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“John was goofy, gawky, and really tasty. I took him on the road, and he would steal the show every night”: Michelle Malone on John Mayer's early days and how she ended up becoming his mentor

The Southern rock and Americana veteran gave Mayer the chance to feature on her record and introduced him to her audience before he got his big break

Guitar World · Sep 18, 2024

“Paul was like, 'Good God, what are you asking for?' I'm like, 'I'm just asking for a little struggle!'” Keith Urban is working with PRS on a new Tele-style guitar – and he wants to break the company's rules

The country rock great's go-to guitar since 1989 has been a Fender Telecaster called Clarence, but John Mayer has inspired him to join the PRS ranks – and he's working on a T-type like no other

Guitar World · Sep 18, 2024

John Mayer Achieves First Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales Hit

John Mayer and Zedd's collaboration 'Automatic Yes' debuts at No. 11 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, marking a milestone in their...

Top News · Sep 11, 2024

“A new and unique take on the classic Bluesbreaker tone”: Origin Effects’ Halcyon Blue recreates John Mayer’s favorite Marshall drive pedal – but it’s much more than just a clone

The latest addition to the Halcyon range seeks to take the famed drive stompbox from the 1990s to new heights

Guitar World · Aug 28, 2024

John Mayer Is Rumoured To Be Dating Former Child Star Kiernan Shipka & The Age Gap Is Wild

“I’ll get older but your lovers stay my age.”

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 27, 2024

“John said to me, ‘When you hear a solo, you can tell how well that guy knows that guitar.’ I went, ‘He's so true’”: Keith Urban and John Mayer agree – having fewer guitars can make you a better guitar player

Urban on the valuable lesson he learned from John Mayer

Guitar World · Aug 26, 2024

“I get some people don’t like relic guitars, but to talk trash on a really, really good relic job is just ridiculous!”: Zach Myers’ tech Drew Foppe posts pic of Shinedown guitarist’s relic’d John Mayer Silver Sky and internet loses its mind

Spare thought for Foppe. He just wants to keep Myer's heavy relic'd pink Silver Sky setup, in tune and ready for action each night. It's not even his guitar! And yet people still write in...

MusicRadar · Aug 15, 2024

“It’s just so hideously sexist but it pretends to be a love song, but it’s really, really retrograde”: St Vincent brands John Mayer’s Daughters 'the worst song ever written'

"I hate it," says Annie Clark

MusicRadar · Aug 7, 2024

“No-one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere. They might have dummies, but they’re not on”: Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at the most advanced music venue in the world

In order to play the Sphere, The Edge ditched tube amps for amp sim pedals, and John Mayer has hidden his own amps away in wooden shipping creates. The Phish maestro explains why such workarounds are necessary for the state-of-the-art stage

Guitar World · Aug 6, 2024

John Mayer plays a Telecaster, taps through a solo, and tackles some of Dead & Company’s final shows with only three fretting fingers following serious finger injury

Mayer was forced to alter his playing style after injuring the "team captain" of his fretting hand last week – and whatever he's been doing in the practice room has clearly worked wonders…

Guitar World · Aug 5, 2024