“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

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

Guitar World

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“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

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

Guitar World

“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

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

Guitar World

“Our definition of what makes a ‘good’ guitar tone has changed dramatically in the past 10 years”: Does ‘bad’ guitar tone even exist anymore?

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

Guitar World

“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

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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“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

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

Guitar World

Blinded by love, Angelina Jolie made ‘inappropriate’ admission Brad Pitt cheated on Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer called Angelina's confession "really uncool"... and she's right.

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Was Taylor Swift Engaged Before Travis Kelce? Here's The Pop Superstar's Dating History

Taylor Swift's dating history has sparked engagement rumors long before Travis Kelce. Here's a closer look at her past relationships.

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“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

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

Guitar World

John Mayer is 'going with the flow' and doesn't know when he'll release his next album

John Mayer is sitting on plenty of new music but he's undecided on when it will be released.

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Your guide to John Mayer's guitar gear, era by era

We take a head count of the six-string sensualist's most significant guitars, amps and pedalboard rigs

Guitar World

“That guitar is a very special one because Ritter made that guitar for him. It’s actually the prototype”: Isaiah Sharkey has acquired a one-of-a-kind guitar that was originally crafted for a jazz great

The John Mayer and D'Angelo collaborator discusses his budding friendship with the jazz legend, and how he ended up acquiring this one-of-kind jazz guitar

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"I've never played a PRS Silver Sky but that might be about to change": All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and I've just solved a problem I didn't even know I had

My favorite Silver Sky finish to date has been launched alongside new gear from Blackstar, Kiesel, Epiphone and more

Guitar World

“A George Benson, or John Mayer, or B.B. King, or Albert King solo, you can almost sing it”: Isaiah Sharkey on what he learned about guitar soloing – after playing with the likes of John Mayer, D'Angelo and Paul Simon

The singer-songwriter and sideman to the stars insists it all starts with “taking the ego out of it”

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John Mayer hails Dead and Company shows 'the honour of his life'

John Mayer has hailed playing with Dead and Company the "honour of [his] life" as he reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Greatful Dead.

Guitar World

“Four new colors inspired by traditional American fashion”: PRS and John Mayer unveil fresh finishes for the best-selling SE Silver Sky – and add new Maple models

The classic looks expand the Strat-inspired guitar’s empire, while previously rosewood-exclusive finishes make their way onto maple ’board models

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“I get a lot more feeling when I play with my fingers. Wes Montgomery was my reference as a kid for not using a pick”: Championed by Fender and signed to Blue Note, Maya Delilah might just be the most melodic guitar soloist since John Mayer

After being named as a member of Fender’s Class of 2024 and lauded as a 2025 Spotify Artist to Watch, Maya Delilah makes good on those promises with her Blue Note debut, The Long Way Around

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Scheana Shay recalls 'awkward' run-in with John Mayer

Scheana Shay has opened up about an awkward encounter with John Mayer, her ex-partner.

Guitar World

D’Angelico celebrates Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary with 3 special-edition guitars – which revive the Lightning Bolt design

Two electrics and an orchestra acoustic from D’Angelico bring back a special-edition Grateful Dead finish that pays homage to the pair’s first collaborative model

International Business Times UK

How Many Celebs Has Scheana Shay Hooked Up With? Inside the Wildest Bombshells from Her New Memoir

Scheana Shay's tell-all memoir 'My Good Side' reveals shocking celebrity hookups, including John Mayer and Eddie Cibrian - and the real story behind her dating life in Hollywood.

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Teen Finds Out The Real Reason His Estranged Mom Reached Out, Says “No”

Would you donate a kidney to save the sister you’ve never met?

Guitar World

“I didn’t know John had a pink one coming out, so it looked like John had given me a pink guitar and I’d relic’d it. People were mad”: Zach Myers’ heavy relic’d PRS John Mayer Silver Sky has given him so much grief he might burn it

Myers got the jump on PRS when he started playing a relic'd pink Silver Sky – before the official Roxy Pink version came out

Guitar World

“He influenced Jimi Hendrix, Prince… John Mayer once told me, ‘Yeah, you just play how you are,’ and he played in a gentle soft-spoken kind of way”: Ella Feingold reveals the unsung guitar hero that every up-and-coming guitarist should learn from

The Grammy-winning guitarist talks about the “Gentle Genius” who inspired her sound and deserves more widespread recognition

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